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President Barack Obama signed Every Student Succeeds Act, which replaces former President Bush's No Child Left Behind. ESSA is said to bring major changes in the nation, as it will assign more authority to certain states interms of education control.

Another proposals have been submitted to the Legislature to legalize the use of marijuana in the United States. The Secretary of State William F. Galvin said that the proposals are now on their way on the 2016 ballot.

U.S. prosecutors are preparing to unveil drug trafficking charges against the head of Venezuela's National Guard, according to people familiar with the case, as the United States investigates the suspected involvement of senior Venezuelan officials in the cocaine trade.