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Carol Burnett and her husband are seeking to become the legal guardians of her teenage grandson as his mother struggles with substance abuse.

From hemp-based sports drinks to cocktails that get you high, science has finally cracked the code to making cannabis beverages that don’t taste awful

A gun safe sold at Dick’s Sporting Goods stores nationwide in November and December is being recalled due to an issue with the safe’s locking mechanism, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says.

An attorney for a reporter assaulted by a Montana congressman on the eve of his election said Monday that the lawmaker’s spokesman lied when he claimed “no one was misled” by the Republican’s initial denial of responsibility....
The lawyer for Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs sent a cease and desist letter telling U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte and his staff to stop making...

Newly elected Rep. Greg Gianforte received a bright orange jumpsuit in the mail on his first day working on Capitol Hill Wednesday, NBC News reported. The Montana Democratic Party sent the representative the package after Gianforte was arrested for assaulting a Guardian reporter the night before he was elected. Gianforte pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault and was sentenced to community...

A catastrophic blaze at a London apartment tower has brought new scrutiny to a long-accepted, counterintuitive rule for people in tall buildings: If the blaze breaks out elsewhere in the structure, don’t automatically run for the stairs. Stay put and wait for instructions. That’s what residents of London’s 24-story Grenfell Tower had been told to do, but the strategy failed...

Congressman-elect Greg Gianforte avoided jail time after pleading guilty Monday to an election-eve assault on a reporter that turned the race for Montana’s lone U.S. House seat into a full-fledged political spectacle. The Republican tech entrepreneur instead will serve 40 hours of community service and attend 20 hours of anger management classes for throwing Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs to the...

Republican U.S. Rep.-elect Greg Gianforte on Wednesday apologized to the reporter he is charged with assaulting the night before last month’s special congressional election in Montana. “I write to express my sincere apology for my conduct on the evening of May 24,” Gianforte wrote to Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs. “My physical response to your legitimate question was unprofessional, unacceptable, and...

U.S. Rep.-elect Greg Gianforte of Montana will plead guilty to assaulting a reporter the day before being elected the state’s only congressman last month, a prosecutor said Friday....
The Republican technology entrepreneur will enter his plea in court on Monday, when he is scheduled to be arraigned and sentenced on the misdemeanor charge, Gallatin County Attorney Marty Lambert told The Associated...

Republican Greg Gianforte won Montana’s special congressional election late Thursday barely a day after he was charged with misdemeanor assault following accusations that he body-slammed a reporter, NBC News reported. Gianforte, a technology entrepreneur, claimed a roughly 6 percent lead over Democrat Rob Quist. “Tonight, Montanans are sending a message to the Washington, D.C., establishment,” Gianforte told a cheering crowd...

Though Seth Meyers taped his “Closer Look” segment before the results of Montana’s special election were announced, he discussed the meaning of Republican Greg Gianforte’s alleged body slam of Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs.