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Feb 14

What is CHS? Marijuana advocates warn of a little-known condition affecting heavy users

Video Produced by Gaby Levesque As more and more U.S. states expand marijuana legalization, and with weed usage on the rise, doctors and advocates are warning about a little-known condition affecting heavy users of the drug. Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome, or CHS, causes severe abdominal pain, nausea and “cyclic vomiting” among regular marijuana users — and […]
Feb 13

Judge temporarily blocks multibillion-dollar JEDI contract win for Microsoft following Amazon lawsuit

Amazon.com Inc. has won a temporary restraining order from a federal court Thursday to block Microsoft Corp.’s award of a $10 billion Pentagon cloud-computing contract. CNBC first reported on Thursday’s injunction. Amazon AMZN, -0.20%  , which lost out on the bitterly disputed deal, filed a lawsuit last month asking the court to halt Microsoft’s MSFT, […]
Feb 13

Market Snapshot: S&P 500, Nasdaq fight to hold near records as rise in coronavirus cases injects doubt in bullish sentiment

Stock indexes traded under pressure Thursday afternoon, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq struggling to maintain altitude in record territory and the Dow tilting lower after a change in the methodology reported by China resulted in a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases and deaths. What are major indexes doing? The Dow Jones Industrial Average […]
Feb 13

Former federal prosecutors describe the Roger Stone sentencing reversal as unprecedented

WASHINGTON — Legal experts and former federal prosecutors say the Justice Department’s reversal of the sentencing recommendation for President Trump’s former campaign adviser is an extraordinary development that could have a long-term impact on public perception of federal law enforcement’s independence from political interference. Roger Stone, a longtime friend of Trump, was convicted last November […]
Feb 12

Capitol Report: Democrats’ primary battle shifts to Nevada, South Carolina as Biden maps a comeback

Getty Images Joe Biden speaks during the Nevada Democrats’ “First in the West” event at the Bellagio Resort & Casino in Las Vegas last November. The state’s caucuses “can’t come fast enough” for the former vice president, according to one analyst. Democrats’ presidential primary race is turning to Nevada and South Carolina, two states whose […]