Canada became the first industrialized nation to legalize recreational cannabis on Wednesday but a legal buzz will be hard to come by in its biggest cities as some, including Toronto and Vancouver, will have no stores open. >>more

MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on the deadly explosion at a college in Crimea (all times local): >>more

In a world of screens, it's easy to forget that we actually live on a lush green planet filled with diverse wild life. But the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is here to remind you that nature will forever be more impressive and beautiful than even the most >>more

At least 18 people have died and scores more injured Wednesday after an explosion went off at a polytechnic school in the Crimean town of Kerch. The Kremlin-appointed head of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, said the suspect was a 22-year-old student at the college. The suspect, identified in the Russian press >>more