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Regulators may change how they classify marijuana. Here's what that would mean

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:20 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The news lit up the world of weed: U.S. health regulators are suggesting that the federal government loosen restrictions on marijuana.Specifically, the federal Health and Human Services Department has recommended taking marijuana out of a category of drugs deemed to have “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.” The agency advised moving pot from that “Schedule I” group to the less tightly regulated “Schedule III.”So what does that mean, and what are the implications? Read on.FIRST OF ALL, WHAT HAS ACTUALLY CHANGED? WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?Technically, nothing yet. Any decision on reclassifying — or “rescheduling,” in government lingo — is up to the Drug Enforcement Administration, which says it will take up the issue. The review process is lengthy and involves taking public comment.Still, the HHS recommendation is “paradigm-shifting, and it’s very exciting,” said Vince Sliwoski, a Portland, Oregon-based cannabis and psychedelics attorney who...

Judge says Trump's Georgia trial will be livestreamed, televised

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:20 GMT

(The Hill) - Court proceedings in the election interference case against former President Trump and 18 co-defendants in Fulton County, Ga., will be televised and livestreamed, a judge ruled Thursday.Judge Scott McAfee, the judge overseeing the case, said all hearings and trials will be broadcast on the Fulton County Court YouTube channel, according to multiple outlets. He also said pool coverage for broadcast news media will be allowed.Trump and his co-defendants are charged in a sprawling racketeering case related to efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia. The case could be the only one against Trump the public is able to witness.He also faces two federal indictments — one related to the mishandling of classified information and another also related to 2020 election interference — but federal courtrooms generally do not allow cameras. The former president also faces charges in Manhattan related to hush money payments before the 2016 election.However, if any...

Residents find homes gone, towns devastated after Idalia

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:20 GMT

HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Hurricanes and tropical storms are nothing new in the South, but the sheer magnitude of damage from Idalia shocked Desmond Roberson as he toured what as left of his Georgia neighborhood.Roberson took a drive through Valdosta on Thursday with a friend to check out damage after the storm, which first hit Florida as a hurricane and then weakened into a tropical storm as it made its way north, ripped through the town of 55,000. Threat of electrical fires lingers in homes flooded by Hurricane Idalia On one street, he said, a tree had fallen on nearly every house. Roads remained blocked by tree trunks and downed power lines, and traffic lights were still blacked out at major intersections.“It’s a maze,” Roberson said. “I had to turn around three times, just because roads were blocked off.”The storm had 90 mph (145 kph) winds when it made a direct hit on Valdosta on Wednesday, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said.“We’re fortunate this storm was a narrow one, and it w...

Readers and writers: Three bestselling Minnesota authors don’t disappoint with new fiction

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:20 GMT

September is starting with a bang, book-wise: Three bestselling, award-winning Minnesota writers are launching new fiction with local readings.Trust us when we tell you they are at the top of their game.“The River We Remember”: by William Kent Krueger (Atria, $28.99)She thought about everything that had happened in Black Earth County, all the death associated with the Alabaster, and she understood that there had been no interest in the river, either good or evil. If the river did possess spirit, as the Sioux believed, then that spirit seemed to Charlie so vast that it was probably blind to all the small things that occurred along its course. If the spirit was aware that she dangled her feet in its current, it gave no sign of caring. And Jimmy Quinn and Hannah Klein and Noah Bluestone’s great-great-grandfather and the nameless white woman whose life, legend said, had been lost on Inkpadua Bend, none of this mattered to the spirit of the Alabaster. What mattered was ...

Q&A: Doing the State Fair with local artist Adam Turman

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:20 GMT

When Adam Turman was in middle school, he a won a contest to have his art printed on T-shirts.Candles with artist Adam Turman’s designs line shelves at his Grandstand booth at the Minnesota State Fair on Aug. 31, 2023. Turman licenses his designs to a third-party merchandiser, which allows him to spend his time making art, rather than managing logistics, he said. (Jared Kaufman / Pioneer Press)The experience stuck with him, he said — of a bunch of people he might not know personally appreciating and interacting with something he created. Now a prolific painter and pop artist with a massive booth on the second floor of the State Fair Grandstand, Turman has turned that animating feeling into a full career.“I love to make things that many people can share in,” Turman said Thursday at his Fair shop. “I want to make people happy with the work I do. (That) they walk away with some sort of a smile or joy they get out of it.”Turman has been attending the State Fair since he was a teen...

After theft of St. Paul man’s wheelchair and vehicle, donations mean he’ll get a wheelchair-accessible van

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:20 GMT

After his wheelchair and vehicle were stolen in St. Paul, a 26-year-old continues to be thankful for the community support he’s received.Contributions to a GoFundMe and funds from the local O’Neill Foundation of Hope will allow Kyle Schultz to get a wheelchair-accessible van, his mother said Thursday. The foundation also purchased a new electric wheelchair for Schultz, who has ALS, immediately after it was stolen.“I’m just so grateful for everyone that has made this happen,” Schultz said.Kyle Schultz and his dog, Deuce. (Courtesy of the family)Home surveillance video showed an unidentified person prying open a door of Schultz’s 2012 Chevrolet Tahoe to steal it from his driveway in the Payne-Phalen neighborhood the morning of July 10. The SUV was found abandoned the next day in the city’s North End with all four tires removed, as well as the mirrors, grill and headlights missing.Police collected evidence from the vehicle, including a fingerprint, w...

98.3 TRY Social Dilemma: Who is Responsible for Checking Pockets Before Laundry?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:20 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Today's 98.3 TRY Social Dilemma came from Nealie, and it's about laundry (one of Jamie's favorite topics!). Here's her email: Get the latest news, weather, sports and more delivered right to your inbox! Hi Jaime. Simple question today. Who is responsible for checking/emptying pockets of clothes to be washed? Is it the person removing the clothes and putting them into the laundry basket/hamper? Or is it the person doing the wash/putting clothes into washing machine? Ongoing issue my entire life. And I'm in my 40's. So, let's get to the answer once and for all. Who is responsible? Thanks so much.NatalieI think it's the responsibility of the person who is taking off the clothes and putting them in the hamper. Why would it be anyone else's responsibility unless you're a child? That being said, as the person who does laundry in my house, there have been times when I wished I had checked pockets because tissues have been ripped apart in the laundry, and even wor...

5 things to know this Friday, September 1

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:20 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Happy first day of September! It's officially Friday, and According to Meteorologist Jill Szwed, we can expect some beautiful weather to ring in the new month and end the work week. Get the latest news, weather, sports and more delivered right to your inbox! The family of 20-year-old Kaylin Gillis, who was shot and killed in Hebron in April has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the alleged shooter and his wife. Also, More funding has been awarded to a program meant to preserve the Mohawk River. These stories, and more, are covered in your five things to know this Friday. 1. Gillis family files lawsuit against alleged shooterThe family of the 20-year-old woman who was shot and killed in Hebron in April has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the alleged shooter and his wife. Court documents show Kaylin Gillis’s family is seeking damages from Kevin Monahan and his wife and any other relief the court deems appropriate.2. $600K in grants awarded for M...

Ask Amy: Grandmother prefers the floor to an Airbnb

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:20 GMT

Dear Amy: I became a grandmother this year.I am a boomer widow and I live alone on a limited income.My son, daughter-in-law and grandson moved to another state, about an eight-hour drive from where I live.I do not feel comfortable making the drive by myself, but I can fly.Even though he lives in a three-bedroom home, my son wants me to stay in an Airbnb when I visit.So in order to visit them, according to his demands, I need to pay for the long-distance parking at the airport, the airfare, the Airbnb, and rent a car to get back and forth from the Airbnb to their house.This is about $1,000 to visit for a couple of days.I have done this twice.He tells me, “Don’t give us gifts, save up for the trip.”But it’s not just the cost; I don’t like staying by myself at an Airbnb.I told him that if he wants me to visit them (the baby is adorable and will be a year old soon) he should, please, pick me up from the airport and let me have a spot on their floor.Related ArticlesAsk ...

Journalism as a battlefield against Russia and its wealthy businessmen

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:20 GMT

The media space and various news portals have long been fertile ground for all sorts of showdowns involving rich Russians who seek to reside in Europe using both legal and illegal means and secret roots to obtain a cherished European citizen's passport. Furthermore, this story has a direct projection on Ukraine and Russia's counter standing - writes Louis Auge.Journalism in Ukraine and Russia has switched to the rails of information warfare: the parties are trying to present each other in the most negative light. More and more often there are publications with no evidence, we observe a frequent misuse of information together with the legalization of fakes.However, the information struggle itself is already being transferred to the territory of the EU and directly affects the Europeans themselves, causing serious damage to them.For example, the so-called "golden passport" programs have been actively criticized recently. There are revelations of citizens of different countries, includ...