The new law rolls back a 2020 voter-approved measure by making so-called personal use possession a misdemeanor punishable by up to 6 months in jail.
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Aid group halts food delivery in Gaza after Israeli strike kills 7 World Central Kitchen workers
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged that the country’s forces had carried out the ‘unintended strike … on innocent people.’
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Invaders from underground are coming in two-pronged cicada-geddon
It’s the biggest bug emergence in centuries, as 2 broods come out together, an event that last happened in 1803, when Thomas Jefferson, who wrote about cicadas but mistakenly called them locusts, was president.
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Gag order in hush money trial expanded after Trump assails judge’s daughter
The trial, which involves allegations Trump falsified payment records in a scheme to cover up negative stories during his 2016 presidential campaign, is scheduled to begin April 15.
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Donald Trump posts $175 million bond to keep New York authorities from seizing assets
The bond Trump is posting with the court now is essentially a placeholder, meant to guarantee payment if the judgment is upheld.
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Why Trump’s alarmist message on immigration may be resonating beyond his base
In a potentially worrying sign for President Biden, Donald Trump’s message appears to be resonating with key elements of the coalition that Biden will need to win over in November.
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Florida Supreme Court allows one of nation’s strictest abortion bans to take effect
The high court simultaneously ruled that a referendum enshrining abortion rights can go on the November ballot.
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Israeli troops withdraw from Shifa Hospital, Gaza’s largest, after raid
The hospital raid gutted a facility that had once been the heart of Gaza’s health care system but which doctors and staff had struggled to get even partially operating again after a previous Israeli assault in November.
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A channel has opened for vessels clearing wreckage at the Baltimore bridge collapse site
Crews are undertaking the complicated work of removing steel and concrete at the site of the bridge’s deadly collapse into the Patapsco River after a container ship lost power and crashed into a supporting column.
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In Taiwan, a group is battling fake news one conversation at a time – with a focus on seniors
With just 1 formal employee and a team of volunteers, Fake News Cleaner has hosted more than 500 events, connecting with college students, elementary school children and older adults.