Ayushman Basu

The decision came just hours after U.S. Attorney Jeff Sessions decided to reverse an Obama-era policy which called on U.S. attorneys to de-prioritize marijuana related cases in the states where the drug was legal.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center research has determined that the overall level of chlorine was decreasing at a rate of 0.8 percent per year and estimated a 20 percent decline in ozone depletion during the winter months from 2005 to 2016.

Accroding to the attorney, the child told investigators that rats and roaches were “his friends.”

The lawsuit by Wixen Music Publishing alleged Spotify used songs like Tom Petty's "Free Fallin" and the Door's "Light My Fire" without licenses and compensations.

North Korea had cut two inter-Korean communication lines in February 2016 in protest of Seoul's shutdown of a joint industrial complex.

According to the weather forecast, Tuesday, a strong blizzard was expected to hit areas near Buffalo and continue through Wednesday. Officials said that the weather was one of the main factors for the cause of the incident.

Dutch aviation consultancy, To70, and Aviation Safety Network reported, Monday, that there were no commercial passenger jet fatalities in 2017.

Trump’s predecessor Barack Obama did a similar thing during his presidency when he declared January 2017, "National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month."

The incident at Huntington Beach was not surprising as earlier reports stated that since mid-July 2017, the number of stingray attacks had increased due to a spike in water temperatures which lured the stingrays closer to the beaches.

The Time’s Up movement is an answer to the criticism of the #MeToo movement with regards to the fact that it focused only on accusers who made allegations against high-profile men in Hollywood, which resulted in similar cases of working-class women being overshadowed.

The organization, 325 Kamra, was founded in 2015 by a group of adoptees and has made 41 successful matches till date.

The pope said the year was “wasted and wounded” by humans through “works of death, with lies and injustices,” and stressed people should be responsible for their actions.

The NYPD officials stated unofficial numbers displayed the police department investigated 290 homicides in 2017, which is the lowest number of cases since the end of the World War II.

According to a report, Susie Tompkins Buell was described as a "soul mate" to Hillary Clinton. Buell in the past donated money to Bill Clinton's first presidency campaign after which she and Clinton became close friends.

President Donald Trump, in a tweet Sunday, stated his administration was making America great again and claimed it was happening faster than expected.

Orthodox Christmas is recognized and celebrated by a total of 16 countries which include Russia, Ukraine, Egypt and Serbia.

The Russian comedian duo, termed the "Jerky boys of Russia" engaged the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations in a conversation about election in the fictional island of Binomo.

This move signaled a relaxation in punishments given for violating the conservative dress code.

Bernice Kekona, 75, told the paramedics she thought she was getting on an elevator. But by the time she realized her mistake, the wheelchair was on the escalator, which resulted in her falling down 21 steps.

Norman Pattiz's sexual misconduct case was not taken up in 2016 as he and the University of California (UC) weren't engaged in business. However, due to the emergence of the #MeToo movement, the case gained momentum this year.

Earlier in November, President Donald Trump blamed China for making a "flood of cheap and deadly" fentanyl which he thought was the reason for a massive drug epidemic in the country.

Civil rights activist groups such as National Action Network (NAN) and We Demand Justice were planning to stage a protest Saturday, in front of the Troy Police Department, Alabama, to demand action against police officers who were involved in the alleged beating up of Wilkerson.

When compared to any other president's first year, dating back to Dwight Eisenhower, President Donald Trump signed the least number of bills (94) during his 336 days in office.

The DF-17 ballistic missile can reportedly deliver both nuclear and conventional payloads and could also be designed to deliver a maneuverable re-entry vehicle instead of a hypersonic glide vehicle.

The development of submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) program and the testing of the Hwasong-15 ICBM and the speed at which both of them developed suggests that North Korea might be heading toward complete nuclear deterrence in order to protect the country from conventional and nuclear attacks.

The former Arkansas Governor stated that Churchill was despised by his own party, the opposition and also the press. In Donald Trump “we have a Churchill,” he added.

The DNA editing mechanism, Crispr, was previously used by scientist to try and solve the growing problem of rodent infestation in the U.K. The process included genetically modifying rodents with infertility genes and then letting them mate with the native population which might result in a massive decline of their population in the coming generations.

Kim Yeo Jong, the sister of the North Korea leader, was apparently responsible for purging three senior party officials by sending them for re-education. Re-education usually means labor work in chicken farms and rural plantations.

According to radiation tests conducted by South Korea government, reports signaled the fact that some of the North Korean defectors might have been exposed to radiation. But it was difficult to ascertain the fact as to whether this was the result of nuclear tests conducted by North Korea.