Eric Holder, the U.S. attorney general, told a House subcommittee that “the impact on children” will be one factor the Justice Department weighs as it determines how to respond to the legalization of marijuana through ballot initiatives that passed last year in Washington state and Colorado.
Pope Francis, known for his frugal ways, has decided that because of tough economic times, Vatican employees won’t be getting the bonus that traditionally comes with the election of a new pope.
Barronelle Stutzman has been sued by the American Civil Liberties Union in Washington state on behalf of a Kennewick gay couple, Robert Ingersoll and Curt Freed, who were denied service at Stutzman’s flower shop for their wedding.
Bobby Jindal, the Republican governor of Louisiana, said he’ll veto any cigarette-tax increase that wins passage from lawmakers unless it’s coupled with a corresponding cut in taxes somewhere else.
Ernest Moniz, President Barack Obama’s choice to serve as secretary of the Energy Department, received the backing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and now awaits a confirmation vote by the full Senate.
Corine Mauch, 52, the mayor of Zurich who was born in Iowa City, Iowa, gave up her U.S. citizenship, one of a growing number of Americans to do so after Switzerland agreed to enact tighter asset-disclosure rules.
Vladimir Putin, the Russian president who has been widely criticized for curbing media freedoms, praised journalists as a driving force behind democracy in a message welcoming a congress of the Russian Journalists’ Union.
Thomas de Maiziere, Germany’s defense minister, said Berlin is offering to provide up to 800 soldiers for a NATO training mission in Afghanistan after U.S. and other foreign combat troops leave the country by the end of next year.
De’Marquise Elkins, 17, and Dominique Lang, 15, pleaded innocent in the slaying of 13-month-old Antonio Santiago, who was shot in the face in his stroller during what authorities described as an attempted street robbery in Brunswick, Ga.
Hyun Lee, a woman of Korean descent, filed a lawsuit against the CVS pharmacy chain seeking damages over her claims that a worker at a store in southern New Jersey used a phrase mocking Asians, “Ching Chong Lee,” to identify her on a store receipt.
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