Summary: CoinFlip, a leading Bitcoin ATM provider, announced that it had expanded its operations to Alaska, United States, by deploying three Bitcoin ATMs.

Summary: Seattle-based online cannabis marketplace Leafly has closed $23 million in new funding, GeekWire confirmed with the company. The fresh cash infusion comes as the cannabis market sees an increase in…

Summary: The latest explanation of why workers are staying home is astounding.

Summary: Possession of small amounts of pot was decriminalized in Louisiana after Gov. John Bel Edwards signed a bill: 'This is not a decision I took lightly.'

Summary: One person was killed and a dozen injured in a drive-by shooting spree Thursday as a gunman roamed the streets in the southwestern US state of Arizona, police said.

Summary: Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday appointed Lori Cobos to the Public Utility Commission of...

Summary: The new Harvard data are damning. They offer yet another reminder that government lockdowns hurt most those who could least afford it.

Summary: The commemoration of the last enslaved black American being freed is now an official US holiday.

Summary: Water in a key California reservoir will fall so low this summer that its hydroelectric power plant will be forced to shut down for the first time, officials said Thursday, straining the state's already-taxed electric grid.

Summary: CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday challenged bans involving transgender people that target athletes in West Virginia and children in Arkansas, slamming them as violations of federal law.

Summary: Exacerbated by climate change, record-setting hot and dry conditions are smothering a vast area.

Summary: United Nations members debated this week hosting September's General Assembly in person with smaller-than-normal delegations because of the ...

Summary: Factbox-What is Juneteenth and how are people marking the day?

Summary: Water in a key California reservoir will fall so low this summer that its hydroelectric power plant will be forced to shut down for the first time, officials said Thursday, straining the state's already-taxed electric grid.

Summary: The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday filed court documents saying recently passed law...

Summary: The recognition of Juneteenth, or the U.S.’s “second independence day” — a celebration of the end of slavery marked each year on June 19 — marks a mil...

Summary: The new coalition is not expected to stave off competition from China because the US and EU’s interests are not fully aligned, experts say.

Summary: With millions of Californians set to experience a heat wave in the coming days, the operator of the state's power grid issued an alert that called for residents to conserve electricity.

Summary: Exacerbated by climate change, record-setting hot and dry conditions are smothering a vast area.

Summary: Japan said on Thursday China's military intentions are unclear and its armed forces' rapid expansion is of serious concern, circumstances that require Europe, the United States and other Asian nations to come together to stand up to Beijing. "China has been in beefing up its military capacity very rapidly and…

Summary: Texas will now let people carry handguns without first getting a background check and training

Summary: Long drive to make Juneteenth a national holiday succeeds amid the US’s new reckoning with its history of racism.

Summary: Biden said that he hopes by establishing the holiday, “all Americans can feel the power of this day and learn from our history.”

Summary: Many who decry bitcoin’s carbon emissions seem focused only on the issue of “waste” — once categorized this way, any improvements such as shifting to more carbon-neutral sources of energy will not work for its most extreme detractors.

Summary: The commemoration of the last enslaved black American being freed is now an official US holiday.

Summary: ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

Summary: The world can’t let China block Taiwan from getting vital medical help in a pandemic.

Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed a major challenge to the Obama era health care law on Thursday, turning aside an effort by Republican-led states to ...

Summary: The US Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a bid by Republican-led states to overturn Obamacare, safeguarding the health insurance of millions with the coronavirus pandemic still a threat in much of A…

Summary: Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, has promised to veto a Republican measure that would restrict voting by mail.

Summary: While the White House is just now recognizing Juneteenth as a national holiday, June 19 has historically been observed nationwide as a day to commemorate the...

Summary: The White House will finish allocating 80 million US-made COVID-19 shots that it has pledged to ship abroad in the coming days, with shipments ...

Summary: Here’s why it’s a big deal that it’s finally a federal holiday.

Summary: COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican governor and attorney general said in a defiant letter to the U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday that t...

Summary: A new report from MiQ Digital said that demand for cryptocurrencies in Hawaii had increased more than 687% since last year, even higher than that in California at 655%.

Summary: WalletHub conducted a study to determine the best and worst states to live.

Summary: If the U.S. attempted to ban bitcoin, an endless digital game of whack-a-mole would ensue.

Summary: The first tropical system of the Atlantic hurricane season is forecast to make landfall in the U.S. this week, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Summary: ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

Summary: Emancipation Day, also marking the end of slavery, already exists as a holiday in Canada and South Africa, among other countries.

Summary: The governor of Texas has signed into law a bill allowing people to carry concealed handguns without any permit, joining 20 other states that already have such measures.

Summary: WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States and the United Kingdom have agreed not to impose tariffs for the next five years on the large aircraft businesses between their...

Summary: The US Supreme Court has rejected a Republican bid that had been backed by former President Donald Trump's administration to invalidate Obamacare.

Summary: Connecticut has become the 19th U.S. state to pass legislation authorizing adult recreational use of marijuana.

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Summary: The U.S. government is catching up with Black people who have been commemorating the end of slavery in the United States for generations with a day ca...

Summary: Where do you think New York falls on WalletHub's list of "Best States to Live In?"

Summary: By a vote of 7-2, the court declined to overturn the landmark health care law for the third time

Summary: Hiring bonuses for workers and employers will end the recession earlier.

Summary: In an aim to prop up the state’s still-struggling, legal cannabis industry, lawmakers in California on Monday approved new funding to marijuana businesses.

Summary: ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

Summary: The United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s lawsuit against Ripple Labs and its execs has had far-reaching implications, not only for the San Francisco-based blockchain firm and XRP but for the larger community as well. In fact, following the same, many in the industry have had to re-examine whether the digital assets they were dealing […]

Summary: California's power grid monitor asked residents to not use big appliances and keep air conditioners set at 78 or higher on Thursday evening. Texans also are being asked to conserve electricity. - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com

Summary: The key issue was whether a 2017 decision by Congress to remove the penalty for not buying health insurance — the so-called individual mandate — meant that the law was unconstitutional and should be wiped from the books.

Summary: The United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s lawsuit against Ripple Labs and its execs has had far-reaching implications, not only for the San Francisco-based blockchain firm and XRP but for the larger community as well. In fact, following the same, many in the industry have had to re-examine whether the digital assets they were dealing […]

Summary: The judges voted 7-2 to leave the law intact preserving health care for millions of Americans.

Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to the Affordable Care Act on Thursday in a decision that will leave the law intact and save health care coverage for millions of Americans. The justices turned away a challenge from Republican-led states and the former Trump administration, which urged the justices to block the entire law.

Summary: 17 June 2021:  The United States is heading towards economic disaster.  U.S. Total Public Debt has exploded over $27 trillion USD while GDP has lagged behind that growth.  Additionally, the Federal Reserve has had to increased money printing, evident...

Summary: A regional court has struck down a ban on the operation of brothels in one of Germany's states, arguing that the improving Covid-19 situation allows for sex workers to return to work.

Summary: UNITED NATIONS, Jun 17 (IPS) - The Caribbean Public Health Agency is banking on high-quality research to inform policy, programming and clinical practice, amid ‘unceasing’ public health challenges. In 1956, the Caribbean held its first major scientific meeting, organised by the Standing Advisory Committee for Medical Research in the British Caribbean. At the time, the Mayaro Virus, a dengue-like viral disease often called ‘jungle flu’ had just been identified as a new human disease agent by W.G

Summary: The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a challenge to Obamacare on Thursday in California v. Texas, 7-2, on technical grounds.

Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to the Affordable Care Act on Thursday in a decision that will leave the law intact and save health care coverage for millions of Americans. The justices turned away a challenge from Republican-led states and the former Trump administration, which urged the justices to block the entire law.

Summary: Two of Trump's three appointees, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, joined the majority opinion, while the third, Neil Gorsuch, dissented.

Summary: The ruling marks the third time the nation’s highest court has preserved Obamacare since it was enacted in 2010.

Summary: For many Black Americans, especially those from Southern states, Juneteenth has been an important day in history for over 150 years.

Summary: The pivotal senator has released a potentially transformative plan to promote fair elections.

Summary: Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody discusses Gov. Ron DeSantis sending state law enforcement to help the immigration crisis at the southern border.

Summary: The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against Texas and other Republican-led states seeking to strike down Obamacare in its latest high court test.

Summary: The House voted 415-14 on Wednesday to make Juneteenth, or June 19th, the 12th U.S. federal holiday,

Summary: USA-WEATHER/HEATWAVE (UPDATE 1, PIX):UPDATE 1-As temperatures soar, California and Texas urge power conservation

Summary: Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody says she hopes other states will ‘step up’ and ‘send help.’

Summary: US News: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has classified the Delta, a highly transmissible Covid-19 variant first identified in India, as a "v

Summary: For five decades, the US government has wreaked havoc both at home and abroad with its violent ‘war on drugs’.

Summary: ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

Summary: The sector faces some potential headwinds going forward.

Summary: Rest of World News: Japan said on Thursday China's military intentions are unclear and its armed forces' rapid expansion is of serious concern, circumstances that require

Summary: Extreme heat has descended on the southwestern United States, with several states enduring temperatures near and above record highs for June. Extreme heat has descended on the southwestern United States this week, with several states enduring temperatures near and above record highs for June. As

Summary: The U.S. House voted 415-14 on Wednesday to make Juneteenth, or June 19th, the 12th federal holiday. The bill now goes to U.S. President Joe Biden's desk, and he is expected to sign it into law.

Summary: By 1974, tubal ligations became so ubiquitous on the island that over a third of its women had received la operación—giving Puerto Rico the highest sterilization rate in the world.

Summary: CDC eviction moratorium ends on 30 June – and in the vast majority of states, help could arrive too late, housing advocates say

Summary: A BITTER row between EU ministers has erupted over Brussels' incompetence in swiftly procuring coronavirus vaccinations.

Summary: The country continued this week on a path to reopening from the Covid-19 pandemic, with major population centers such as New York and California pulling back on restrictions following increased vaccinations and lowered infections.

Summary: VANCOUVER, Canada, Jun 16 (IPS) - Looking through my emails for the last year, I was struck by how often the adjective “unprecedented” occurred. The term, of course, referred to the global Covid-19 pandemic. One would imagine that this unprecedented year would result in unprecedented trends in other aspects of life.

Summary: GENEVA (Sputnik) - Speaking at a press conference after the meeting with Joe Biden on Wednesday, Vladimir Putin listed cybersecurity, strategic stability, the Arctic...

Summary: The Justice Department has vacated two Trump-era rules barring victims of domestic and gang violence asylum in the United States as the Biden administration continues to undo its predecessor's immigration policies.

Summary: A law requires inmates to choose electrocution or firing squad if lethal injection drugs aren't available. There has not been an execution in 10 years because of drugs.

Summary: China News: A senior Chinese epidemiologist said the United States should be the priority in the next phase of investigations into the origin of Covid-19 after a

Summary: United States involvement in regime change describes United States government participation or interference, both overt and covert, in the replacement of foreign governments. In the latter half of the 19th century, the U.S. government initiated actions for regime change mainly in Latin America and the southwest Pacific, including the Spanish–American and Philippine–American wars. At the onset of the 20th century, the United States shaped or installed governments in many countries around the worl

Summary: WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will soon have a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery.

Summary: SHANGHAI — A senior Chinese epidemiologist said the United States should be the priority in the next phase of investigations into the origin of Covid-19 after a study showed the disease could have been circulating there as early as December 2019, state media said on Thursday (June 17).

Summary: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is warning Missouri officials that the state can’t ignore federal law, after the governor signed a bill last ...

Summary: The United States will soon have a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery

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Summary: After growing opposition to Brad Sigmon being forced to die by electrocution, state authorities now say they will at least offer him another way to die.

Summary: South Carolina Department of Corrections Two days before South Carolina death row inmate Brad Sigmon was due to be put to death in the state’s 109-year-old...

Summary: The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to create a federal holiday commemorating Juneteenth, which until now has been the unofficial fete marking the end of slavery in the United…

Summary: Inmates must have choice of death by firing squad, court rules, as US states seek alternatives to lethal injection.

Summary: A senior Chinese epidemiologist said the United States should be the priority in the next phase of investigations into the origin of COVID-19 after a study showed the disease could have been circulating there as early as December 2019, state media said on Thursday.

Summary: Over the last several years, multiple reports have surfaced detailing cases in which US service members have been caught illegally smuggling immigrants across the...