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Details: Written by KRISTEN WYATT, Associated Press; Published: 16 October 2016

Diners smoke marijuana as they eat dishes prepared by chefs during an evening of pairings of fine food and craft marijuana strains served to invited guests dining at Planet Bluegrass, an outdoor venue in Lyons, Colo. Oct. 2, 2016 photo. Chefs and pot growers trying to explore fine dining with weed face a legal gauntlet to make pot dinners a reality, even where the drug is legal. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

in Colorado, fine dining comes with cannabis as well as wine

Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 16 October 2016

Chris Hall shows off a vile of gold he's mined from the Wild Ammonoosuc River in Bath, N.H. Sept. 4, 2016. A new generation of gold miners is giving prospecting a try, especially in New England and the Pacific Northwest. The growth is attributed partially to television shows like "Yukon Gold." (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Oregon, Nevada, Utah and California best bets in West

Details: Written by EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press; Published: 15 October 2016

Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, left, talks to Senegal's Foreign Minister Mankeur Ndiaye before a meeting of the U.N. Security Council regarding nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament at U.N. headquarters, Friday, Sept. 23, 2016. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Vitaly Churkin blames "lack of respect...discussion"

Details: Written by NANCY BENAC, Associated Press; Published: 15 October 2016

Clinton's use of email and establishment connections under scrutiny

Details: Written by NANCY BENAC, Associated Press; Published: 15 October 2016

From taxes and a fake University to payoffs for silence, Trump's record is not so shiny

Details: Written by STEVE PEOPLES and JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press; Published: 14 October 2016

Attorney Gloria Allred, left, comforts Summer Zervos during a news conference in Los Angeles, Friday Oct. 14, 2016. Zervos, a former contestant on "The Apprentice" says Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump made unwanted sexual contact with her at a Beverly Hills hotel in 2007. Zervos is among several women who have made sexual allegations against the Republican nominee. He has strenuously denied them. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

New allegations of sexual misconduct rocked Donald Trump's campaign Friday as the candidate denounced his accusers

Details: Written by Victoria Jones, Howard University News Service; Published: 12 October 2016

A former Howard University faculty member, Hughes built a radio and television conglomerate, Radio One and TV One, after guiding the university's radio station to unprecedented success. Photo by Radio Facts.

Howard University’s School of Communications, will be getting a new name after receiving $4 million from Cathy Hughes

Details: Written by Bill Buck, Patriot Majority USA; Published: 11 October 2016

Republican vice presidential candidate Indiana Gov. Mike Pence speaks in Charlotte, N.C., Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)

Indiana State Police shut down a voter-registration program that registering tens-of-thousands African Americans in Indiana

Details: Written by JULIE PACE and LISA LERER, Associated Press; Published: 10 October 2016

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump listens to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump sparred in a bitter debate filled with tension and insult

Details: Written by Courtney Davis, Howard University News Service; Published: 10 October 2016

On Thursday, Oct. 6, Sesame Street’s Elmo hang out with kids invited to the final fall harvest of the White House Kitchen Garden on the South Lawn of the White House. Photo by Cheriss May, Howard University News Service

Michelle Obama and the 20 children from across the nation celebrated the final harvest of the White House kitchen garden

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