He made a direct appeal for Kentuckians to offer their views, It came a week after the latest bill to legalize medical cannabis died in the state Senate after the House passed it. “I want to be clear, I am for medical cannabis,” Beshear said at his weekly news conference. During much of the pandemic, […]
BLOOMFIELD, N.J. “It’s pretty amazing, exciting and if I get pulled over on the way home and I’m ever asked if I have any drugs in the car now I’m allowed to say only this,” Barrows said, holding up the canister of marijuana flower he had just purchased. Hagan Seeley, 23, said he had just […]
HELENA, Mont. In the world of bitcoin mining, access to cheap and reliable electricity is everything. While it has yet to widely catch on as a method of payment, it has seen its popularity as a speculative investment surge despite volatility that can cause its price to swing wildly. Computers connected to the bitcoin network […]
The conflict in Ukraine has added to those price pressures. Currently, investors expect rate hikes to push the benchmark interest rate to a range between 2.5% and 2.75% by the end of the year, according to CME Group’s FedWatch tool. Wall Street will get more details on that impact when the National Association of Realtors […]
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Congress is set to vote on a constitutional reform promoted by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador that would undo much of the market opening in electrical power carried out by his predecessor. Prior the 2013 energy reform, Mexico faced several problems: high electricity rates, scarce generating capacity and dirty power plants […]
They are competing instead for a shrunken supply of used autos, especially smaller, less expensive ones that consume less fuel. She had been leasing a Toyota Tacoma pickup she acquired as new four years ago and had been using for her custom drapery business. For just under $400 a month for six years, she said, […]
Canada responded to months of pressure from the NATO military alliance and others by promising more than $8 billion Canadian in new military spending over the next five years. …Read the full story
Many of these shops are small and far from big cities, and there’s an internal dispute over the legality of about a dozen operations on the St. State officials say initial sales could begin by the end of the year under a program providing the first licenses to people affected by marijuana-related convictions. The tribal […]
The government’s Narcotics Control Committee agreed to present the FDA’s proposal next week to the Narcotics Control Board. Officials at the FDA declined to speculate on the broader legal ramifications of purging cannabis plants from the prohibited list. By law, legal cannabis must contain less than 0.2% by weight of tetrahydrocannabinol — THC — the […]
A 56-page event operations plan for the Astroworld festival detailed protocols for dangerous scenarios, including a shooter, bomb or terrorist threats, and severe weather. …Read the full story
— Edward Shames, a World War II veteran who was the last surviving officer of “Easy Company,” which inspired the HBO miniseries and book “Band of Brothers,” has died. Shames was involved in some of the most important battles of World War II. “He made his first combat jump into Normandy on D-Day as part […]
The company told Vermont officials that it did not want to transport milk from the region to its plant in New York and will focus their business on larger farms in Midwest and West, Tebbetts said by email. Danone’s decision to end its contracts in the region is another hit to the overall dairy industry […]
Valente and Mitchell come from countries with little track cycling tradition, though. After winning his semifinal Sunday, Kenny slotted in behind the motorized pacing bike for the first three laps of the finals. It was the seventh gold medal for Kenny, breaking a tie with his sprint mentor Chris Hoy for the most among Brits. […]
The relatively young man, known as Megatron when he was a Detroit Lions receiver, plans to make the most of a post-playing career. Sanders, too, had a rift with the Lions perhaps in part because he had to return $1.8 million of his signing bonus to them. Johnson’s skill set helped him break one of […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter has signed a deal with The Associated Press and Reuters to help elevate accurate information on its platform. Twitter said the news agencies will help ensure that credible information is available in real time around key conversations as they come up. …Read the full story
With the country’s political center largely vanished, it’s rare to see governors win elections on adversarial ground, making the notion of a Republican upset in one of the nation’s Democratic strongholds seem implausible. But there are exceptions: Republican governors have defied the odds in solidly Democratic territory — Vermont, Massachusetts and Maryland. Scott said he […]
The 27-year-old two-time world champion posted a 93.3 in his first ride and watched as the other eight riders failed to catch him. Capping a brilliant performance by the entire Aussie women’s team, McKeon followed her victory in the 50-freestyle earlier in the session to take the butterfly leg on the relay. The top four […]
