July 2019

Teen odds of using marijuana dip with recreational use laws

New research suggests legalizing recreational marijuana for U.S. adults in some states may have slightly reduced teens’ odds of using pot. One reason may be that it’s harder and costlier for teens to buy marijuana from licensed dispensaries than from dealers, said lead author Mark Anderson, a health economist at Montana State University. The researchers […]

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Rembrandt: Rijksmuseum begins live Night Watch restoration

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe historic restoration of Rembrandt’s The Night Watch An Amsterdam museum has begun the biggest ever restoration of Rembrandt’s famous painting The Night Watch and is inviting people to watch live. The masterpiece, created in 1642, has been placed inside a specially designed glass chamber so that

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‘We Cannot Save Everything’: A Historic Neighborhood Confronts Rising Seas

NEWPORT, R.I. — The Point, a waterfront neighborhood here, is one of the largest, best preserved and most important Colonial-era communities in the United States. Its grid of 18th-century streets contains scores of houses built before the American Revolution, and dozens more that are almost as old. “It’s incredible to walk around a neighborhood like

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The Latest: Quake-rattled town to be without water for days

The Latest on earthquakes in Southern California (all times local): 12:10 p.m. It could be days before water service is restored to the Southern California desert town of Trona, where officials are still assessing damage from last week’s powerful earthquakes. San Bernardino County spokesman David Wert says Monday that 10 residences have been red-tagged as

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Elizabeth Warren’s Fund-Raising: $19.1 Million in 3 Months, Outpacing Sanders

WASHINGTON — Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts raised $19.1 million in the past three months, her campaign said on Monday, a total that places her firmly in the top echelon of the Democratic money race and ahead of her main rival for the party’s progressive wing, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. The fund-raising haul represents

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Terry Crews Campaigns For King Triton Part In ‘The Little Mermaid’

The chiseled Crews posted a fun composite of himself Saturday as the pumped Poseidon-like ruler, complete with fin. “Ariel’s Dad!!!” he wrote, adding in another tweet: “Good thing I skip leg day because mermen don’t have legs!” Lizzo has made her interest known for the part of Ursula, though Melissa McCarthy is reportedly in talks

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