John T. Curtin, Judge Who Desegregated Buffalo Schools, Dies at 95

By RICHARD SANDOMIR April 20, 2017 John T. Curtin, a federal judge whose rulings forced Buffalo to desegregate its schools and the Occidental Chemical Corporation to clean the chemical wastes at the toxic Love Canal landfill, died on April 14 in Orchard...

Marijuana on Religious Grounds? A Cannabis Church Opens in Denver

By JACEY FORTIN April 20, 2017 For the International Church of Cannabis in Denver, there were three reasons to celebrate on Thursday. First, it was opening day. The church, a more than century-old building recently adorned with brightly colored paintings by...