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In the new world of legal recreational marijuana, don't flood teens with pot ads

Ads make teens more likely to use pot, but do they understand the risks? We need guidelines and parental guidance in the recreational marijuana era.

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Christian Bales, the valedictorian of Holy Cross High School, delivers his graduation speech outside with a megaphone after the ceremony took place.The Diocese of Covington last weekend banned the graduation speeches from the Bales and student counci

Valedictorian's speech was too much for a religion that favors silence
Christian Bales has fought many battles as a gay high school student. Now it continues through graduation, thanks to the Catholic Church.

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Jimmy Kimmel has an idea for reviving the 'Roseanne' reboot that got booted
The show was a big moneymaker for ABC. So what's next? Kimmel and Jordan Klepper have ideas in Best of Late Night.

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Acting Health and Human Services Secretary Eric Hargan speaks at a news conference announcing a new division on Conscience and Religious Freedom January 18, 2018 in Washington, DC.

Health & Human Services: We didn't lose 1,500 migrant children. Most are with family.
Loopholes in our immigration system allow and encourage both adults and children to come and stay here illegally — let's address those.

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Funeral for Christian Riley Garcia, 15, killed May 18 in the Santa Fe High School shooting, Crosby, Texas, May 26, 2018.

On guns, we're as paralyzed as I was the day my nephew was shot to death: Montana governor
People want action on guns. But arming teachers is absurd and mental health is a separate challenge. We need to focus on what works to make us safer.

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House Republicans may lose their majority by backing Trump's wall, dissing Dreamers
Resistance to immigration liberalization is important to Republican conservatives — but is it more important than keeping a majority in the House?

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Roseanne Barr just learned that no one gets to be Donald Trump. Not even her.
Roseanne just learned that only Trump can be Trump. He doesn't have a boss who can fire him. And there's an art to his racism that she didn't grasp.

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Nursing student Carlos Esteban, a DACA recipient, rallies outside the White House on Sept. 5, 2017.

Save 'DREAMers' from Donald Trump's legal limbo
Forcing a DACA vote on young undocumented immigrants is a worthy cause for Republicans standing up to the GOP leadership: Our view

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Then-FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, on June 19, 2013.

Let the facts from Mueller's investigation exonerate or prove wrongdoing by President Trump
Escalating attacks on the rule of law concern Sen. John McCain — and they should concern you, too, regardless of your politics.