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In defiance of President Donald Trump, two prominent Arizona Republicans say they’re opposed to marijuana rescheduling and are keen on re-criminalizing adult-use cannabis sales. Arizona is the third state, along with Massachusetts and Maine, where a voter initiative funded by a prominent anti-legalization group proposes eliminating adult-use sales. Legal cannabis in Arizona is a billion-dollar market with 2024 sales, the most-recent data available, totaling $1.2 billion. Will Arizona repeal adult-use marijuana sales? As Tucson Weekly reported, the “Sensible Marijuana Policy Act for Arizona” would eliminate the adult-use industry but leave medical cannabis sales as-is. That’s similar to the proposals gathering…

On 14 October 2025, the Office of the Presiding Judge of the Luanda District Court denied a habeas corpus application submitted by defense counsel Hermenegildo Teotónio for street bookseller Serrote José de Oliveira “General Nila”. The ruling held that he was charged exclusively with the offence of Disruption of the Provision of Public Services, under Article 4 of the Law on Crimes of Vandalism, and with no other offence. “General Nila” has now been detained for six months. He was shot by and officer of the Criminal Investigation Service while walking to a hospital with his siblings, before being taken…

Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg led the sixth U.S.-Taiwan Economic Prosperity Partnership Dialogue (EPPD), conducted under the auspices of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO), on January 27, 2026. Under Secretary Helberg was joined by representatives from across the U.S. government for discussions with Minister of Economic Affairs Kung Ming-hsin, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Chen Ming-chi, Deputy Minister of Digital Affairs Isabel Hou, Deputy Minister of Education Liu Kuo-wei, TECRO Representative Alexander Tah-Ray Yui, and other Taiwan authorities. Under Secretary Helberg and Minister Kung…

South Carolina saw its population rise faster than any other state in the nation in 2025 — just as it did the year before, the Census Bureau said in a new report.And once again, that rapid population growth was driven by people moving here from other states, a multi-year trend that’s come with both costs and benefits.“Throughout the 2020s South Carolina has consistently ranked in the top five,” Joseph Von Nessen, a research economist at University of South Carolina, told The Post and Courier in evaluating the Census numbers separately. “What really stands out is that our growth accelerated since…

Five baby Capybara were born at the Audubon Zoo on Jan. 8. Source (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by PostX News and is published from a syndicated feed.)

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico has been trying to tackle the shortage of affordable housing across the state. Now, a bill could make it cheaper for developers to build apartment complexes. “Affordable housing does not mean it’s affordable to build, and as you see things like tariffs and everything else, everything just continues to rise,” said Austin Vanderheyden, Government Relations […] Source (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by PostX News and is published from a syndicated feed.)

It turns out winning six Super Bowls as a head coach isn’t good enough to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer. Former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick did not make the Pro Football Hall of Fame class in his first year of eligibility, Don Van Natta Jr. and Seth Wickersham of ESPN reported Tuesday, citing four sources with firsthand knowledge of the outcome. Voting earlier in January saw Belichick fall short of the 40 out of 50 votes needed for induction, the report said. He received a call from a Hall representative last Friday afternoon with the news that he…

BOSTON — A federal judge said Tuesday that a nearly completed Massachusetts offshore wind project can continue, as the industry successfully challenges the Trump administration in court. At U.S. District Court in Boston, Judge Brian Murphy halted the administration’s stop work order for Vineyard Wind, citing the potential economic losses from the delays and the developers’ likelihood of success on their claims. Vineyard Wind is one of five big offshore wind projects on the East Coast that the Trump administration froze days before Christmas, citing national security concerns- and the fourth that has since been allowed to go forward. A…

The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to approve a law aimed at boosting transparency at the Charter Reform Commission, by requiring that members of that panel disclose any private talks they have with the city’s elected officials. The vote comes about two months before the commission, which began its work in July, is scheduled to finish its deliberations and deliver a list of recommendations to the council.Councilmember Monica Rodriguez, who proposed the ordinance, said she has been trying since August to pass a measure requiring the disclosure of such private conversations, known as “ex parte” communications. That effort was…

Tommaso Ciampa | WWE In a strong indication that his chapter with WWE has officially come to an end, Tommaso Ciampa has been moved to the alumni section of WWE’s roster page. The update arrives amid growing discussion surrounding Ciampa’s contract status and next career move. According to a new report from Dave Meltzer in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Ciampa’s WWE contract is set to expire imminently. Rather than a sudden departure, the situation is described as a deliberate and well-considered decision by the 40-year-old veteran to step outside the WWE system and explore new opportunities. Meltzer reports that Ciampa…