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It is now legal to buy, sell, and consume low-dose edibles that contain up to 5 milligrams of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) for those over 21 in Minnesota. This is only allowed in food or drink form and can only be purchased by those over the age of 21, similar to the legal drinking age. THC is the main active ingredient in marijuana that allows a user to get "high". The law, which went into effect on July 1, 2022, comes after an effort to regulate delta-8 THC which is a cannabis derivative that is not regulated under federal or state law. The Minnesota law allows delta-9 THC to be regulated, which lowers the barrier of entry since delta-8 requires a lot more chemicals and is a lot harder to extract from marijuana than delta-9. This will allow retailers to save on costs and the time it...

A panel in the Court of Appeals for Second Appellate District in California has ruled in favor of Jeff Bezos saying that his girlfriend's brother, Michael Sanchez, did not have enough for a defamation suit against the founder of Amazon.com Michael Sanchez, the brother of Lauren Sanchez who is now the girlfriend of Jeff Bezos appealed a decision over a defamation case he brought against the former Amazon CEO on January 31, 2020 and lost. The alleged defamation stemmed from allegations that Bezos made back in 2019 stating that he was the subject of an attempted blackmail attempt. The alleged blackmail attempt was reportedly over his affair with Michael's sister Lauren and came to the surface when a tabloid, National Enquirer attempted to extort Bezos. The tabloid claimed to have ev...

Kaitlin Armstrong was captured in Costa Rica at the Santa Teresa Beach hostel by U.S. Marshals on Wednesday, June 29 after being on the run for 43 days according to a press release. The U.S. Marshal's said in the statement that they were able to find her after learning just the week prior to her capture that she had sold her Jeep Grand Cherokee to a CarMax dealership in south Austin for $12,200. After selling her car, she left on a plane from ABIA in Austin, to Hobby Airport from Houston. She then booked a flight under her name to New York LaGuardia airport. At this time there was no warrant issued for her arrest. Austin Police enlisted the Lone Star Fugitive Task force to try and help locate Armstrong. It was on May 17, 2022, that Austin police were able to issue a homicide warr...

A federal judge in Illinois ruled against McDonald's employees today, upholding McDonald's no-poaching policy. The case, started back in 2017 when Leinani Deslandes filed a class-action lawsuit against McDonald's claiming that she lost out on higher wages when another McDonald's franchise offered her a job but she was restricted by the fast-food giant from doing so because of a no-poaching policy. According to the Summary Judgment, each franchisee signed a franchise agreement that reads: "Franchisee shall not employ or seek to employ any person who is at the time employed by McDonald’s, any of its subsidiaries, or by any person who is at the time operating a McDonald’s restaurant or otherwise induce, directly or indirectly, such person to leave such employment. This paragraph [] ...

Sysco Corporation (SYY), a food service distributor that was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Houston, filed a lawsuit in the Houston Federal Court on Friday, June 24, 2022. The complaint accuses some of the world’s largest meat companies of conspiring to inflate the price of wholesale beef in the United States as early as 2015. The defendants include Cargill, Inc., Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation (A/K/A Cargill Protein A/K/A Cargill Protein - North America), JBS S.A., JBS USA Food Company, Swift Beef Company, JBS Packerland, Inc., National Beef Packing Company, Tyson Foods, Inc., Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., which according to the lawsuit, the defendants “sold approximately 80 percent of the more than 25 billion pounds of fresh and frozen beef supplied to the U.S. market. Col...

Security and building engineers for Two Houston Center blocked off the sidewalk in the 1100 Block of Mckinney @ Fannin when the glass fell from the tower above around 2 p.m. on June 13, 2022. According to a security officer, it is unknown what caused the glass to fall at this time, but they blocked off the area to prevent any injuries from happening as they investigate why the glass is falling off and correct the problem. The building, managed by Brookfield Properties was built in 1974 and was recently renovated in 2020 according to their website.