After a century of racist demonization of cannabis, the federal government appears to be willing to budge on its zero-tolerance policy. As reported in The Washington Post, Attorney General Merrick Garland will recommend downgrading marijuana from a spot on the DEA's (AKA, "Cops Practicing Medicine") Schedule I list of controlled substances (heroin, LSD, peyote, MDMA) to a Schedule III drug, alongside ketamine and steroids. — Read the rest
Alabama lawmakers are down to the wire as six days are left in the legislative session to decide whether to bring gambling before voters.
WASHINGTON >> President Joe Biden’s administration is indefinitely delaying a long-awaited menthol cigarette ban, a decision that infuriated anti-smoking advocates but could avoid a political backlash from Black voters in November.
The Fed's decision to hike interest rates and then hold them at a 23-year high has helped to significantly lower elevated inflation, although it remains stuck firmly above the US central bank's long-term target of two percent.Since the start of this year, the Fed's favored inflation measure has actually accelerated, hitting an annual rate of 2.7 percent in March, while economic growth has slowed, and the labor market has remained robust.The current environment, analysts say, is likely to lead...
Ottawa has plans to finally stop blocking Canadian development aid to Afghanistan this year, but some are concerned about the time it will take to develop the system.
Dispute over who should supply gas to new facility planned beside Pleasants Power. Hope asks PSC to slow things down.
A police incident on Radford Road has been causing slow traffic in Coventry
The announcement is another setback for Food and Drug Administration officials, who drafted the ban and predicted it would prevent hundreds of thousands of smoking-related deaths over 40 years
The ban, originally anticipated last summer, has been held up over fears President Biden could lose support by banning products popular in the Black community.
Crypto.com planned to launch its trading services in South Korea on April 29. The company had acquired OK-BIT and PnLink for regulatory compliance. Despite the temporary halt, the company remains committed to navigating challenges to eventually enter the country. Crypto.com has decided to halt its plans to enter the South Korean market temporarily. The move […]
The 12th annual Wine for Hope fundraiser was at Waypoint 4180 in Canfield.
A woman and her 69-year-old father have been left without access to his medication after being forced to sleep in a Dubai airport.