Legal recreational marijuana sales start in Connecticut
By SUSAN HAIGH and PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press MONTVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s first round of recreational cannabis sales for adults 21…
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M&M’s new packaging is causing a stir
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN M&M’S is making a statement with its latest candy pack, which features an all-female set of characters —…
Continue ReadingVatican opens new investigation into 1983 disappearance of employee’s daughter
By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Lianne Kolirin, CNN The Vatican has opened a new investigation into the disappearance of a 15-year-old daughter of one of…
Continue ReadingHow pioneering yacht Maiden overcame ‘the real last bastion of male dominance’ and empowered women around the world
CNN By Don Riddell and George Ramsay, CNN More than three decades since its pioneering, round-the-world voyage, the Maiden racing yacht is again…
Continue ReadingSri Lanka’s government cuts expenses as economy tanks
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s government says it’s cutting down expenses in the latest…
Continue ReadingSri Lanka’s government cuts expenses as economy tanks
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s government says it’s cutting down expenses in the latest…
Continue ReadingGerman ministers urge leniency for taking thrown-out food
BERLIN (AP) — Two German government ministers are calling for authorities to relax the application of rules enabling the prosecution of people who…
Continue ReadingAbercrombie & Fitch is cool again
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Abercrombie & Fitch has shed its perfume-filled mall stores, shirtless models and logo sweatshirts to win…
Continue ReadingUS Navy says it seized Iran assault rifles bound for Yemen
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy has seized over 2,100 assault rifles from a ship in the Gulf of…
Continue ReadingItaly’s Meloni makes first state visit to meet with Francis
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has made her first official visit to see Pope Francis, fulfilling…
Continue ReadingAUSTRALIAN OPEN 2023: Tennis sans Serena starts in earnest
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer The 2023 Australian Open will be the first Grand Slam tournament to be held since Serena Williams walked away…
Continue ReadingAnother round of Coinbase job cuts, 20% of workforce let go
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Coinbase is cutting approximately 20% of its workforce, or about 950 jobs, in a second round…
Continue Reading‘A world rapidly warming’: The past eight years were the eight warmest on record for planet
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN The last eight years have been the eight warmest on record as the growing concentration of heat-trapping gases in the…
Continue ReadingPence courts social conservatives once loyal to Trump
By Michael Warren, CNN Former Vice President Mike Pence is making a hard play for social conservatives as he prepares for a potential run for…
Continue ReadingHere’s how the House GOP majority will try to curb federal spending and taxes
By Tami Luhby, CNN In adopting their rules package Monday, the new House Republican majority has made it clear that they want to rein in federal…
Continue ReadingHere’s how the House GOP majority will try to curb federal spending and taxes
CNN By Tami Luhby, CNN In adopting their rules package Monday, the new House Republican majority has made it clear that they want to rein in federal…
Continue ReadingMillennial Money: 5 tactics to pay buy now, pay later debt
By MELISSA LAMBARENA of NerdWallet After the holiday season, those “buy now, pay later” bills will come due. If you’ve taken on too much debt…
Continue ReadingMillennial Money: 5 tactics to pay buy now, pay later debt
By MELISSA LAMBARENA of NerdWallet After the holiday season, those “buy now, pay later” bills will come due. If you’ve taken on too much debt…
Continue ReadingAsian stocks enter bull market as investors bet on China
By Anna Cooban, CNN Stocks in Asia are starting 2023 in a bull market. Investors have been cheered by China’s pivot away from its zero-Covid…
Continue ReadingAfter hype, readers get hands on Prince Harry’s ‘Spare’
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — After weeks of hype and days of leaks, readers got a chance to judge Prince Harry’s book for…
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