Students at Lake Superior State University have had the unique opportunity to pursue a degree in cannabis chemistry since 2019. Now, they can also get cash to do it. The university in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, is offering its first cannabis chemistry scholarship. Steadfast Labs, a cannabis testing facility in Hazel Park, Michigan, is funding
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President Joe Biden said Tuesday that it is “reassuring” to see businesses “speaking up” about restrictive voting laws, but added that he respects whatever judgment a corporation may make as part of its response. When asked on Tuesday whether he thinks the upcoming Masters Tournament should be moved out of Augusta, Georgia, in response to
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was blunt in his reaction to Major League Baseball’s decision to move its All-Star Game out of Atlanta this summer following the passage of a series of new election measures by Georgia elected officials. “Corporations will invite serious consequences if they become a vehicle for far-left mobs to hijack our
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A class-action civil lawsuit filed in federal court on Monday accuses the Rochester, New York, Police Department (RPD) of racist practices and a “pattern and practice of using excessive force.” The plaintiffs include individuals who claim they were subjected to excessive force and/or falsely arrested during protests over the death of Daniel Prude, who died
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Rapper will.i.am wants to make face masks a high-end, high-tech statement. The Black Eyed Peas member announced this week he is teaming up with Honeywell to launch XUPERMASK, a $299 mask with a ton of bells and whistles. In addition to dual three-speed fans and HEPA filters, a type of mechanical air filter, it features
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration will need to continue to build up bed capacity and drastically reduce the time it takes to release unaccompanied migrant children to a sponsor like a parent or relative in the US to avoid backlogs in Border Patrol facilities in the coming months, according to internal government documents obtained
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A Minneapolis Police use-of-force training instructor testified Tuesday that Derek Chauvin’s kneeling on George Floyd’s neck is not a trained neck restraint tactic. “We don’t train leg-neck restraints with officers in service, and as far as I know, we never have,” Lt. Johnny Mercil said. Mercil’s testimony came as a series of police experts testified
Continue Reading ARLINGTON, Texas (KTVT) — As many as 40,000 fans were inside Globe Life Field in Arlington Monday for the Texas Rangers’ home opener. The full capacity crowd is one of the first since the COVID-19 pandemic began more than a year ago. There was lots of energy and excitement at the ballpark for the team’s
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Click here for updates on this story BROWARD, Florida (WFOR) — A ShotSpotter alert has led to the arrest of two convicted felons and the seizure of illegal drugs and a stolen gun. Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony held a news conference on Tuesday morning to explain how the ShotSpotter technology allowed his deputies to
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(CNN Español) — Fernando del Rincón le preguntó al candidato presidencial peruano Hernando de Soto, del partido Avanza País, si se había vacunado contra el covid-19 en Estados Unidos. Del Soto reconoció que sí se había vacunado en ese país, pero se negó a revelar en qué estado. Este fue el intercambio completo de Del
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Just as Grape Nuts come back to stores, Americans are faced with yet another shortage — this time, of oat milk at some Starbucks cafes. Starbucks rolled out oat milk lattes at about 1,300 stores in the Midwest last year. It added Oatly-brand oat milk to the menu nationally in March. But now, a mere
Continue Reading President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that he is moving up his deadline for states to make all American adults eligible for a coronavirus vaccine by almost two weeks, but said Americans must remain on a “war footing” to beat the virus. With all states having opened eligibility to the public or at least having
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Hundreds of New York City public housing apartments are getting a makeover. It’s part of a public and private initiative to improve the image of affordable housing, CBS2’s Hazel Sanchez reported Monday. Many public housing tenants have been plagued by rundown kitchens and bathrooms,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ALLEN, Texas (KTVT) — A welfare check just before 1 a.m. on April 5 led Allen police to the discovery of six bodies in the 1500 block of Pine Bluff Drive. Police confirmed the identities as 19-year-old twins Farhan and Farbin Towhid, their older brother Tanvir, 21, and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Hundreds of thousands of people in Illinois and Indiana are still out of work. They spend every day looking for a job – more than a year into the pandemic. Just when they think things are looking up because they get an interview – they
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The long history of Ken Burns documentaries ranges from places to people to entire wars. His latest collaboration with Lynn Novick, “Hemingway,” falls in that middle category, portraying Ernest Hemingway’s war-spanning, tumultuous life over six hours, which might not qualify as Hemingway-esque brevity, but proves fascinating nevertheless. Seeking to bring the written words to life,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Another random assault has been caught on camera. Police say a 75-year-old woman was punched in the face on a Harlem sidewalk as she was walking to Easter Sunday dinner. “No exchange of words. Just one hell of a punch to the face. It
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Police and Cook County prosecutors say Antonio Butler is an 18-year-old carjacker who recently went on a crime spree. As CBS 2’s Chris Tye reported Monday night, that wild day reportedly included robbing a judge, ramming a handful of police cruisers, and boasting about it
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — All Northeastern University students will be required to have the COVID vaccine by the first day of classes for the fall semester, the school announced Tuesday. “In order to get herd immunity, we need to get a maximum number of people possible vaccinated,” Ken Henderson,
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EDINBURG, Texas — Migrant families are “self-separating” in Mexico, sending children alone to cross into the United States after first having been expelled, the U.S. Border Patrol’s chief patrol agent of the Rio Grande Valley sector told CNN. “What we are seeing, more and more, is the families are self-separating in Mexico,” Brian Hastings, who
Continue Reading Thousand-year-old Native American petroglyphs, or rock carvings, in Georgia have been vandalized, the US Forest Service said Monday. The petroglyphs in Track Rock Gap, located in the Chattahoochee National Forest, were carved by Creek and Cherokee people over 1,000 years ago, the Forest Service stated. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is sad and frustrated
Continue Reading A Michigan man says government officials erroneously placed him on the “No Fly List” after he refused to become an FBI informant, according to a new federal lawsuit. Almost three years ago, Ahmad Chebli was approached by FBI agents who accused him of being part of Hezbollah, a terrorist organization — an allegation that “shocked”
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Some Pennsylvania lawmakers are introducing a bill to ban transgender girls from competing in women’s school sports teams. The “Fairness in Women’s Sports Act” bars anyone assigned male at birth from competing with female players. Rep. Martina White (R-Philadelphia) is a sponsor of the bill,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — The body of an Upper Darby pregnant woman, who had been missing since last week, was found in a wooded lot in Southwest Philadelphia overnight. Philadelphia police say the body was identified as 21-year-old Dianna Brice who was last seen last Tuesday and was four-and-a-half
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CINCINNATI (WLWT) — Cincinnati Zoo’s first zoo babies of 2021 are undergoing swim lessons. The two little blue penguin chicks, Mars and Rover, hatched in January. The penguins are also called fairy penguins due to their tiny size. A little penguin torpedoes through the middle of a school
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Besides the green jacket, the adulation and the acclaim, one of the greatest honors for a Masters winner is putting on a spread for his fellow champions at the next year’s tournament. Although he’s had a shorter time to prepare than most — the 2020 Masters was held in November rather than its typical slot
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — We may not talk about it as much with the pandemic, but the opioid crisis continues. An estimated 10.1 million people abused opioids last year. Now doctors are looking for alternatives and using prescriptions less. “If you can prevent somebody from ever turning to opioids,
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that he’s bumping up his deadline for states to make all adults in the U.S. eligible for coronavirus vaccines. With states gradually expanding eligibility beyond such priority groups as older people and essential, front-line workers, the president announced that every adult will be eligible by April 19
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The statue of Captain John O’Donnell no longer stands in Canton Square in Baltimore City as of Monday night. The statue, which depicted the slave-owning merchant, came down later in the evening, months after community members and leaders petitioned for its removal. Baltimore City Mayor
Continue Reading Starbucks is launching an experimental “borrow a cup” program at select locations in its hometown, Seattle. The program is part of Starbucks’ aim to make its cups more sustainable, and it will kick off as a two-month trial in five Seattle stores. Customers at those stores will have an option to receive their drinks in
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