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Transgender adults in Florida `blindsided' that new law also limits their access to health care TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Debate surrounding Florida’s new restrictions on gender-affirming care focused largely on transgender children.
Slow start to New York's legal pot market leaves farmers holding the bag

Slow start to New York's legal pot market leaves farmers holding the bag

ARGYLE, N.Y. (AP) — Seth Jacobs has about 100 bins packed with marijuana flower sitting in storage at his upstate New York farm. And that’s a problem. There aren’t enough places to sell it.
Brewers call up Jon Singleton, putting him back in majors for 1st time since 2015

Brewers call up Jon Singleton, putting him back in majors for 1st time since 2015

CINCINNATI (AP) — First baseman Jon Singleton is back in the major leagues for the first time in eight years after getting promoted by the Milwaukee Brewers.
Father and son charged with sexual exploitation, assault of teenage girls in Calgary

Father and son charged with sexual exploitation, assault of teenage girls in Calgary

Calgary police say a father and his son have been arrested and charged after multiple teenage girls were sexually exploited, assaulted and extorted for several months.
As legal gambling surges, some states want to teach teens about the risks

As legal gambling surges, some states want to teach teens about the risks

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — As a high school senior, Nick was blessed with a deadly accurate jump shot from the three-point range — something he was quick to monetize.
Rastafari gain sacramental rights to marijuana in Antigua and Barbuda, celebrate freedom of worship

Rastafari gain sacramental rights to marijuana in Antigua and Barbuda, celebrate freedom of worship

LIBERTA, Antigua (AP) — On the same ground where their enslaved ancestors were forced to plant sugar cane, Rastafari in this small island nation are now legally growing and ritualistically smoking marijuana.
Why Rastafari smoke marijuana for sacramental reasons and the faith's other beliefs

Why Rastafari smoke marijuana for sacramental reasons and the faith's other beliefs

Members of the Rastafari religion and political movement have for decades been persecuted and imprisoned for their ritualistic use of marijuana.
Q&A: Antigua and Barbuda prime minister on granting Rastafari their sacramental marijuana rights

Q&A: Antigua and Barbuda prime minister on granting Rastafari their sacramental marijuana rights

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua (AP) — The Caribbean island nation of Antigua and Barbuda recently granted Rastafari official sacramental authorization to grow and smoke marijuana that their faith deems sacred.
Rastafari gain sacramental rights to marijuana in Antigua and Barbuda, celebrate freedom of worship

Rastafari gain sacramental rights to marijuana in Antigua and Barbuda, celebrate freedom of worship

LIBERTA, Antigua (AP) — On the same ground where their enslaved ancestors were forced to plant sugar cane, Rastafari on this small island nation are now legally growing and ritualistically smoking marijuana.
Erykah Badu basks in her new era of reinvention and expansion

Erykah Badu basks in her new era of reinvention and expansion

New York (AP) — Erykah Badu has unintentionally occupied the role of culture shifter and influencer for 20 plus years, well before it became a trendy, social media descriptor.
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