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Thailand's prime minister wants to outlaw cannabis, 2 years after it was decriminalized

Thailand's prime minister wants to outlaw cannabis, 2 years after it was decriminalized

BANGKOK (AP) — The prime minister of Thailand, the first country in Asia to legalize cannabis two years ago, said Wednesday that he wants to outlaw the drug again amid concerns that the lack of regulation had made it available to children and increas
Rape, terror and death at sea: How a boat carrying Rohingya children, women and men capsized

Rape, terror and death at sea: How a boat carrying Rohingya children, women and men capsized

MEULABOH, Indonesia (AP) — Huddled on board the boat, the 12-year-old girl quaked with fear. The captain and crew who she says had tortured her and three other women and girls were not finished.
Rape, terror and death at sea: How a boat carrying Rohingya children, women and men capsized

Rape, terror and death at sea: How a boat carrying Rohingya children, women and men capsized

MEULABOH, Indonesia (AP) — The boat glided across waters that were dark and still, under a night sky that was cloudless and calm. But on board, the 12-year-old girl quaked with fear.
Recreational marijuana backers try to overcome rocky history in South Dakota

Recreational marijuana backers try to overcome rocky history in South Dakota

Advocates of legalizing recreational marijuana in South Dakota, a mission with a rocky history, submitted thousands of signatures to election officials on Tuesday in the hopes of once again getting the issue on the conservative state's November ballo
Murder trial opens in death of Detroit-area teen whose disappearance led to grueling landfill search

Murder trial opens in death of Detroit-area teen whose disappearance led to grueling landfill search

DETROIT (AP) — A man who dropped a Detroit-area teenager’s body in a dumpster “left behind a trail of digital evidence” implicating him in her death, despite a fruitless, extraordinary search to find the remains in a landfill , a prosecutor told juro

Editorial Roundup: United States

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: May 6 The Washington Post on Medicare and Social Security reforms President Biden and former president Donald Trump don’t agree on much, but both have pledged not to touch Social Securi
In Holocaust remembrance, Biden condemns antisemitism sparked by college protests and Gaza war

In Holocaust remembrance, Biden condemns antisemitism sparked by college protests and Gaza war

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden condemned the “ferocious surge of antisemitism in America and around the world” during a Tuesday ceremony to remember victims of the Holocaust at a time when the Hamas attack on Israel and controversy over the wa
Denial and uncertainty are looming over a Biden-Trump rematch 6 months out from Election Day

Denial and uncertainty are looming over a Biden-Trump rematch 6 months out from Election Day

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — This North Carolina voter is nervous.
Brittney Griner still adjusting after Russian prison ordeal. WNBA star details experience in book

Brittney Griner still adjusting after Russian prison ordeal. WNBA star details experience in book

Brittney Griner continues her efforts to settle into a normal routine following her release from a Russian prison 17 months ago . Life isn't what it once was for the perennial WNBA All-Star.
As the US moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, could more states legalize it?

As the US moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, could more states legalize it?

As the U.S. government moves toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug, there may be little immediate impact in the dozen states that have not already legalized cannabis for widespread medical or recreational use by adults.
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