Announcements

Associated Press journalist Nancy Benac is photographed in the news agency's Washington bureau, Friday, March 16, 2018. The Associated Press has named Nancy Benac as its White House news editor. Benac is a veteran Washington journalist who has covered the presidency and national political campaigns. The appointment was announced Monday by Julie Pace, AP’s Washington bureau chief. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Associated Press video news editor Derl McCrudden poses in the AP's London newsroom on Jan. 5, 2018. The global news cooperative announced on Friday, Jan. 26, that McCrudden has been appointed to the new position of deputy managing editor for digital and visual journalism. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2017, file photo, James MacWilliams prunes a marijuana plant that he is growing indoors in Portland, Maine. Vermont Gov. Phil Scott on Monday, Jan. 22, 2018, privately signed the state's marijuana bill into law, making the Vermont the first in the country to authorize the recreational use of the substance by an act of a state legislature. The law, which goes into effect July 1, allows adults to possess up to 1 ounce of marijuana, two mature and four immature plants. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)