2/20/2024 -
States may adopt their own laws on raw milk sales. Most states have state-wide laws, but a few leave decisions to local governments.
2/14/2024 -
Mayorkas is only the second cabinet member to ever be impeached (the first was William W. Belknap, U.S. Secretary of War, who was impeached and acquitted in 1876).
2/14/2024 -
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1/30/2024 -
Kamila Valieva, who was 15 at the time, tested positive for three banned drugs ahead of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, but the results were not known until after the Russian team had won. As a a result officials concluded medals would not be awarded for a completed event for the first time in Olympic history.
1/29/2024 -
Find out the minimum wage rate in all 50 states, D.C., and the five populated U.S. territories.
1/29/2024 -
In Dec. 2023, New York joined California and Illinois in considering statewide reparations.
1/29/2024 -
On Jan. 5, 2024, the FDA authorized Florida to import prescription drugs from Canada. The authorization is the first for the nation just the first step in Floridians importing prescription drugs.
1/26/2024 -
Convened by the United Nations in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the nations came to a non-binding agreement after two weeks of debate. The agreement is the first time the nations have explicitly agreed to a transition away from fossil fuel use.
1/26/2024 -
Kenneth Eugene Smith, convicted of the murder-for-hire of a preacher’s wife in 1988, was executed on Jan. 25, 2024, in Alabama. The execution was the first using nitrogen hypoxia in the United States and the first time a new method of execution has been introduced in the country since lethal injection was introduced in 1982.
1/25/2024 -
The NBA suspended Tristan Thompson, center forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers, after he tested positive for ibutamoren, which stimulates HGH, and SARM-LGD-4033, which acts as testosterone. Thompson is suspended for 25 games. A second offense would result in a 55-game suspension and a third would result in dismissal from the NBA.
1/17/2024 -
Kenneth Eugene Smith, convicted of the murder-for-hire of a preacher’s wife in 1988, is scheduled to be executed on Jan. 25, 2024. If carried out, the execution will be the first using nitrogen hypoxia in the United States.
1/8/2024 -
NRA CEO and Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre announced his resignation on Jan. 5, 2024 (effective Jan. 31, 2024). LaPierre stated his resignation was due to health issues. The civil trial in New York against LaPierre that alleges his misuse of funds began on Jan. 8, 2024.
11/8/2023 -
The state joins D.C. and 23 other states in legalizing marijuana for recreational use. The state legalized medical marijuana in 2016.