NEW YORK (AP) — Four men named in a former Cornell University student’s lawsuit are joining an effort to block New York’s attorney general from leading a reopened criminal investigation into the woman’s gang rape allegations, according to court filings on Thursday. The men agreed to be added to a co-defendant’s court petition seeking Attorney General Letitia James' removal from the case because of social media posts she made prior to her involvement in which she condemned the alleged...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge late Thursday blocked the Trump administration from breaking ground on a towering memorial arch for 14 days. The temporary restraining order by U. S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan halting the work represents a major setback for one of President Donald Trump’s most prominent projects in his vision to remake Washington. The decision followed a series of steps taken earlier Thursday by the government, including the final approval of the arch by the National in...

GENEVA (AP) — People may have been getting high off cannabis earlier than previously thought — at least 2,800 years ago, a new study suggests. Archaeologists who led a dig at a monumental tomb in Siberia said they turned up evidence of the earliest known use of cannabis for psychoactive purposes. The findings point to cannabis consumption at least 300 years earlier than previously known use in neighboring China. Ancient drug use has long intrigued scholars. The Greek historian Herodotus of...