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Mexico high court mandates permits for personal pot use

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Supreme Court ordered the government Monday to issue permits for the personal use of marijuana and for the growing of limited amounts of pot plants, after the country’s Congress took too long to approve a

US: Big drop in migrant kids at largest emergency shelter

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The number of migrant children housed at the Biden administration's largest emergency shelter for those who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border alone has dropped by more than 40% since mid-June, a top U.S. official said Monday, touting

US: Big drop in migrant kids at largest emergency shelter

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The number of migrant children housed at the Biden administration's largest emergency shelter for those who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border alone has dropped by more than 40% since mid-June, a top U.S. official said Monday, touting

Biden taking bipartisan infrastructure deal on the road

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will look to sell voters on the economic benefits of the $973 billion infrastructure package while in Wisconsin on Tuesday, hoping to boost the bipartisan agreement that is held together in large part by

Biden taking bipartisan infrastructure deal on the road

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will look to sell voters on the economic benefits of the $973 billion infrastructure package while in Wisconsin on Tuesday, hoping to boost the bipartisan agreement that is held together in large part by

Needle exchange law in West Virginia halted amid lawsuit

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A judge in West Virginia has granted a group's request to stop a law tightening requirements on needle exchange programs from being implemented next month.

N.L. will stop issuing alerts when babies are born to mothers deemed high risk

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador’s government says it will stop informing child-welfare officials when a baby is born to a mother deemed high risk. Advocates and Indigenous leaders have long said so-called birth alerts disproportionately ...

Initial deal struck to end South Carolina prison riot suits

South Carolina prison officials said Monday they have reached the initial approval phase of a $6 million settlement to resolve dozens of lawsuits the Department of Corrections is facing following a deadly prison riot that killed seven inmates.

Business Highlights: Facebook lawsuits, rising gas prices

___ Judge dismisses gov’t antitrust lawsuits against Facebook

Trump Org lawyers make last pitch against prosecution

NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for the Trump Organization met again Monday with prosecutors in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office in a last bid to forestall a potential indictment stemming from a long-running investigation into the former president’s co...

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