The European Commission approved measures to help Ukraine amounting to at least €11bn in coming years.
The House approved measures to bar the Treasury Department from enforcing restrictions on travel to Cuba.
New York and Washington, D.C., have approved measures that start taking effect next year.
Maine, Maryland, and Washington all approved measures allowing same-sex marriages in their state.
In September the Japanese government approved measures to block the transfer of funds to North Korea.
In local elections, voters in two big college towns, Ann Arbor, Mich., and Columbia, Mo., approved measures allowing medical marijuana.
The European Commission has approved measures to help Ukraine amounting to at least €11bn in coming years.
Voters in Maryland and Maine have apparently approved measures to allow same-sex couples to wed in their states.
In California, San Benito and Mendocino counties approved measures to stop fracking, while Santa Barbara County voted one down.
Another 20 percent is to be based on locally approved measures of student achievement, to be decided with the union.
In Arizona and Oklahoma, voters approved measures aimed at preventing President Obama's health care legislation from going into effect.
