DENVER (AP) — Firing up bongs and cheering in a cloud of marijuana smoke, pot users in Colorado hailed the arrival of the nation’s first recreational pot industry Wednesday. Retail sales weren’t to begin until 8 a.m. But marijuana fans didn’t wait to celebrate the industry. “Honestly, I thought I’d never see the day,” said […]

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The family of a 13-year-old California girl declared brain dead after tonsil surgery is encountering difficulty in obtaining two surgeries that she needs to undergo before she can be safely transferred to a long-term care facility. A lawyer for Children’s Hospital Oakland said Tuesday that it is unwilling to allow an […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. John W.V. Cordice, a surgeon who was part of the medical team that saved Martin Luther King Jr. from a nearly fatal stab wound in 1958, has died at age 95. Sunday’s death was announced by the city agency that oversees Harlem Hospital Center, where Cordice was formerly an attending […]