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Russia Officially Suspends INF Treaty with US
On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree which suspended Russian participation in the Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. The decision came after the US announced their intention to withdraw from the same treaty earlier this year. 
The INF was negotiated in 1987 between President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, and banned land-based nuclear missiles of a certain range. It effectively took nuclear arms out of Europe.  More

New Senate Bill Would Legalize Marijuana Nationwide
It would also expunge criminal records related to weed.
For the second time, Senator Cory Booker announced a bill to make recreational marijuana use legal across the entire U.S.
The Marijuana Justice Act, which Booker and Representatives Barbara Lee and Ro Khanna announced on Thursday, would not only legalize marijuana but also retroactively erase marijuana possession, charges from Americans’ criminal records, according to Rolling Stone — a monumental shift in U.S. drug policy.

Black journalists' group places CNN on 'special monitoring list'

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Should They Ban the Big Booty
Butt implants linked to deadly cancer for first time