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Please help us get the word out! On Friday, April 27th at 9am, Michigan’s Medical Marijuana Review Board is considering adding more than 20 new conditions to the list of …
Read MoreJERUSALEM — The Israeli government has scrapped a controversial plan to deport thousands of African migrants after a high-court petition filed by human rights groups challenged the plan’s validity. The government’s …
Read MoreIn the biggest setback yet for the Trump administration in its attempt to end a program that shields some undocumented young adults from deportation, a federal judge ruled Tuesday that …
Read MoreWASHINGTON — The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights has begun dismissing hundreds of civil rights complaints under a new protocol that allows investigators to disregard cases that are part …
Read MoreThe city of Chicago paid more than $20 million in settlements for police-involved lawsuits in the first two months of the year, WBBM-TV reported Tuesday, and there could be millions of dollars …
Read MoreDon’t let an apartment you own sit empty, or the city may turn it into affordable housing for someone else. That’s the message this monthfrom Barcelona, as it revives a controversial …
Read MoreShrinking reservoirs in India, Morocco, Iraq and Spain could result in water taps going completely dry in these four countries, a study based on a new early warning satellite system has warned. …
Read MoreAmid renewed national attention to the dangers of lead poisoning, hundreds of Chicagoans have taken the city up on its offer of free testing kits to determine if they are …
Read MoreThis is the third lawsuit and the fourth plaintiff in Lackawanna County’s prison sexual-assault scandal, involving at least 16 female victims and 10 alleged perpetrators. OLIVIA MESSER 04.03.18 10:17 AM …
Read MoreANN ARBOR, MI – Although hundreds of students and pot supporters were smoking marijuana Saturday in Ann Arbor, there were no arrests at the 47th annual Hash Bash, police say. …
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