The ban would hit a multi-billion dollar industry - as the legislature also considers tightening a ban on tobacco advertising.
Relations between the two nations have become increasingly fraught over disagreements about the conflicts in Syria and Yemen.
From Sheldon Adelson to the Koch brothers, big dollar donors are the prime targets for presidential hopefuls.
Decriminalization advocates say jailing nonviolent drug offenders restricts economic opportunities and increases the likelihood that offenders will return to prison.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that conservation efforts had helped in significantly increasing the population of the mammals.
The former Egyptian president was found guilty of "using violence and arresting and torturing protesters."
A coalition led by Saudi Arabia has conducted airstrikes against Shia Houthi rebels, who are believed to be supported by Iran.
Tommy Schaefer was charged with premeditated murder after he said in court he had killed Wiese-Mack in self-defense.
Despite government orders, three South Korean firms had paid the increased wages to their North Korean workers at the Kaesong industrial zone.
It is not yet clear how Freddie Gray received the injury to his spine that eventually led to his death.
The news of the probe comes days after the Boy Scouts’ New York City affiliate announced the hiring of an 18-year-old gay Eagle Scout.
The new law would allow anyone who held a valid concealed carry license to wear handguns openly on a shoulder or hip holster.
Oskar Groening, a former Nazi guard at the Auschwitz concentration camp, is charged as an accessory to murder in 300,000 cases.
Ashley Diamond, a transgender woman, alleged that she was sexually assaulted by other inmates in male prisons.
The 20-year-old, who has been identified only as Hoda, used Twitter to express her contempt for the U.S.
Prime Minister Lee Wan-koo is accused of accepting bribes worth thousands of dollars from a local businessman.
Australia's policy of turning away asylum seekers at sea has been strongly condemned by international groups.
In an interview, Syrian President Bashar Assad said that Lebanon's Hezbollah was assisting the country in its fight against ISIS.
A month before Tyrus Byrd was elected mayor of Parma, Missouri, and 80 percent of the police force in the tiny town resigned, an officer used a Taser on a black teenager.
Eight hundred migrants are confirmed to have perished when a ship capsized off the coast of Italy earlier this week.
An altercation in which an LAPD officer allegedly beat a suspect while he was on the ground was captured on video.
A bomb exploded in front of the Spanish embassy in the Libyan capital late on Monday, residents said, the latest in a string of attacks on foreign missions in the North African country.
The ride-hailing service must respond to complaints its drivers refused blind passengers with service dogs.
The conservative donors are reportedly expected to spend nearly $900 million on the 2016 presidential race.
The Queen turns 89 on Tuesday, but the official celebration isn't until June.
Dante Servin, an off-duty Chicago police detective, shot Boyd, an unarmed 22-year-old woman.
The crackdown on people smugglers advocated by various European officials will be difficult to implement.
Visiting Germany, Poland and Estonia, Bush will seek to bolster his foreign policy credentials.
The U.S. Navy sent the carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and escort cruiser USS Normandy from the Gulf into the Arabian Sea on Sunday.
300 members of the Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade is expected to train 900 guardsmen in three rotations over six months.
