New York (CNN Business)US states are increasingly legalizing marijuana, but the drug still isn’t mainstream enough to convince CBS to let a cannabis company run a Super Bowl ad in 2019. By going public with the news of a rejected ad, Acreage is following the lead of other companies that have had their ads turned […]
Image caption Tributes to Mr Fitzgerald were left at the scene The watchdog previously responded to suggestions Mr Fitzgerald had been shot in the back, saying there was “no indication” that was the case. The two 26-year-olds were initially arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the production of cannabis. One has been bailed and […]
more than 1,000 will be added to the books). In some states, minimum wages will go up, guns will be harder to obtain, plastic straws will get the boot and hunters will get to wear pink for a change. Tighter gun restrictions in several states ASSOCIATED PRESS Following the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, last […]
London (CNN Business)1. Oil spike: US crude futures climbed 0.9% on Friday to above $53 per barrel, putting the commodity on track for its tenth consecutive daily gain. Oil is already on its the longest win streak since January 2010. There’s still a long way to go, however. Prices are still well below the $75 […]
(CNN)New Zealand may become the first Asia-Pacific country — and only the third worldwide — to legalize marijuana. Speaking in Parliament last month, Swarbrick blasted the hypocrisy of MPs who admitted they had taken drugs in the past but did not support legalization. “A substantial number of us (in Parliament) have personally admitted to breaking […]
Audi driver Kasar Jehangir, 25, and his passengers Tauqeer Hussain, 26, and Mohammed Fahsha, 30, died when the car ploughed sideways into the taxi coming the other way. Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Three vehicles were involved in the crash on Belgrave Middleway In February, Mr Worth handed in a petition signed by over […]
announced its plan to become the first country in the world to make all its public transportation free. re-elected coalition government led by Prime Minister Xavier Bettel has promised to lift fares on trains, trams and buses nationwide by summer 2019, As the paper noted, however, some of the finer points of the plan have […]
The result, after Tuesday’s midterm elections, is government that looks more like the nation. A HuffPost profiled a dozen of these historic candidates, with illustrations by Kyle Hilton For HuffPost First Latina Congresswoman From Texas Texas is 40 percent Hispanic, but it has never sent a Latina to Congress — until now. Veronica Escobar, a […]
(CNN)It’s the midterms of 2018, so why was Elizabeth Warren presidential hopeful, class of 2020 — swamping the news cycle? Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton was talking about her husband, Monica Lewinsky and #MeToo. Please stop talking (for now), said Michelle Cottle, in The New York Times. “This close to Election Day, discussing hot-button issues in national […]
JAMES ALLISON, TASUKU HONJO WIN NOBEL FOR CANCER RESEARCH She said health professionals “wanted [her] to have 10-12 cycles” of chemotherapy and that was her best chance at survival, but told her “no one with brain cancer has managed to have the full lot.” The former Miss United Kingdom, who previously had a tumor removed […]