Cannabis advocates in Colorado cheered the Biden Administration’s reported move to reclassify marijuana and said the decision likely would reduce businesses’ tax burden significantly. Industry leaders cautioned that such a move — if finalized — would not resolve some major challenges facing the industry, such as limited access to banking. But they pointed to the … Read more
FILE: Maui, Hawaii. Brandon Colbert/Getty Images Several coastal areas in Hawaii are under a brown water advisory after high surf reached roadways, potentially bringing animal feces, pesticides, pathogens and a brew of other unwanted debris into the islands’ normally pristine ocean, according to Hawaii’s Clean Water Branch division of the Department of Health. Multiple advisories were … Read more
On opening day in December 1993, Americans weren’t sure what to make of Splendid China, and the theme park’s own marketing department certainly didn’t help. “The average tourist does expect a fantasy world, flashing lights and glitz,” the marketing director admitted. “This park is not that.” Splendid China was, America soon found out, a tangle … Read more
A vehicle is submerged in floodwaters near an overpass as rain comes down, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023, in Santa Barbara, Calif.Eugene Garcia/AP Streets across the California coastal city of Santa Barbara were flooded amid torrential rains on Thursday as a slow-moving storm walloped Southern California. The storm dropped some of the heaviest rain on Santa Barbara … Read more
The latest from the Associated Press right here… FILE – Asylum-seekers walk to a U.S. Border Patrol van after crossing the nearby border with Mexico, Tuesday Sept. 26, 2023, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. Migrants continue to arrive to desert campsites along California’s border with Mexico, as they await processing. Congress is discussing changes to … Read more
Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors reacts after being ejected for a flagrant foul during the second half of the NBA game against the Phoenix Suns at Footprint Center on Dec. 12, 2023 in Phoenix. Christian Petersen/Getty Images The league said the penalty handed down by operations chief Joe Dumars begins immediately. This is already … Read more
