From Canada to Thailand, 2018’s Banner Year For Legal Marijuana
PORTLAND, Oregon — The last year was a 12-month champagne toast for the legal marijuana industry as the global market exploded and cannabis pushed its way further into the financial and cultural mainstream.
Our Reporters on Their Favorite Stories of 2018
From intimate interviews to deep dives on topics we were personally passionate about, here are the stories we were most proud of in 2018.
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Elon Musk Asks Judge to Toss Thai Cave Diver’s Lawsuit
LOS ANGELES — Elon Musk is asking a California judge to throw out a lawsuit filed against him by a British diver the tech...
Oldest US World War II Vet Dies in Texas at Age 112
AUSTIN, Texas — Richard Overton, America's oldest World War II veteran who was also believed to be the oldest living man in the U.S.,...
Cats & Dogs Die by Hundreds in Disease-Infested Bangkok Shelter: Rights Group
BANGKOK — Stuffed inside small cages, they stare and whimper at visitors or lie helplessly still. In every group of big dogs and adult cats, or small puppies and kittens, some are collapsed on the ground, short of breath or even dead.
Anti-Corruption Body Clears Prawit in Watch Scandal by Narrow Vote
BANGKOK — One year after a scandal engulfed the deputy junta leader over his collection of expensive watches, the National Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday cleared him of any wrongdoing.
Satellite Images Show Collapse of Indonesian Island Volcano
Top: This combination of synthetic aperture radar images taken by JAXA's ALOS-2 satellite and analyzed by Geospatial Information Authority of Japan shows Indonesia's Anak...
American Man First to Solo Across Antarctica Unaided
An Oregon man became the first person to traverse Antarctica alone without any assistance on Wednesday, trekking across the polar continent in an epic...
Public Invited to Monitor Latest Rare Turtle Egg Discovery
PHANG NGA — A rare sea turtle laid about 100 eggs on a Thai beach fewer than 10 days after another did so at...
‘Golden Mermaid’ Loses Tail to Bomb on Samila Beach
SONGKHLA — A beach in the southern province of Songkhla has been closed to the public after a popular landmark was damaged by one of at least five pipe bombs planted in the area.
