NORWOOD, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts cannabis company is celebrating National Brownie Day with what it believes is the “largest THC-infused brownie ever made.” MariMed Inc. said the massive confection is 3-feet-by-3-feet square and 15 inches tall, weighs 850 pounds and contains 20,000 mg of THC. In additional to National Brownie Day on Wednesday, the
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VAN HORN, Texas — Michael Strahan is still going to space, but he needs to wait a little bit longer. Blue Origin announced Wednesday that the ABC “Good Morning America” co-anchor’s scheduled flight aboard New Shepard was rescheduled from Thursday to Saturday due to forecasted winds. Launch is now scheduled for Saturday at 7:45 a.m.
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Australia’s foreign minister has started a European tour in Athens. Marise Payne on Wednesday welcomed a recent initiative by the European Union to boost its presence in the Indo-Pacific region despite a spat with EU member France over the cancellation of a major submarine order. The initiative was announced in September
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Germán Padinger (CNN Español) — “Si las personas no tienen más hijos, la civilización colapsará”, sentenció Elon Musk, CEO de Tesla y SpaceX, en un evento organizado el lunes por The Wall Street Journal. “Recuerden mis palabras”, enfatizó. Musk, de 50 años, tiene seis hijos fruto de dos matrimonios, y agregó que intenta “predicar con
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — A junior finance minister has quit the French government after being convicted of failing to declare all his wealth and income. The office of Alain Griset said in a statement Wednesday that he has appealed the court decision. But he submitted his resignation pending the appeal. The unusual conviction is a stain
Continue Reading Oscar winners Nicole Kidman & Javier Bardem play Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz in Aaron Sorkin’s film about the stars of ‘I Love Lucy.’ David Daniel talked with Sorkin and his cast.
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LONDON (AP) — Danish golfer Thorbjorn Olesen has been cleared of sexually assaulting a woman on a flight to Britain from a World Golf Championships event in Tennessee in 2019. The 31-year-old Olesen wept and hugged his partner after being acquitted at a London court of sexual assault, assault by beating and being drunk on
Continue Reading By Kate Sullivan, CNN The White House on Wednesday launched a new website and an accompanying brand to promote the bipartisan infrastructure law, a White House official told CNN. The “Building a Better America” branding will be used at events, news conferences, tours and listening sessions when President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s top water official has outlined a plan for dealing with future shortages on the Pecos River in southeastern New Mexico. State Engineer John D’Antonio in a recent order called the situation urgent. Water managers have been augmenting supplies in the region by pumping
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s top water official has outlined a plan for dealing with future shortages on the Pecos River in southeastern New Mexico. State Engineer John D’Antonio in a recent order called the situation urgent. Water managers have been augmenting supplies in the region by pumping
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Costco is searching for ways to make paying $60 for a membership every year worth more to online shoppers — and keep them away from Amazon. So it’s expanding an online perk available only to club members: Buy stuff from around 35 brands’ websites and save 20% or more. The
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN A planet has been found orbiting in a double-star system that is so hot and massive that some astronomers didn’t think a planet could exist around it. The giant exoplanet, or planet located outside of our solar system, was discovered orbiting b Centauri, a stellar pair located 325 light-years from Earth
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Minnesota Lynx coach and general manager Cheryl Reeve will be the next USA Basketball women’s coach. Reeve has been an assistant on the last two Olympic women’s teams. She will be the first professional women’s basketball coach to lead the U.S. team since Anne Donovan was courtside for the
Continue Reading By Annie Grayer and Zachary Cohen, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6 riot informed Mark Meadows that they have “no choice” but to advance criminal contempt proceedings against him given that former President Donald Trump’s former chief of staff has decided to no longer cooperate with the panel, according to a new
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By Veronica Stracqualursi and Ali Zaslav, CNN The Senate voted Wednesday night to overturn President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 vaccine or testing mandate for private businesses with 100 or more employees. While it likely won’t become law since its chances of getting a vote in the House are uncertain and Biden is certain to veto it,
Continue Reading By Pierre Bairin, Anaelle Jonah, Hamdi Alkhshali and Mostafa Salem, CNN French authorities have released a Saudi man detained on Tuesday, after mistaking him for one of the killers of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The 33-year-old was detained at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport before his flight to Riyadh at 9:30 a.m. local time, and was
Continue Reading By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Navy says that a SEAL commander has died from injuries he got during a training accident in Virginia. Naval Special Warfare Command said Wednesday that Cmdr. Brian Bourgeois was injured Saturday. The 43-year-old fell while fast-roping down from a helicopter. The cause of his
Continue Reading CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A former high school employee serving a life-without-parole sentence for recruiting her teenage lover to kill her husband in 1990 is once again asking New Hampshire officials for a chance at freedom, saying she has accepted responsibility for her role in her husband’s death. WMUR-TV reports in a letter, Pamela Smart
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Business) — En septiembre pasado, apenas unas semanas después del año escolar, Sabine Polak recibió una llamada del consejero vocacional. Su hija de 14 años estaba luchando contra la depresión y había contemplado el suicidio… todo por cuenta de las redes sociales. “Me quedé completamente anonadada”, dijo Polak, de 45 años,
Continue Reading The future of Charlottesvilles Robert E. Lee statue now lies in the hands of the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center.
Continue Reading By David Williams and Amy Simonson, CNN A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that stood in the heart of Charlottesville, Virginia, for almost a century will be melted down into bronze ingots that will be used to create new public art. The City Council voted 4-to-0 early Tuesday to hand over the statue
Continue Reading FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A South Florida judge declared a mistrial in a murder case after jurors failed to agree on a verdict following more than five days of deliberations. The jury had delivered a manslaughter verdict against twenty-seven-year-old Dayonte Resiles on Tuesday evening. But the decision was rescinded moments later when a juror
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers posted 11 million open jobs in October, nearly matching a record high reached in July and a sign that companies were confident enough in the economy to expand. A government report Wednesday also showed that the number of people quitting their jobs dropped slightly
Continue Reading SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnia’s security minister has been formally charged with malfeasance and corruption over the irregular sale of weapons and military equipment a decade ago when he held the post of defense minister. The Balkan country’s top court on Wednesday confirmed the indictment against Selmo Cikotic. It is charging him of depriving the
Continue Reading By JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Justice Department has closed its investigation of Emmett Till’s slaying, yet agents are still probing as many as 20 other civil rights cold cases. Records show the review includes the killings of 13 Black men by police in three Southern states decades ago. The department’s
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Last week’s stock market selloff seems like ancient history. Stocks surged Monday and Tuesday and were flat to modestly higher early Wednesday as investors once again buy the proverbial dip. Buying the dip is basically a phrase investors use when they are purchasing a stock after a big
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La comisión selecta de la Cámara de Representantes que investiga los disturbios del 6 de enero informó a Mark Meadows que no tiene “más remedio” que avanzar en el procedimiento de desacato penal contra él, dado que Meadows decidió dejar de cooperar, según una nueva carta publicada por la comisión.
Continue Reading By JERRY SCHWARTZ Associated Press Tom Jory, an editor who played a vital role in one of The Associated Press’ most crucial functions — counting the vote for U.S. elections — has died. He was 77. Samantha Deutsch, Jory’s daughter, said he died Monday at Manhattan’s Lenox Hill Hospital of complications after surgery for a
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers posted 11 million open jobs in October, nearly matching a record high reached in July and a sign that companies were confident enough in the economy to expand. A government report Wednesday also showed that the number of people quitting their jobs dropped slightly
Continue Reading COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The body of a Sri Lankan factory manager who was tortured and set on fire by a mob in Pakistan for alleged blasphemy has been buried in his native village with state honors. Buddhist clergy performed religious rites at the home of Priyantha Kumara before police led a procession in
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