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Thailand made pot legal two years ago. That could change soon

BANGKOK (AP) — Two years after Thailand made pot legal, the country appears set to crack down on its freewheeling drug market with a ban on “recreational” use. Legal cannabis has fueled Thailand’s tourism and farming trades and spawned thousands of neon green shops, but it’s facing public backlash over perceptions that under-regulation has made the drug available to kids …

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Judge rules that restrictions on after-hour drop boxes don’t keep Floridians from voting

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Restrictions on after-hour drop boxes may make it inconvenient to return ballots outside business hours, but they don’t keep Floridians from voting, a federal judge has ruled. Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker previously had ruled that restrictions in Florida’s 2021 election law would have suppressed Black voters, but parts of that decision were overturned by …

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Trabajadores de una mina de oro en Turquía atrapados bajo tierra tras deslave

ESTAMBUL (AP) — Nueve trabajadores quedaron atrapados bajo tierra tras un deslave ocurrido el martes en el este de Turquía, según las autoridades. El deslave en la mina Copler ocurrió a las 2:30 p.m. hora local, cerca de la ciudad de Ilic en la provincia montañosa de Erzincan en Turquía. En un video aparentemente grabado por un trabajador cercano se …

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