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Explosion at Maryland cannabis facility injures 2, officials say
STEVENSVILLE, Md. (AP) — Two workers were injured in an explosion and fire at a cannabis extraction facility on Maryland's Eastern Shore on Wednesday, state fire officials said. Firefighters were called to PharmaCann in Stevensville for a report of an explosion, according to the...
Things to know about Ashley Moody, appointed to be Florida's next US senator
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to be the state's next U.S. senator. The announcement comes after President-elect Donald Trump nominated U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida's senior senator since 2010, to be...
Authorities suspect gang members killed 7 workers at a California marijuana farm in 2020
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — More than four years after the shooting deaths of seven Laotian workers at an illegal marijuana farm in Southern California, authorities revealed Friday that they believe the killings were carried out by gang members and pleaded with people to come forward with any...
New 2025 laws hit hot topics from AI in movies to rapid-fire guns
Artificial intelligence. Abortion. Guns. Marijuana. Minimum wages. Name a hot topic, and chances are good there's a new law about it taking effect in 2025 in one state or another. Many of the laws launching in January are a result of legislation passed this year....
Hawaii hemp growers say new state rules will put them out of business
Gov. Josh Green’s approval of new regulations for CBD products, touted as a win for locally grown hemp, actually represents a major setback for the industry, local hemp farmers and CBD processors say. The new regulations limit the allowable level of delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol,...
Most US teens are abstaining from drinking, smoking and marijuana, survey says
NEW YORK (AP) — Teen drug use hasn't rebounded from its drop during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the results from a large annual national survey released Tuesday. About two-thirds of 12th graders this year said they hadn’t used alcohol, marijuana,...
