The Minnesota pharmaceutical board filed a civil lawsuit this week alleging that a cannabis retailer sold edible products containing more than 50 times the state’s legal limit for THC. The retailer, a business conglomerate called Northland Vapor, was specifically accused of violating Minnesota’s edible cannabinoid laws with marijuana items marketed …

The following is a transcript of an interview with Democratic Rep. Pete Aguilar of California that aired Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022, on “Face the Nation.” MARGARET BRENNAN: We’re joined now by California congressman Pete Aguilar, the new number three Democrat in the House. Good to have you here. You are …

U.S. employers added 263,000 jobs in November, continuing a surprisingly strong pace of expansion this year despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts to put the brakes on the labor market.  The unemployment rate stayed level at 3.7%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday. Economists surveyed by data provider FactSet …

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced an initiative that would give the city more leeway to involuntarily hospitalize severely mentally ill people on the city’s subways and streets, even if they do not appear to pose an immediate danger to others.   “My administration is determined to do more …

Two Tennessee women found dead after a car crash and police shooting in suburban Detroit include one who was reported missing days earlier, authorities said Monday. Detectives working with the Wayne County Medical Examiner identified the driver as Dominique Hardwick, 36, of Lebanon, Tennessee, and a woman found in the …

There’s a building in Manhattan like no other in the world, where Mark Twain slept, Madonna posed, and Jimi Hendrix roamed. It’s the Hotel Chelsea, otherwise known as the Chelsea Hotel. For more than a century it’s been a wonderland destination for celebrities and visionaries “Walking through the halls, you …

Black Friday marks a return to familiar holiday shopping patterns, but inflation is weighing on consumers. Elevated prices for food, rent, gasoline and other household costs have taken a toll on shoppers. As a result, some shoppers are reluctant to spend unless there’s a big sale, and they’re being really …

Manhattan prosecutors called their last witness Monday in the Trump Organization’s criminal trial.  During three weeks of testimony, they portrayed a company for which many of the top executives not named Trump allegedly devised a series of schemes to avoid taxes on income and luxury benefits. Two Trump Organization companies …

A 22-year-old gunman opened fire in a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, killing five people and leaving more than two dozen injured before he was subdued by “heroic” patrons and arrested by police who were on the scene within minutes, authorities said Sunday. At a news conference Sunday morning, Colorado …

Lyft launched 10 years ago as a ride-on-demand service, where customers can order a car and go using an app. Now, the company is offering its customers who have cars an additional suite of services including discounts on car repairs. Lyft co-founder and president John Zimmer revealed first to “CBS …