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(AP News) Daily and near-daily marijuana use is now more common than similar levels of drinking in the U.S., according to an analysis of national survey data over four decades. Alcohol is still more widely used, but 2022 was the first time this intensive level of marijuana use overtook high-frequency drinking, said the study's author, Jonathan Caulkins, a cannabis policy researcher at Carnegie Mellon University. "A good 40% of current cannabis

By Ahmed Jallow NC Newsline The North Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee approved an amended version of House Bill 237 on Tuesday morning that would prohibit the wearing of masks in public.  The controversial bill, which would also increase criminal penalties for those who commit crimes while wearing a mask in public, comes in the wake of protests that have erupted on college campuses across the country in response to the

By: Jordan Meadows Staff Writer The North Carolina Senate Appropriations Committee recently approved a bill that will provide hundreds of millions of dollars to the state's private school voucher program. The move sparked heated debates between Democrats and Republicans, highlighting the sharp contrast in their perspectives on education spending priorities. North Carolina's cost-adjusted per-pupil funding level is $10,791, which is $4,695 lower than the national average. In terms of funding

  By: Jordan Meadows Staff Writer In the wake of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in April 1968, the small town of Riceville, Iowa, found itself grappling with confusion and grief. Among those affected were Jane Elliott's third-grade students, who couldn't comprehend why someone would take the life of their recently celebrated "Hero of the Month." It was in this atmosphere of perplexity and sorrow that Jane Elliott, a diversity

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Security video aired by CNN appears to show Sean "Diddy" Combs physically assaulting singer Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016. The video aired Friday appears to show Combs, wearing only a white towel, punching and kicking the R&B singer who was his protege and longtime girlfriend at the time. The footage also shows the music mogul shoving and dragging Cassie, and throwing a vase in her

(AP) On the afternoon of May 3, Roger Fortson opened the door of his Florida apartment with a gun in his hand and was immediately shot six times by a sheriff's deputy responding to a complaint about an argument. Fortson's supporters point to the deputy's rapid decision to open fire and his mere presence at the apartment - where the Air Force senior airman was apparently alone and FaceTiming with

WASHINGTON (AP) - Makers of medical tests that have long escaped government oversight will have about four years to show that their new offerings deliver accurate results, under a government rule vigorously opposed by the testing industry. The regulation finalized Monday by the Food and Drug Administration will gradually phase in oversight of new tests developed by laboratories, a multibillion-dollar industry that regulators say poses growing risks to Americans. The

  Raleigh, NC - Youth leaders from the Poe Center's Youth Empowerment team led a community forum Thursday to address the vaping epidemic in Wake County. Joined by partners, officials, and professionals, youth leaders spoke about their work to curb tobacco and vape access in schools and communities. Youth presented their research and projects, and focused on initiatives such as Escape the Vape Week, a week-long observance to curb vape

Carolina Public Press Harvesting enough trees to meet federal timber targets nationally is inappropriately taking precedent over ecological considerations when the U.S. Forest Services sets goals for projects in national forests, including in North Carolina, according to a recent federal lawsuit from environmental groups. Setting timber targets for the volume of lumber extracted from hundreds of thousands of acres within national forests is a long-held practice of the Forest Service.