New York Mayor Bill de Blasio defended his decision not to cancel classes for the city's 1.1 million public school students on Thursday despite great opposition and anger by parents and teachers. City Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina also received flak for her comments about the weather By late Thursday, the city is expected to receive nearly a foot of snow.
John Drake of New Jersey challenged the current law of the state regarding concealed weapons, and told a local paper that getting a permit is unreasonable for people like him whose businesses deals with a lot of money.
The Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission would most likely come in the way of the proposed landmark merger between Comcast Corp and Time Warner Cable, a Wall Street Journal report said.
The constitutional court of Italy shut down the harsh drug law that classifies marijuana and cannabis at par with heroin and cocaine, and said the law was unconstitutional.
