8 incredible facts about the booming US marijuana industry
By Pat Evans From Business Insider The US marijuana industry is worth billions of dollars, and is showing no signs of slowing down. Ten US states have legalized recreational marijuana use, and 33 have legalized medicinal use. Read on for…
China retaliates against Trump, hikes tariffs on $60B of US goods
From Newsmax Sending Wall Street into a slide, China announced higher tariffs Monday on $60 billion worth of American goods in retaliation for President Donald Trump’s latest penalties on Chinese products. Duties of 5% to 25% will take effect on…
US: 52-year-old with cerebral palsy gets bachelor’s degree from USC Sumter after 21 years
By Kayla Robins From The Sumter ITEM She stood Wednesday as a testimony of perseverance, tassel to her left, 21 years in the making. It was not easy to get to the moment on May 8 at Patriot Hall when…
US seizes large North Korean ship used to transport coal
From Newsmax The Trump administration says it has seized a North Korean cargo ship that U.S. officials say was used to transport coal in violation of international sanctions. The Justice Department announced the seizure Thursday of the Wise Honest. The…
Licence to krill: why the US navy trains whales, dolphins and sea lions
By Lauren Aratani From The Guardian UK The US navy has trained dolphins and sea lions since the Vietnam war – ‘technology is no match for the animals’ for certain missions A beluga whale was found off the coast of…
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Panel to review how FAA approved Boeing 737 Max System
Voice of America From Jakarta News CHICAGO – A global team of experts this week will begin reviewing how the Boeing 737 Maxs flight control system was approved by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA says experts from nine…
US sanctions Venezuela’s Foreign Minister, Venezuelan Judge
From Newsmax The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza, saying it would pursue those in President Nicolas Maduro’s government for corruption as well as officials conducting diplomacy on his behalf. Arreaza and a judge…
Antigua: Police couple charged with larceny in the US
From Antigua Observer The Police Administration within the Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda has confirmed that two police constables attached to the police force were arrested in the United States for alleged larceny,” a release to the media…
Trade war reflects US fear of China’s state-led economic model, says member of Beijing’s political elite
By Frank Tang From South China Morning Post Kong Dan, the former chairman of the state-owned Citic Group and Everbright Bank, urges Beijing to stick to its development path over adopting a western model Speech at Moganshan Research Institute comes…
US warns: Medicare will be insolvent by 2026, Social Security by 2035
From Newsmax The financial condition of the government’s bedrock retirement programs for middle- and working-class Americans remains shaky, with Medicare pointed toward insolvency by 2026, according to a report Monday by the government’s overseers of Medicare and Social Security. It…
