By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Twitter under its 4/20-friendly owner Elon Musk earlier this year became the first major social media company to allow cannabis advertisements. Now, the platform is relaxing those rules in an attempt to lure in more advertisers from U.S. states where marijuana is legal. “Going forward, certified advertisers may feature
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans narrowly passed sweeping legislation Wednesday that would raise the government’s legal debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion in exchange for steep spending restrictions, a tactical victory for Speaker Kevin McCarthy as he challenges President Joe Biden to negotiate and prevent a catastrophic federal
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Alejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — Un hondureño que integraba la “caravana” migrante que partió este fin de semana desde el sur de México rumbo a la capital del país falleció de un infarto, informó este miércoles el cónsul general de Honduras en México, Héctor Amador. En un mensaje a medios, identificó al fallecido como Melvin
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By Sara Smart, CNN Five students at a west Philadelphia school were taken to the hospital Wednesday morning after drinking an unknown substance, the school district said. Philadelphia School District spokesperson Marissa Orbanek told CNN that at least 11 students, aged 14 to 16, drank the substance at Crossroads Accelerated Academy around 11:30 a.m. She
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democrats in the California Senate on Wednesday said they want to raise taxes on some of the largest corporations so they can cut taxes for nearly every other business. But the proposal was met with swift opposition from the business community and Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom
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Today is the 6th consecutive day of highs in the 90s for Palm Springs. Yet, a building ridge of high pressure is getting ready to deliver the warmest days the desert has felt this year! Triple-digit temperatures are set to arrive in the Coachella Valley on Thursday, and linger through the weekend. Early next week,
Continue Reading STROUDSBURG, Pa. — Essa Bancorp: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Fees on mortgages backed by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are set to change next month, in a plan designed to make homeownership more affordable for more people. Broadly, the fees will go down for many with lower credit scores and will increase for many with higher credit scores. But that
Continue ReadingCNN By Devan Cole, CNN A state judge in Missouri temporarily blocked the state’s limits on gender-affirming care for minors and adults in the state on Wednesday, putting them on hold just hours before they were set to go into effect. In a brief order from St. Louis County Circuit Judge Ellen Ribaudo, the court
Continue ReadingBy Ted Barrett, CNN A group of Senate Republicans Wednesday unexpectedly rejected efforts to advance a bipartisan bill that would direct the Veterans Affairs Department to carry out studies and clinical trials on the use of cannabis to treat veterans’ chronic pain and PTSD. The vote on the procedural measure was 57-42, falling shy of
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard and Tierney Sneed, CNN A woman who is suing the state of Texas after being denied an abortion told lawmakers Wednesday that not receiving abortion care harmed her mental health and might prevent her from having children in the future. Addressing her senators, Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, Amanda Zurawski said her
Continue Reading Sofía Narváez (CNN Español) — El 5 de mayo de 2022 algunos países podrán ver un eclipse lunar penumbral. De acuerdo con el sitio oficial de la NASA, el fenómeno podrá verse en África, Asia y Australia. Los ciudadanos verán un eclipse lunar penumbral profundo durante la noche del 5 al 6 de mayo de 2023.
Continue ReadingBy Laura Ly, CNN Two associates of former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon were sentenced to more than seven years in prison collectively in connection with defrauding donors of hundreds of thousands of dollars in a border wall scheme, according to a news release from the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New
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By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government wrote duplicate checks to doctors who provided care for veterans, costing taxpayers as much as $128 million in extra payments, according to a new watchdog report out this week. In nearly 300,000 cases, private doctors were paid twice – once by the Veterans Health
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Continue Reading By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Actor Angelina Jolie, home improvement duo Chip and Joanna Gaines and Olympian Chloe Kim are among scores of people from politics, business, sports and entertainment who are gathering at the White House for a black-tie dinner with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol. Yoon is on a
Continue Reading By AMY BETH HANSON, SAM METZ and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana Republicans barred transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr from the House floor on Wednesday, wielding “decorum” rules after she rebuked colleagues supporting a ban on gender-affirming care for children and protested their efforts to silence her. The punishment marks the first
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By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Manager Torey Lovullo admitted the Arizona Diamondbacks might have had a little hangover on Wednesday following a frustrating one-run loss. Sending Zac Gallen to the mound cleared those bad feelings up in a hurry. Gallen struck out 12 over 6 1/3 innings and stretched his scoreless
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democrats in the California Senate on Wednesday said they want to raise taxes on some of the largest corporations so they can cut taxes for nearly every other business. But the proposal was met with swift opposition from the business community and Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom
Continue Reading By MARCOS ALEMÁN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador opened a trial Wednesday against former President Mauricio Funes alleging that he had negotiated a truce with the country’s powerful street gangs when he was president, but the trial will proceed without Funes who lives in Nicaragua. Funes has denied negotiating with
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