420: The US states where marijuana is legal
Twenty-five U.S. jurisdictions have legalized the drug, while others have only decriminalized. If you’re traveling, make sure to avoid legal issues
Twenty-five U.S. jurisdictions have legalized the drug, while others have only decriminalized. If you’re traveling, make sure to avoid legal issues
The string of recent mass shootings has reenergized gun control advocates nationwide, but in Texas, their prospects remain bleak. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has waved aside talk of raising the age to purchase AR-15-like rifles
The decision is provisional, and the justices will have to issue a new ruling on whether to allow restrictions on mifepristone to take effect while a legal challenge to the medication’s FDA approval continues
The decision temporarily keeps in place federal rules for use of the drug mifepristone, while the high court takes time to more fully consider the issues raised in a court challenge
A massive sinkhole in the Southeast Texas town of Daisetta had been dormant since first appearing in 2008, until earlier this month
The Biden administration on Monday asked a federal appeals court to allow women to continue to be able to access to the most commonly used abortion drug in the U.S. while a lawsuit over it plays out
Daniel Perry faces up to life in prison after being convicted of murder last week in the fatal shooting of a 28-year-old protester. But Abbott has made clear that he believes Perry should walk free
The government is calling a Texas court ruling that would halt approval of the most commonly used method of abortion in the U.S. ‘extraordinary and unprecedented’
Since Roe v. Wade fell, states with strict abortion bans are trying to reach outside their borders to keep their residents from getting abortions in other states
Becerra told CNN’s State of the Union: “We want the courts to overturn this reckless decision” so women can continue to have “access to a drug that’s proven itself safe”. “Mifepristone is one of the safest and most effective medicines that we have seen over the last 20 years to help women with their health care”, he said
Daniel Perry was found guilty in the 2020 fatal shooting of an armed protester during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice
A transcript of a recent hearing held in a court in Texas shows Guillermo Turrent and Javier Gutiérrez failed to convince a judge to dismiss CFE International’s case against them
The whiplash of the conflicting decisions is likely to put the issue on an accelerated path to the Supreme Court
Sgt. Daniel Perry was working for a ride-sharing company in July 2020 when he turned onto a street and into a large crowd of demonstrators in downtown Austin
The decision throws into question access to the nation’s most common method of abortion in a ruling that waved aside decades of scientific approval
More than two dozen people were killed when Devin Patrick Kelley, former U.S. airman, opened fire during a Sunday service at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs
Since the legislation was signed by President Joe Biden last summer, the number of mass shootings in the United States has only grown
The U.S. Census Bureau released its latest population estimates on Thursday
The National Weather Service said 16.8 million people live in the highest risk zone, and more than 66 million people overall should be on alert Friday
The plan would allow Boy Scouts of America to continue operating while compensating tens of thousands of men who say they were sexually abused as children while involved in Scouting
Growth in wind and solar significantly drove the increase in renewable energy and contributed 14% of the electricity produced domestically in 2022
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the fire was started by migrants inside the facility in Ciudad Juárez, near the U.S. border, after learning they would be deported
Mass shooters have killed hundreds of people throughout U.S. history in realms like stores, theaters and workplaces, but it is in schools and colleges where the carnage reverberates perhaps most keenly
“Some of the mechanisms that underlie our ability to experience fear, or fall in and out of love, are clearly very ancient pathways,” said Hans Hofmann
The two bills Cox signed into law also prohibit kids under 18 from using social media between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m.
68 people were diagnosed with infections from the bacteria, which has now caused a total of three deaths and eight cases of people losing their vision
The abortion pill ban and the sweeping ban conflict and create confusion about what is and isn’t permissible under the new laws