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A planter trims medicinal marijuana plants in Ontario in 2016. After months of preparation, Canada legalized recreational use of the drug on Wednesday.

It's Legal. In Canada, Recreational Marijuana Gets Green Light

Pot sales begin today in Canada, which is only the second country after Uruguay to legalize the drug for recreational use.

Gaston County Elections Director Adam Ragan tests equipment.

Early Voting Changes In North Carolina Spark Bipartisan Controversy

At a time when early voting is becoming increasingly popular nationwide, a new law passed by North Carolina's GOP-controlled legislature cuts early voting sites by nearly 20 percent.

The authors of a new study on veterinarians and mental health say vet school should include more training on how to cope with the moral distress vets face when asked by pet owners to do things that are against their medical judgment.

Survey Finds Widespread 'Moral Distress' Among Veterinarians

Most of the 800 veterinarians surveyed feel ethical qualms when pet owners ask them to euthanize animals that could be treated, or when owners ask to keep pets alive who will suffer needlessly.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks in 2017. The mayor signed a provision into a law on Tuesday that allows people born in New York City who do not identify as male or female to change their birth certificate sex to a third-category of X.

New York City Creates Gender-Neutral Designation For Birth Certificates

People who were born in the city and don't identify as male or female can change the gender on their birth certificate to a third category of X, without acquiring approval from a physician.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shakes hands with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu before their official talks in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday.

Pompeo Meets With Turkey's Leaders Amid Diplomatic Crisis Over Missing Journalist

The U.S. secretary of state is in Ankara, where the Turkish government alleges journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi agents, a charge Riyadh denies.

Two workers weather a summer storm at a salmon farm near the small Highland town of Ullapool. The link between Scotland's wild fish declines and the rise of salmon farms is a point of contention.

Scotland's $2 Billion Salmon Industry Is Thriving — But At What Cost?

The growth of the country's farmed salmon sector has reached such a critical point that, if not addressed, may cause "irrecoverable damage to the environment," a government report says.

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