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• Report: Legal Pot Roadblock in NY Goes Up in Smoke
  
  After the state's health commissioner said he will recommend New York allow adults to consume marijuana legally, another barrier to legalized pot in New York went up in smoke Monday.
• Family of WH's Stephen Miller Legally Emigrated in 1903
  
  Amid calls for immigration reform, The New York Times reports White House senior adviser Stephen Miller's family legally emigrated in the 19th century.
• Pew: Americans Have Difficulty Identifying Facts From Opinions
  
  Americans have a tough time identifying the difference between fact and opinion in the news - with about 25 percent unable to sort it out at all, a new study showed.
• Rush: Border Separation an 'Entirely Manufactured Crisis'
  
  The separation of children at the United States' border with Mexico "is an entirely manufactured crisis," according to conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh.
• Montana 'Dogman' Is Merely an Ordinary Gray Wolf
  
  The mysterious "dogman" shot in Montana has turned out to be an ordinary gray wolf, according to reports.
• Rapper XXXTentacion Dies After Shooting
  
  Rapper XXXTentacion has died following a shooting in South Florida, the Broward County Sheriff's Office confirmed. A source had told Variety that the rapper, whose real name is Jahseh Onfroy, has been critically wounded.TMZ is reporting that XXX had "no pulse" following the...
• Judge Napolitano: Border Separation Is 'Child Abuse'
  
  Separating children from their parents at the United States' border with Mexico is akin to "child abuse," according to Judge Andrew Napolitano on Monday.
• Gallup Poll: Americans' Satisfaction Hits 12-Year High
  
  Gallup reported Monday the percentage of Americans satisfied with the way things are going has hit a 12-year high.
• Bill O'Reilly on Child Separation: Trump 'Will Not Win This One'
  
  The Trump administration's zero-tolerance immigration policy that separates children from their illegal immigrant parents is not advisable and should end now, according to conservative political commentator and author Bill O'Reilly on Monday.
• Study: Millennials Projected for a Decline in Middle-Age Health
  
  Millennials might wind up being the first generation to have poorer health in middle age than their parents, according to a recent study.
• Ex-NFL Player Asks Trump to Pardon Nephew Convicted of Murder
  
  Tony Paige, a former National Football League running back, sent a letter to President Donald Trump asking him to consider clemency for Paige's nephew, who is in jail in a second-degree murder case, the Washington Examiner reported.
• Wisconsin GOP Senate Candidate Displays Firearm in New TV Ad
  
  A Republican Senate candidate has released a startling television ad in which she sits at her kitchen table with a handgun resting next to her and tells of being threatened with death for her conservative views.
• Chicago Tribune: Govt Must Act on Suicide, Drug Abuse - Now!
  
  Suicides and drug overdoses have put the U.S. "in the grip of two lethal epidemics" - and the government must take immediate steps to stop the crisis, The Chicago Tribune says in an editorial published Monday.
• Trump Supporter Tries to Disrupt De Niro Broadway Musical
  
  A supporter of President Donald Trump attempted to disrupt a Broadway show that Robert De Niro directed, the New York Post reported. At the end of a Saturday performance of "A Bronx Tale," an audience member stood up during the cast took their final bows at the end of the...
• DC's Public Schools Go From Success Story to Cautionary Tale
  
  As recently as a year ago, the public school system in the nation's capital was being hailed as a shining example of successful urban education reform and a template for districts across the country.
• Parkland Students, Activists Registering Voters in Chicago
  
  CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago anti-violence activists and a group of Florida high school shooting survivors fanned out across the city's South Side on Saturday, knocking on doors and registering people to vote in a bid to build support for changing the nation's gun laws.Ryan...
• Ford: Detroit Train Station Key to Autonomous Vehicle Plans
  
  Bill Ford looks past the tons of paint, plaster and steel needed to remake Detroit's blighted Michigan Central train station and sees more than just an iconic building in desperate need of a makeover.The executive chairman of Ford Motor Co. and great-grandson of founder...
• Sen. Cruz Beats Kimmel in Charity Hoops Match
  
  Liberal TV comedic host Jimmy Kimmel took his feud with Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, from name calling to shot calling, but it was the senator who had the last laugh Saturday night in Houston.Cruz won 11-9, scoring a victory for their charities - Cruz's poverty-fighting...
• 1 Dead, 20 Injured in Shooting New Jersey Arts Festival
  
  Shooting broke out at an all-night art festival in Trenton, New Jersey, early Sunday, sending people stampeding from the scene and leaving one suspect dead and 20 people injured, a local prosecutor said.Sixteen the 20 injured were treated for gunshot wounds, Mercer County...
• Local Billionaire to Take Control of the LA Times Monday
  
  A biotech billionaire who purchased the Los Angeles Times with an eye toward restoring its independence and vigor will officially take control of the news organization Monday, the newspaper reports .Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong (soon-shong) is spending $500 million to buy The...
• Seth Meyers on Trump: 'He's a Fantastic Entertainer'
  
  Late-night host Seth Meyers said Saturday that President Donald Trump "comes at it as an entertainer more than a politician," telling CNN's Van Jones that "I would happily push aside what he gives us every day for a more balanced leadership for the country.""I think he's a...
• Researchers: Can Ultrasound Cause Illnesses Like Cuba, China Incidents?
  
  Researchers are studying whether ultrasound can make people sick after American diplomats in Cuba and China reported hearing odd sounds in their apartments before falling ill with symptoms like nausea, headaches and hearing loss, the Wall Street Journal reports.
• Cardinal Dolan: 'God's Law Trumps Man's Law'
  
  Cardinal Timothy Dolan said that the Bible reference Attorney General Jeff Sessions used to justify separating illegal immigrant children from their families "might not be the best" - saying: "No pun intended, but God's law trumps man's law."
• Police: 2nd Kansas Sheriff's Deputy Dies After Shooting
  
  A second sheriff's deputy died early Saturday from injuries suffered when an inmate who was being transported in Kansas City overpowered two officers and may have used one of their guns to shoot them.
• NYT: Publishers Take Issue With Facebook's Algorithms
  
  Facebook's new policies are harmful to journalism, news organizations criticize, according to The New York Times.

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