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Did You Know? 10 Interesting Cannabis Facts You May or May Not Know

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:27 GMT

420 may be over, but it’s not like we’ll stop talking about weed anytime soon! In case you want to learn more about that good blunt you smoked, here are 10 interesting cannabis facts that might surprise you.10 Interesting Cannabis Facts1. Oh, the irony: California was the first state to ban cannabisThese days, it’s almost impossible to imagine the Golden State without its beloved pot. However, that was what it was like for the longest time — until 1996. California was the first state to ban cannabis in 1913 under the Poison Act of 1907. Oh, how times have changed!2. The first US flag is said to have been made out of hempYou could say weed has always been part of our history — as Betsy Ross’ flag was allegedly made out of hemp. Back then, hemp was a big part of the agricultural industry. And hemp textile was used to make the US flag because it’s known for its durability.3. More history: George Washington is believed to have grown hempIt’s commonly believed that George Washington grew...

Kurtenbach: Kevon Looney — the Warriors’ irreplaceable colossus — keeps proving he’s a Golden State legend

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:27 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Build a statue, retire his number, and put his name on the court.Whatever the Warriors need to do in the years to come to celebrate Kevon Looney’s career must be done.The Warriors’ center has been taken for granted during this team’s dynastic run, but it would be criminal if Looney’s impact floated into obscurity once his career ends. The next generation needs reminders — big, overt gestures — of the understated but significant impact of the Warriors’ center.Almost nothing Looney does will rarely make a highlight video, but nearly everything he does affects winning.And Thursday night, with the Warriors season on the line, he turned in a game for the ages.Related ArticlesGolden State Warriors | Under control: Steph Curry’s clean game leads Warriors out of 2-0 hole Golden State Warriors | Without Draymond Green, these key players stepped up to save Warriors’ season Golden State Warriors | ...

Camilla’s son slams Harry for saying his mother schemed for the crown

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:27 GMT

It will be awkward, to say the least, if Prince Harry comes face to face with Queen Camilla, or her loyal son Tom Parker Bowles, at King Charles III’s May 6 coronation after Harry portrayed his stepmother as one of the chief villains in his narrative about escaping royal life.Parker Bowles has taken particular issue with Harry’s claim that Camilla orchestrated “a campaign aimed at marriage and eventually the crown.” In a podcast interview this week, Parker Bowles, a food writer and food critic, said there was no “endgame” and that his mother married the then-Prince of Wales in 2005 out of love.“She married the person she loved and this is what happened,” Parker Bowles told The News Agents podcast, hosted by Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel.“I don’t care what anyone says, this wasn’t some kind of endgame.”@tomparkerbowles speaking exclusively to The News Agents about his mother, Camilla, becoming Queen.Coming to @GlobalPlayer@maitlis | @jonsopel pic.twi...

The art of growing bald gracefully

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:27 GMT

By Oscar Holland | CNNThere are three important days in every bald(ing) man’s life: The day you realize you’re losing your hair, the day you realize you should shave off what remains, and the day you finally do. Growing bald gracefully is about reducing the gap between these milestones as far as possible. I learned this the hard way.Before recounting my decade of denial and deceit, here are the bare-headed facts: I suffer from a type of baldness I call “the Prince William.” It combines an expanding circular patch on top (“the Friar Tuck”) and receding corners (“the Jude Law”). The two must eventually meet. Or, to put it another way: The bridge between my last strongholds of follicle activity has grown ever thinner, my hairline drifting apart like two continental landmasses. What once resembled Pangaea is now little more than a footbridge over the Bering Strait.My mother was the first to notice this tectonic shift. “You’re t...

Bay Area suffers net job losses in March as hiring slowdown jolts region

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:27 GMT

The Bay Area economy, staggered by a widening slump in the tech sector, lost thousands of jobs during March, a disquieting jolt that hints at a slowdown in the region’s economy.The loss of 5,600 jobs in the Bay Area, reported Friday by a government labor agency, brings to a halt a remarkable streak of employment gains in the nine-county region that had extended 25 consecutive months. The Bay Area last lost jobs in January 2021, this news organization’s analysis of the government releases shows.The East Bay shed 6,400 jobs in March while the San Francisco-San Mateo region — hit hard by employment cutbacks in the tech sector, lost 5,600 jobs last month, the labor agency reported.The South Bay was the main bright spot in an otherwise grim report. Santa Clara County added 2,200 jobs in March, the primary reason why the employment setbacks in the Bay Area weren’t worse.Related ArticlesEconomy | BuzzFeed to close news division, cut 15% of all staff ...

Lyft to cut 1,200 jobs in latest layoffs: WSJ

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:27 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Lyft plans to cut 1,200 jobs in the latest round of layoffs for the San Francisco-based ride-share accompany, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the plan. The cuts represent a significant reduction of Lyft's workforce. The company currently employs around 4,000 people, so the cuts represent about 30% of its workforce. These are the most popular craft breweries in the US: data Lyft does not count its drivers among its employees.Lyft's most recent round of layoffs occurred in November of last year when the company let go about 13% of its workforce. The company also laid off about 60 employees last summer.According to the WSJ, the latest round of cuts could help the company reduce its operating expenses by half. The reported layoffs are the latest in a series of tech layoffs that have seen companies like Google, Salesforce and Meta all cut jobs in recent months. Earlier this week, Buzzfeed also announced it would be s...

BART employee makes initial court appearance for fatal hit-and-run

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:27 GMT

A BART employee made his initial appearance in court Thursday to face vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run charges for hitting and killing a pedestrian with his transit agency service truck earlier this month in South San Francisco, prosecutors said. Joaquin Duarte Jr., 52, a systems service foreworker for BART, was arrested Tuesday in connection with the collision reported early on the morning of April 5 in the 1500 block of El Camino Real, according to South San Francisco police. Millbrae 6th grade teacher arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting students A pedestrian, identified by the San Mateo County Coroner's Office as William King, 45, of South San Francisco, was trying to cross the southbound lanes of El Camino Real near the intersection to the entrance to a Costco store parking lot when he was hit, the county District Attorney's Office said. KRON On is streaming live news now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hid...

Bagent’s journey typifies NFL draft’s small school prospects

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:27 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tyson Bagent played college football in relative obscurity.At Shepherd University in West Virginia’s eastern panhandle, it would be easy to bypass this Division II school and its star quarterback. But when the New York Jets visited Shepherdstown in 2019, Bagent’s whole world changed.Suddenly, the son of an international arm-wrestling champion saw the NFL become a realistic opportunity. Next week Bagent just might be the first Shepherd player drafted since the Houston Oilers took Wayne Wilson in the 12th round in 1979.“I know I’m right where I’m supposed to be,” Bagent said. “I know I’m just as good as any quarterback in this draft class. And I know I have exactly what it takes to play at this level.”The strong-armed Bagent certainly looks the part at 6-foot-3, 213 pounds. He also has numbers that would make Bryce Young or C.J. Stroud jealous — completing 69.9% of his throws last season, setting a Division II career record with 17,034...

Virginia Beach leads nation for Gen-Z homebuyers

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:27 GMT

Fewer adults under 25 are homeowners, but Virginia Beach, Virginia, leads the nation for the share of homeowners who are.Redfin ranks Virginia Beach No. 1 for Gen-Z homebuyers last year. Those under 25 years old bought roughly 9% of primary homes that sold there last year, a bigger share than anywhere else in the country.Virginia Beach is home to one of the biggest U.S. military bases, and Redfin said nearly half of mortgaged home sales there last year used VA loans. Those loans are available to service members and require very low or no down payments. That makes purchasing a home more attainable for young buyers who have not built up a lot of savings.Nationwide, Gen-Z homeowners are ahead of their parents’ generation. In 2022, 30% of under 26 adults owned their home, higher than the 27% rate for Gen Xers when they were the same age.It is slightly lower than the homeownership rate for baby boomers, 32% when they were the same age.Redfin said a 25-year-old homeowner’s med...

Canadian academic convicted in 1980 Paris synagogue bombing

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:27 GMT

PARIS (AP) — A Paris court has convicted a Lebanese-Canadian academic in absentia on terrorism charges and sentenced him to life in prison over a bombing outside a Paris synagogue in 1980 that killed four and wounded 46.The court issued an arrest warrant for suspect Hassan Diab, lives in Ottawa, Canada and denies wrongdoing. His lawyers say he was in Lebanon at the time of the attack and is a victim of mistaken identity.The trial that marked the culmination of decades of investigation in one of France’s longest unsolved crimes.French authorities accuse Diab of planting the bomb outside the synagogue where 320 worshipers had gathered to mark the end of a Jewish holiday on the evening of Oct. 3, 1980, , including children celebrating their bar mitzvahs. French investigators attributed the synagogue attack to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-Special Operations. But no one ever claimed responsibility.The conviction was a surprise to many even in the court. Among t...