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Health Canada says daily cannabis use hasn't changed much since legalization

Health Canada says daily cannabis use has remained stable since it was legalized in 2018.

Dec 6, 2024 3:56 PM Read more >

On pardons, Biden weighs whether to flex presidential powers in broad new ways

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden faces a stark choice as he contemplates broad preemptive pardons to protect aides and allies from potential retribution by Donald Trump: Does he hew to the institutional norms he’s spent decades defending or flex

Dec 6, 2024 3:09 PM Read more >

Organigram says $90M Motif deal will give it largest share of Canada's pot market

Organigram Holdings Inc. says a $90-million deal to buy a cannabis vapes and infused pre-rolls business has made Organigram Canada’s largest recreational pot company by market share. Organigram's deal to purchase Motif Labs Ltd.

Dec 6, 2024 9:07 AM Read more >

In California's 'earthquake country,' a 7.0 temblor prompts confusion and a tsunami warning

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Valerie Starkey was driving through Northern California to visit relatives when she suddenly felt shaking and feared her car had broken down, only to realize later that it was an earthquake so powerful that it triggered a tsunami

Dec 5, 2024 11:12 PM Read more >

7.0 earthquake off Northern California prompts brief tsunami warning

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook a large area of Northern California on Thursday, knocking items off grocery store shelves, sending children scrambling under desks and prompting a brief tsunami warning for 5.

Dec 5, 2024 8:44 PM Read more >

Father of victim in NYC subway chokehold case sues defendant Daniel Penny

NEW YORK (AP) — The father of the victim at the center of the fatal New York City subway chokehold trial has sued the defendant as a Manhattan jury continued to deliberate the case Thursday.

Dec 5, 2024 5:28 PM Read more >

Father of victim in NYC subway chokehold case sues defendant Daniel Penny

The father of the victim at the center of the fatal New York City subway chokehold trial has sued the defendant as a Manhattan jury continues to deliberate the case Thursday.

Dec 5, 2024 11:03 AM Read more >

NFL tweaks its drug policy, increasing levels for a positive THC test

The NFL and the league’s players’ union agreed to modify their substance abuse policy, increasing the THC level for a positive test, according to a memo that was sent to agents and players on Wednesday.

Dec 4, 2024 9:13 PM Read more >

Jury revisits key videos in NYC subway chokehold death trial

NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors asked Wednesday to review police and bystander video at the heart of the chokehold manslaughter case against Daniel Penny as his lawyers complained that the Marine veteran was being harassed outside the New York City courthouse

Dec 4, 2024 5:03 PM Read more >

Georgia mayor acquitted of charges that he intentionally stashed gin in a ditch for prisoners

THOMSON, Ga. (AP) — The mayor of a small Georgia town is back in charge after a jury acquitted him of charges that he intentionally left a bottle of gin in a ditch for a state prison work crew.

Dec 4, 2024 3:58 PM Read more >