Matt Ferner
Senior Reporter, HuffPost
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Trump Supports Relaxing Federal Pot Laws, In Blow To Jeff Sessions
If the legislation is signed into law, it would resolve a decadeslong conflict between state and federal marijuana laws.
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Alabama Sheriff Who Pocketed $750,000 From Jail Food Budget Loses GOP Primary
Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin kept money meant to feed inmates, AL.com reported.
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San Francisco To Adopt Software App To Help Automatically Clear Old Marijuana Convictions
“When the government uses 20th-century tools to tackle 21st-century problems, it’s the public that pays the price."
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George Soros, Progressive Groups To Spend Millions To Elect Reformist Prosecutors
If they succeed, the liberal billionaire and political action committees could change how the law is enforced in America.
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Migrant Caravan Arrives At U.S. Border, Despite Trump’s Threats
The White House mobilized the National Guard, threatened prosecution and likened the asylum-seekers to a national security threat. They’re coming anyway.
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ACLU Accuses Sheriff, Top Prosecutor Of Rampant Misconduct In California's Orange County
A jail informant scandal has unraveled numerous high-profile cases and threatens to upend still more.
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6 Months After The Vegas Mass Shooting, We Still Don’t Know What Motivated The Killer
An arsenal of firearms. More than 1,100 rounds. Fifty-eight dead and more than 800 wounded. Why?
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This Is What John Bolton Will Be Responsible For As National Security Adviser
Bolton has a long history of supporting military, rather than diplomatic, answers to foreign policy questions.
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Trump’s Visit To Wall Prototypes Shows The Hubris And Absurdity Of The Idea
As the president inspected 8 slabs at the border, familiar campaign chants echoed again.
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Murder Destroyed Their Lives. Corruption Crushed Their Hopes For Justice.
As prosecutors fixated on the death penalty for a killer, some family members of his victims found solace in an unlikely figure... the gunman's attorney.
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Here Are The Autopsies For The Victims Of The Las Vegas Mass Shooting
The details are disturbing. But they sharpen a reality we must confront.
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Las Vegas Autopsies Reveal The True Brutality Of Mass Shootings
Media coverage often serves to sanitize the graphic, uncomfortable reality of these tragedies. Maybe we don't deserve the privilege of that comfort.
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Tronc Is Building A Shadow Newsroom Full Of Scabs, L.A. Times Staffers Fear
A mysterious new management team appears to be quietly building a non-union network.
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How The LA Times Union Won
"The days of the newsroom passively standing by while management did whatever they wanted are over."
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California's Marijuana Legalization Aims To Repair Damage From The War On Drugs
It didn't just legalize weed, the state also enacted one of the most progressive criminal justice reforms in the country.
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You Can Now Buy Legal Recreational Marijuana In California
The first state to legalize medical cannabis becomes the most populous to allow recreational use.
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How To Get Back To The Streets If You're A Serial Killer In Orange County
Oscar Moriel was facing life in prison, but his controversial work as an informant dramatically reduced his sentence.
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On The Road Of Destruction To The Thomas Fire
HuffPost's reporter headed up the SoCal coast, encountering a trail of haze, smoke and burned-out devastation along the way.
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Radio Mogul Under Pressure To Resign From Powerful California University Board
Several women have accused Norman Pattiz of sexual harassment.
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Appeals Court Denies New Trial For "Making A Murderer" Subject Brendan Dassey
The 7th Circuit ruled that his confession to aiding in a rape and murder when he was 16 was not coerced.