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Hangar 420 Brings WILLIE'S RESERVE Cannabis Products To Rhode Island

Hangar 420, a cannabis producer and distributor owned by Ocean State Controlled Botanicals, has entered into a commercial packaging, licensing and distribution agreement with Long Play Inc., a Colorado corporation and licensor of renowned cannabis brand “WILLIE'S RESERVE.”

Benzinga

YouTube star trained for boxing debut in car park "street fights" with fellow influencer

Epic Meal Time host Harley Morenstein had to make do with a car park for his sparring sessions against Sam Hyde in the lead up to his boxing debut

Daily Mirror

The Conjuring: Home that inspired horror movie sells for nearly £1.2m

Real-life events at the Rhode Island farmhouse inspired 2013 horror movie

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Home that inspired ‘The Conjuring’ sells for more than $1.5M (old)

The Rhode Island farmhouse that inspired the 2013 horror movie “The Conjuring” occurred has been sold to a Boston developer who plans to keep it open to the public

The Independent UK

Surfer helps families honor loved ones with 'one last wave'

Rhode Island surfer Dan Fischer created the One Last Wave Project to use the healing power of the ocean to help families coping with a loss

The Independent UK

Rhode Island Becomes the 19th State To Legalize Recreational Marijuana

Meanwhile, Delaware's governor has blocked a more modest step, and a legalization initiative has qualified for the ballot in South Dakota.

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Nearly 6 years later, man indicted in mother's death at sea

Nearly six years after Nathan Carman told authorities his mother drowned at sea off the coast of New England, he has been indicted in her killing

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Rhode Island Becomes 19th State To Legalize Cannabis, Gov. Dan McGee Signs Bill Ending Prohibition

With the stroke of a pen, Rhode Island joined its two neighboring states and 16 others in legalizing the recreational use of cannabis, becoming the 19th state in the country to end marijuana prohibition.

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Rhode Island Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Legalization, Sending Bill To Gov. McKee, Here's What's In It

Rhode Island lawmakers gave the green light to a pair of identical companion bills to legalize adult recreational cannabis use on Tuesday.

Benzinga

Cannabis Regulatory Update: Rhode Island, Minnesota, Colorado, Washington & Thailand

Rhode Island Senate & House Committees Send Cannabis Legalization Bill To Full Chambers

Benzinga

Census misses may have cost Florida and Texas in redistricting

WASHINGTON — Census miscounts in Texas and Florida may have been big enough to cost those states a congressional seat this decade, and may have helped states such as Rhode Island keep a seat, according to data in a Census Bureau report released Thursday.

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K-9 featured in Netflix's 'Rescued by Ruby' euthanized

A Rhode Island dog whose inspiring story of going from shelter dog to life-saving police K-9 became the subject of a recent Netflix movie has been euthanized

The Independent UK

Teva, Allergan Ready To Pay $5B To Settle Lawsuits Related To Opioid Painkillers: Bloomberg

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (NYSE:TEVA) and AbbVie Inc's (NYSE:ABBV) Allergan Plc are willing to pay more than $5 billion combined to resolve more than 3,500 lawsuits filed over highly addictive opioid painkillers, according to three people familiar with settlement talks. The people said the companies have been in mediation talks with plaintiffs for more than a year. …

Benzinga

Scientists renew efforts to find ship torched by colonists

A new effort is underway to find the remains of a British ship that Rhode Island colonists burned 250 years ago

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Man charged with killing mother at sea to inherit estate

A man found floating on a raft in the ocean off the coast of Rhode Island in 2016 after his boat sank has been indicted on charges alleging he killed his mother at sea to inherit the family’s estate

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U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Rhode Island disclosure law

On April 25, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would not take up Gaspee Project v. Mederos, a lawsuit challenging Rhode Island’s campaign finance disclosure regulations. The court’s refusal to hear the appeal means a lower court ruling upholding the state’s law will stand.

Reason

Rhode Island Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Rhode Island's Abortion Rights Statute

From Wednesday's decision of the Rhode Island Supreme Court in Benson v. McKee (opinion by Justice Maureen McKenna Goldberg, joined by Chief Justice Paul Suttell and Justice William Robinson; Justices Erin Lynch Prata and Melissa Long did not participate): In 2019 the General Assembly enacted the Reproductive Privacy Act (the…

The Independent UK

New reparations focus: Black enclaves lost to development

City officials in Providence weighing reparations for Black residents are looking beyond the Rhode Island capital’s leading role in slavery

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Albertsons, Uber Expand Partnership To 2,000+ Stores Nationwide

Albertsons Companies Inc (NYSE:ACI) and Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE:UBER) have expanded their partnership to include more than 2,000 of the grocer's banner stores nationwide through Uber Eats. Some of the banner stores included are Albertsons, Safeway, Jewel-Osco, ACME, Tom Thumb, and Randalls. The expansion will bring nearly 800 new locations to Uber Eats, including consumers…

The Conversation

New Englanders support more offshore wind power – just don’t send it to New York

In Rhode Island, home to the first offshore wind farm in the U.S., most people support expanding offshore wind power – with one important caveat.

Benzinga

BJ's Wholesale Club Launches BJ's Market In Warwick, Rhode Island

BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc (NYSE:BJ) has launched BJ's market, a new concept club in Warwick, Rhode Island. BJ's market will feature top-selling fresh foods, produce, sundries, and seasonal products for members of BJ's wholesale club. The market is 43,000 square feet, about half the size of a full-sized BJ's club. "We are…

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Brickbat: You Will Do What's Good for You

Rhode Island state Sen. Sam Bell has introduced a bill that would require all unvaccinated residents of the state pay a $50-a-month fine. The fine would apply to everyone eligible for the vaccine. Bell's bill would also force unvaccinated Rhode Islanders to pay double their state income taxes.

Benzinga

Hangar 420 Partners With Greenleaf Compassion Center To Launch Cannabis-Infused Coffee Syrup

Hangar 420, owned by Ocean State Controlled Botanicals (OSBC), is launching a cannabis infused coffee syrup, Co-Pilot Syrup, to mark the annual celebration of cannabis with a tribute to the official beverage of Rhode Island – Coffee Milk.

Daily Record

Adoptive dad of fugitive US sex offender Nicholas Rossi breaks silence as he claims cops have the right man

David Rossi, who is an Engelbert Humperdinck impersonator, says he is prepared to travel to Scotland from Rhode Island to identify his adoptive son, US fugitive Nicholas Rossi.

The Guardian - UK

Don Winslow: ‘I’m a cupcake. I certainly couldn’t be a leg-breaker’

The American crime writer on the inspiration for his new book about warring gangs, his sudden thirst for poetry and why reading Jane Austen wears him out

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