The special counsel’s decision to not reach a conclusion about whether the president had obstructed justice stumped lawyers and frustrated senior Justice officials.
Some of the report’s most derogatory scenes were attributed not only to the recollections of former White House counsel Donald McGahn and other witnesses, but also to notes kept by aides.
The Fix
Analysis The body is hyperpartisan and more focused on the 2020 election than issues of presidential criminality and liability.
Wesley Flowers and Aaron Foster want to give their neighborhood access to the burgeoning cannabis market.
The West Side of Fresno, Calif., is the historical home to the city’s African American community.
Wayne McCoy watches over the West Side neighborhood as children play basketball.
As California embraces recreational marijuana, some cities hope to right the wrongs of the past by offering downtrodden neighborhoods an entry point to a lucrative future.
Medical Mysteries
Kimberly Ho, fresh off a 12-hour overnight shift at a hospital, was struggling to focus in class when a photo that flashed on a screen snapped her to attention.
Federal officials issued guidance clarifying that working with or using marijuana could be grounds for losing the chance for citizenship.
The Take
Analysis The South Bend mayor’s early success tells us something about his appeal. Expanding it will be his bigger challenge.
Twenty years ago, two gunmen claimed the lives of 13 victims and marked the beginning of an era in which America has repeatedly been forced to reckon with the threat of school shootings.
The suspects, who were not identified, were taken to Belfast for questioning after the death of Lyra McKee.
@PKCapitol
Analysis The lawmakers are raising money at a historically significant pace that puts them in a strong early position for 2020.
A city spokeswoman in Topeka said the zookeeper was alert when she was taken to the hospital.
Smith and her rendition of the song have been most closely associated in the sports world with the Philadelphia Flyers, who had a decades-long stretch of remarkable success in games preceded by her version.
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The town of Chillicothe, Mo., discovered they have a surprising claim to history: the creation of sliced bread.
