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The U.S. Is Making Marijuana a Schedule III Drug. Here’s What That Means.

A new federal rule would reclassify marijuana as a less-dangerous, Schedule III drug. It’s a significant shift, even as it does not legalize the drug....

The U.S. Is Making Marijuana a Schedule III Drug. Here’s What That Means.

Senator Menendez’s Wife Is Being Treated for Breast Cancer

Nadine Menendez is charged along with her husband, Senator Robert Menendez, in a complex bribery scheme. She will undergo a mastectomy.

Senator Menendez’s Wife Is Being Treated for Breast Cancer

Texas Governor Pardons Daniel Perry in 2020 Black Lives Matter Protest Shooting

The man, Daniel S. Perry, was convicted of killing a protester during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Austin.

Texas Governor Pardons Daniel Perry in 2020 Black Lives Matter Protest Shooting

House Passes Bill to Force Biden to Reverse Israel Arms Pause

The legislation has no chance of advancing in Congress or being signed into law. Republicans scheduled a vote anyway in an effort to spotlight Democra...

House Passes Bill to Force Biden to Reverse Israel Arms Pause

FDA Approves Amgen Drug for Persistently Deadly Form of Lung Cancer

The treatment is for patients with small cell lung cancer, which afflicts about 35,000 people in the U.S. a year.

FDA Approves Amgen Drug for Persistently Deadly Form of Lung Cancer

35 Years Later, the Remains Known as ‘Chimney Doe’ Have a Name and a Face

A skeleton found in the chimney of a Wisconsin music store in 1989 has been identified, relaunching a police investigation that had been dormant for d...

35 Years Later, the Remains Known as ‘Chimney Doe’ Have a Name and a Face