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32 Attorneys General Tell Congress to Pass SAFER Banking for Cannabis
Cannabis Business Times
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August 27, 2025
The top law officers from both blue and red states are calling on congressional leaders in the U.S. House and Senate to take up legislation to provide a safe harbor to financial institutions wishing to service the cannabis industry. The bipartisan...
Powerball Jackpot Climbs to Estimated $950 Million
The Southern Maryland Chronicle
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August 28, 2025
An estimated $950 million Powerball jackpot awaits the next drawing on Saturday, Aug. 30, marking the game’s sixth-largest prize and the highest advertised amount in over a year. The cash option stands at $428.9 million before taxes, according to...
32 Attorneys General call for enactment of marijuana banking legislation
JD Supra - California
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August 27, 2025
Thirty-two attorneys general representing states, territories and Washington, D.C. are asking Congress to pass legislation to provide financial institutions a safe harbor if they provide services to marijuana-related businesses in states where...
Contour Airlines Launches Caribbean Service With Flights from San Juan and St. Thomas to Dominica
St. Kitts Gazette
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August 27, 2025
SMYRNA, Tenn., Aug. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Contour Airlines is proud to announce the launch of new nonstop flights connecting Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Cyril E. King Airport (STT)...
World Air Quality Report Ranks World’s Most Polluted Capital Cities
Forbes
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Air pollution is among the greatest environmental threats to human health according to the World Health Organization (WHO), across not only low but also middle and high-income countries. It states that in 2019, 99% of the global population lived...
Escaped slaves on St. Croix hid their settlements so well, they still haven't been found
Phys.org
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August 27, 2025
"For a long time now, a large number of [escaped slaves] have established themselves on lofty Maroon Hill in the mountains toward the west end of the island [of St. Croix]. … They are there protected by the impenetrable bush and by their own...
They fled 'political hell' at home. But super-rich Americans who bought golden passports have ruined their lives... and are begging for a way back
Daily Mail
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August 9, 2025
They're ditching the Stars and Stripes for palm trees and passports — but life in 'paradise' is proving to be far more complicated than a beachfront cocktail. A growing number of Americans are fleeing the political mayhem of Donald Trump's second...
States must ax transgender references from sex ed or risk losing funds, HHS says
NBC San Diego - California
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The Trump administration directed 40 states, five territories and Washington, D.C., to remove references to transgender people from their sex education programs or risk losing federal funding. The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), a...
St. Thomas teen who fled previous traffic stop jailed by SOB this time
Virgin Islands Free Press
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August 26, 2025
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A 19-year-old man who police said fled a traffic stop earlier this month has been jailed — after being stopped a second time. Kerwan Warrington, of St. Thomas, was arrested Saturday and charged with reckless endangerment,...
Property Owners Urged to Meet August 30 Tax Deadline to Avoid Penalties
The Virgin Island Consortium
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Lieutenant Governor Tregenza Roach is reminding Virgin Islands property owners that 2025 real property tax bills, issued in June, will become delinquent after August 30 if not paid. “Although the bill carries a June 30, 2025 due date, legislation...
Family Seeks Help As Montco Area Father Detained At 'Alligator Alcatraz'
Patch
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August 27, 2025
UPPER MERION, PA — A longtime Chester and Montgomery County man and father and husband to a local family was incarcerated at the infamous "Alligator Alcatraz" prison in Florida for months after he was detained by immigration authorities, and...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, June 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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August 5, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
Demapan appointed deputy assistant secretary for Insular & International Affairs
Marianas Business Journal
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Angel Demapan, former minority leader of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives and chief of staff to Gov. Ralph DLG Torres, is the new deputy assistant secretary for Insular and International Affairs within the U.S. Department of...
Two Decades Later, V.I. Seeks to Activate Dormant Internet Gambling Law Amid Industry Boom
The Virgin Island Consortium
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ST. CROIX — The U.S. Virgin Islands took a major step toward reviving its long-dormant internet gaming law with the July 31st Virgin Islands Internet Gaming and Internet Gambling Summit, hosted by the V.I. Casino Control Commission at the...
Documentary on Spurs legend Tim Duncan to premiere at Austin Film Festival
San Antonio Current - Texas
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August 27, 2025
click to enlarge Wikimedia Commons / Keith Allison Tim Duncan, photographed here during a 2011 game, is recognized as one of the best NBA players of all time. Nine years after his retirement, San Antonio Spurs legend Tim Duncan remains the...
Small businesses in the VA-Richmond District Office are encouraged to submit nominations
The Sussex Surry Dispatch - Virginia
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RICHMOND — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has opened nominations for the 2026 National Small Business Week Awards. National Small Business Week recognizes the contributions of America’s 36 million small businesses – which make up 99%...
Southwest, Frontier Airlines announce five new routes from BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport
FOX45 - Maryland
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BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI Marshall) is set to expand its reach with five new routes announced Tuesday by two U.S. airlines. Southwest Airlines, the largest airline at BWI Marshall with a...
Escaped slaves on St. Croix hid their settlements so well, they still haven’t been found – archaeologists using new mapping technology are…
The National Tribune
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August 27, 2025
“For a long time now, a large number of [escaped slaves] have established themselves on lofty Maroon Hill in the mountains toward the west end of the island [of St. Croix] . … They are there protected by the impenetrable bush and by their own...
BWI is getting new flights to St. Maarten, Cancun
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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August 26, 2025
New routes are coming to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport for those already dreaming about sunny destinations as summer wraps up. Southwest Airlines, which has a regional hub at BWI, is adding another Caribbean...
Escaped slaves on St. Croix hid their settlements so well, they still haven’t been found – archaeologists using new mapping technology are on the hunt
The Conversation
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August 27, 2025
“For a long time now, a large number of [escaped slaves] have established themselves on lofty Maroon Hill in the mountains toward the west end of the island [of St. Croix]. … They are there protected by the impenetrable bush and by their own...