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Nevada becomes first state to ban most pre-employment pot tests

UrosPoteko/iStock(NEW YORK) — Even as 11 states, plus Washington, D.C., have legalized recreational cannabis, lawmakers have struggled to find consensus on the question of whether employers could reject an applicant over their pot use. Now Nevada has become the first to push through that protection. Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak signed Assembly Bill 132 making it …

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Republicans join Democrats to rebuke Trump’s ’emergency’ $8B arms sale to Saudis, Emiratis

CIL868/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Congress is moving ahead with legislation to block $8 billion of arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates after the Trump administration declared an “emergency” to bypass Congress and move ahead with the controversial sale over lawmakers’ objections given the two countries’ human rights records. Assistant Secretary of State for …

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Former Stanford sailing coach dodges prison term in ‘Varsity Blues’ college entrance scam

jejim/iStock(BOSTON) — The former Stanford University sailing coach charged in the massive “Varsity Blues” college entrance cheating scam avoided a prison term Wednesday when he became the first defendant in the nationwide scandal to be sentenced. John Vandemore was sentenced in Boston federal court to six months of home detention and two years of supervised …

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Decade-long decline of unauthorized immigrants hits new low of 10.5M: Report

vichinterlang/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The number of unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S. hit a new low in 2017, according to estimates released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center. About 10.5 million lived in the U.S. in 2017 without citizenship or legal authorization. That’s down from a peak of 12.2 million estimated in 2007, according to Pew. …

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NYU Langone no longer accepting donations from the Sacklers, the family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma

Darwin Brandis/iStock(NEW YORK) — Add New York University’s medical center to the list of educational and cultural institutions that says it will no longer take money from the Sacklers, the family that owns OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma. Purdue Pharma faces thousands of lawsuits for its role in the opioid crisis, which the Centers for Disease …

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Three years after Pulse nightclub shooting, Fla. lawmakers look to make site a national memorial

Spencer Platt/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Florida lawmakers are looking to designate the site of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, where more than four dozen people were killed in 2016, a national memorial. Congressional Reps. Stephanie Murphy and Darren Soto, both of Central Florida, announced H.R. 3094 on Monday, a bill requesting federal funds to use …

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Phoenix police investigated for sweeping handcuffed man’s leg, pointing gun at car with children inside

Phoenix Police Department(PHOENIX) — The Phoenix Police Department has opened an investigation into how officers treated two shoplifting suspects, after a witness provided cellphone video showing one of the officers sweeping the leg of a handcuffed man as another points his gun at a car with two children inside. Police released the 10-minute video on …

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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti takes ‘full responsibility’ after homelessness rises 12 percent

FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is highlighting the plans in motion to tackle the city’s homelessness crisis, which he described as “perhaps the most complex and difficult civic challenge” in a generation. Last week, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority announced that the number of homeless people in Los …

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Ford recalls over a million Explorer SUVs over potential suspension failure issues

fredrocko/iStock(DETROIT) — Ford Motor Company has issued safety recalls for more than a million cars. The model most affected by the series of recalls are Ford Explorer SUVs that were made between 2011 and 2017 due to an issue with suspension toe link fractures, which can diminish steering control, the company announced Wednesday. The toe …

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ABC News exclusive: Ron Goldman’s dad says ‘pain is always there’ 25 years after murder

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Twenty-five years after Ron Goldman’s murder, his family is speaking out on the anniversary of the crime for the first time. “The pain is always there, the loss is always there,” Goldman’s father, Fred Goldman, said in an exclusive interview with ABC News’ Good Morning America on Wednesday. “It never goes …

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