Colorado issues first psilocybin-related licenses, kicking off psychedelic industry rollout

Colorado regulators have issued the first licenses to individuals seeking to open psilocybin-related businesses. As of Thursday afternoon, the Department of Revenue’s Natural Medicine Division had approved seven license applications for prospective business owners, including one who wants to open a psilocybin mushroom cultivation and another who hopes to operate a healing center. Additionally, the…

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365 Palestinians arrested by Israeli forces in West Bank refugee camps since mid-January

Israeli forces have detained 365 Palestinians in the occupied northern West Bank cities of Jenin and Tulkarem since mid-January, according to a rights group affiliated with the Palestinian Authority. The Palestinian Prisoners Society documented the arrest of 365 people following the Israeli launch of a military campaign in Jenin on Jan. 21, just days after a ceasefire and captives-exchange deal…

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The NRA targets Massachusetts’ gun laws as unconstitutional

A law in the Bay State effectively prohibiting 18-to-20-year-olds from possessing common firearms is unconstitutional and must be overturned, according to a lawsuit filed by the National Rifle Association and other Second Amendment advocacy groups. The lawsuit filed late last week in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts asks the court to throw…

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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin says he’s OK with federal firings, announces website to help workers find new jobs

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced a new website Monday, which he said is designed to help laid off and fired federal workers navigate unemployment and find new work. The Republican governor stressed that Virginia is hiring and ready to take on a potentially large influx of newly unemployed federal workers. “We have 250,000 jobs that…

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Musk seeks to use Starlink terminals in US airspace system

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is seeking to deploy Starlink satellite internet terminals to help accelerate an upgrade of the information technology networks that support the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s national airspace system, according to people familiar with the matter. The effort raises questions about conflicts of interest for Musk’s business empire and the future of a $2 billion contract awarded…

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