The legal market has been hampered by confusing regulations, high taxes and decisions by some communities to ban cannabis shops.
Nate Thompson
Rhode Island issues warning about dime-sized jellyfish
Despite their size, clinging jellyfish can deliver an extremely painful sting, officials say.
Colorado’s cannabis industry prepares for tough times
Analysts say businesses are starting to feel the effects of inflation and fears of a looming recession.
New York’s first legal cannabis crop sprouts under the sun
With the state’s first legal sales coming soon, 203 hemp farmers get a head start over big indoor growers.
Crewless robotic Mayflower ship reaches Plymouth Rock
The boat, which traced the 1620 voyage of the Mayflower, set off from the southwest coast of England in April.
Boston avoids state takeover of public school system
Officials stave off an “underperforming” designation for the city’s troubled public school system.
Major League Baseball allows teams to sell CBD sponsorships
An outside group will certify companies to ensure their products don’t contain THC, the pyschoactive compound in marijuana.
South Dakota governor: Bar abortion pills, but don’t punish women for them
South Dakota’s Republican governor is pledging to bar mail-order abortion pills but says women shouldn’t face prosecution for seeking them
Harvard can be sued for distress over slave photos, court rules
The judges said the university failed to contact a Connecticut woman before it published the images even after she reached about her ancestral ties.
Harvard returns Standing Bear’s tomahawk to Nebraska tribe
The chief’s victory in an 1879 court case made him one of the first Native Americans granted civil rights.