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Supreme Court Will Consider Whether People Who Regularly Smoke Pot Can Legally Own Guns

Supreme Court Will Consider Whether People Who Regularly Smoke Pot Can Legally Own Guns

Man Pardoned After Storming Capitol Is Charged With Threatening to Kill Hakeem Jeffries
Man Pardoned After Storming Capitol Is Charged With Threatening to Kill Hakeem Jeffries

by Michael Kunzelman | 1 hour ago
Progressive Groups Launch $1.4 Million Campaign to Win Back Latino Voters From Trump
Progressive Groups Launch $1.4 Million Campaign to Win Back Latino Voters From Trump

by Adriana Gomez Licon | 1 hour ago
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's Memoir Is Coming Out in January
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's Memoir Is Coming Out in January

by Hillel Italie | 2 hours ago
Broadway Actors and Producers Reach Tentative Labor Deal, but Musicians Still Threaten a Strike
Broadway Actors and Producers Reach Tentative Labor Deal, but Musicians Still Threaten a Strike

by Mark Kennedy | 4 hours ago
What to Know About the Murder Trial of an Illinois Sheriff Deputy Who Killed Sonya Massey
What to Know About the Murder Trial of an Illinois Sheriff Deputy Who Killed Sonya Massey

by John O'Connor | 5 hours ago
Blue Jays in World Series for First Time Since Before Ohtani Was Born, While Dodgers Seek to Repeat
Blue Jays in World Series for First Time Since Before Ohtani Was Born, While Dodgers Seek to Repeat

by Ronald Blum | 5 hours ago

International

Japan's Parliament Elects Sanae Takaichi As Nation's First Female Prime Minister
Japan's Parliament Elects Sanae Takaichi As Nation's First Female Prime Minister

Japan's parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday

by Mari Yamaguchi | 7 hours ago

TV Writer Graham Linehan Won't Face Charges for Transgender Post That Sparked UK Debate
TV Writer Graham Linehan Won't Face Charges for Transgender Post That Sparked UK Debate

Irish TV comedy writer Graham Linehan will not face charges after his arrest over social media posts critical of transgender people

by Brian Melley | Oct 20

Pope Meets With Global Group of Clergy Abuse Survivors to Talk Zero Tolerance
Pope Meets With Global Group of Clergy Abuse Survivors to Talk Zero Tolerance

by Nicole Winfield | Oct 20
Ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi on Track to Become Japan's First Female Prime Minister
Ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi on Track to Become Japan's First Female Prime Minister

by Mari Yamaguchi | Oct 20
Thieves Steal Crown Jewels in 4 Minutes From Louvre Museum
Thieves Steal Crown Jewels in 4 Minutes From Louvre Museum

by Thomas Adamson | Oct 19

National

Springer's Homer Sends Blue Jays Into World Series With 4-3 Win Over Mariners in Game 7 of ALCS
Springer's Homer Sends Blue Jays Into World Series With 4-3 Win Over Mariners in Game 7 of ALCS

George Springer put Toronto ahead with a three-run homer in the seventh inning and the Blue Jays advanced to the World Series for the first time since 1993 by...

by Ian Harrison | 6 hours ago

Comey's Lawyers Say Case Against Him Is Driven by Trump's 'Personal Animus' and Must Be Thrown Out
Comey's Lawyers Say Case Against Him Is Driven by Trump's 'Personal Animus' and Must Be Thrown Out

Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey are urging a judge to dismiss the case against him

by Eric Tucker and Alanna Durkin Richer | 7 hours ago

Biden Completes a Round of Radiation Therapy As Part of His Prostate Cancer Treatment
Biden Completes a Round of Radiation Therapy As Part of His Prostate Cancer Treatment

by Darlene Superville | 8 hours ago
The White House Starts Demolishing Part of the East Wing to Build Trump's Ballroom
The White House Starts Demolishing Part of the East Wing to Build Trump's Ballroom

by Darlene Superville | 8 hours ago
Outsports’ “Ballin’ Out” Wins Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Short Form Program, Spotlighting LGBTQ Team USA Women’s Wheelchair Basketball
Outsports’ “Ballin’ Out” Wins Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Short Form Program, Spotlighting LGBTQ Team USA Women’s Wheelchair Basketball

Oct 20

Politics

Arrests Made as Houston Removes Iconic Rainbow Crosswalks Amid Statewide Crackdown
Arrests Made as Houston Removes Iconic Rainbow Crosswalks Amid Statewide Crackdown

Early Monday morning, Houston authorities arrested three protesters as crews removed the city’s landmark rainbow crosswalks in Montrose, following a directive...

Oct 20

Vermont State Senator Who Took Part in 'Deeply Disturbing' Young Republicans Group Chat Resigns
Vermont State Senator Who Took Part in 'Deeply Disturbing' Young Republicans Group Chat Resigns

A Vermont state senator who took part in a Young Republicans group chat on Telegram in which members made racist comments and joked about rape and gas chambers...

by Kimberlee Kruesi | Oct 20

Karine Jean-Pierre Breaks Party Lines in New Memoir
Karine Jean-Pierre Breaks Party Lines in New Memoir

Oct 20
10 Effective Things Citizens Can Do to Make Change in Addition to Attending a Protest
10 Effective Things Citizens Can Do to Make Change in Addition to Attending a Protest

by Shelley Inglis | Oct 19
Scott Wiener, Out Gay California Senator, Launches Bid to Succeed Nancy Pelosi in Congress
Scott Wiener, Out Gay California Senator, Launches Bid to Succeed Nancy Pelosi in Congress

Oct 18

Business

Amazon Cloud Computing Outage Disrupts Snapchat, Ring and Many Other Online Services
Amazon Cloud Computing Outage Disrupts Snapchat, Ring and Many Other Online Services

Amazon's cloud computing service experienced a major outage on Monday, disrupting many online services like Snapchat, Roblox, and Signal

by Kelvin Chan | Oct 20

Chick-Fil-A in Georgia Faces Outrage After Black Officer Denied Free Meal Offered to White Colleagues
Chick-Fil-A in Georgia Faces Outrage After Black Officer Denied Free Meal Offered to White Colleagues

A Chick-Fil-A restaurant in Augusta, Georgia is under scrutiny following reports that three white police officers were given complimentary meals while their...

Oct 20

Horror Sequel ‘Black Phone 2’ Dials up a No. 1 Opening
Horror Sequel ‘Black Phone 2’ Dials up a No. 1 Opening

by Lindsey Bahr | Oct 19
Sex Is a Big Market for the AI Industry. ChatGPT Won't Be the First to Try to Profit From It
Sex Is a Big Market for the AI Industry. ChatGPT Won't Be the First to Try to Profit From It

by Matt O'Brien | Oct 17
Dolly Parton Expands Cookware Line With Cast Iron Dutch Ovens and Musical Note Trivets
Dolly Parton Expands Cookware Line With Cast Iron Dutch Ovens and Musical Note Trivets

Oct 16

Health

Government Shutdown Means Many CDC Experts Are Skipping a Pivotal Meeting on Infectious Disease
Government Shutdown Means Many CDC Experts Are Skipping a Pivotal Meeting on Infectious Disease

An annual conference about infectious diseases is seeing a dramatic attendance decline, in part because Centers for Disease Control and Prevention experts can’t...

by Mike Stobbe | 5 hours ago

Aydian Dowling: Redefining Masculinity and Trans Visibility in the Digital Age
Aydian Dowling: Redefining Masculinity and Trans Visibility in the Digital Age

Aydian Dowling, a transgender male creator and activist, is leveraging Instagram and TikTok to transform digital culture through candid storytelling, education,...

Oct 19

Music Could Help Ease Pain From Surgery or Illness. Scientists Are Listening
Music Could Help Ease Pain From Surgery or Illness. Scientists Are Listening

by Christina Larson | Oct 18
California Mpox Cases Raise Concerns. But Health Officials Say the Risk Remains Low
California Mpox Cases Raise Concerns. But Health Officials Say the Risk Remains Low

by Mike Stobbe | Oct 17
South Africa Welcomes $115M US Bridge Plan to Sustain Its HIV Programs for 6 Months
South Africa Welcomes $115M US Bridge Plan to Sustain Its HIV Programs for 6 Months

by Michelle Gumede | Oct 16