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Maine Officials Investigating Restaurant That Calmed Lobsters With Marijuana
Gill, 47, grows the marijuana at her home, and she said she had a license to do so. Gill said she had started offering "smoked" lobster meat recently and hopes to resume sales by mid-October. But lobster scientists are less certain of the sedative effect, noting that lobsters don't use their claws as weapons, and whether it would make their deaths less traumatic. [Full Article...]
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn lays wreath at Hillsborough memorial
Corbyn's close ally, Len McCluskey, leader of Britain's biggest trade union Unite, told the BBC any such second referendum "shouldn't be on: 'do we want to go back into the European Union?' " as that had been answered in the 2016 referendum. [Full Article...]
US Agency Proposes Curb on Immigrants Seeking Public Assistance
The proposed rule announced by the Department of Homeland Security could make immigrants seeking to enter the United States ineligible for visas or green cards if they are deemed likely to receive certain public benefits once they come to the country. [Full Article...]
U.K. says it will not capitulate in Brexit talks
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable said the Chequers plan was "dead as a dodo, killed in London by Tory fundamentalists", while Green MP Caroline Lucas said Mrs May's response "pathetic, painful and petulant". Ms Sturgeon said: "The Prime Minister's statement was awful". Mrs May was left " visibly furious" after European Union leaders unanimously rejected her Chequers blueprint as unwo... [Full Article...]
This animal shelter volunteer's 'cat' naps has everyone swooning
Terry, a retired Spanish teacher, began turning up nearly every day with his own special brush to groom the cats. But it didn't take long for Lauerman to become attached to his furry friends, returning to the shelter multiple times a week before he started to come every day. [Full Article...]
China summons US ambassador to protest sanctions over Russia military equipment
China's Deputy Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang summoned Ambassador Terry Branstad and "lodged solemn representations" in relation to the sanctions, state media reported. The U.S. says China is in breach of sanctions Washington imposed on Moscow over Russia's role in Ukraine and its alleged interference in U.S. politics. [Full Article...]
Facebook Stops Staff Help For Politicians
The social network is the second largest online advertising broker, behind Google. Google and Twitter did not immediately respond to requests to comment on whether they also would pull back support. The companies played the role of helping campaigns to navigate their services' ad systems and were actively involved to shape the campaign communication system by type of messages are need to be di... [Full Article...]
Alleged Mistress Claims Ex-Trump Aide Secretly Drugged Her with ‘Abortion Pill’
The new court documents outline allegations that before Miller hooked up with Delgado, he previously carried on an affair with a woman he met at an Orlando strip club. Miller and Delgado had an affair on the Trump campaign trail, which resulted in Delgado becoming pregnant and giving birth to a son named William. Miller's legal team has strongly denied the accusations found in the court filing, ... [Full Article...]