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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...]
4th purported witness claims no knowledge of alleged Kavanaugh assault against Ford
Leland Ingham Keyers, a former classmate of Ford, sent an email to the Senate Judiciary Committee where she claims she doesn't know Kavanaugh or have any memory of being at a party with him. Chuck Grassley , R-Iowa, rejected. Allegations from a university professor, Christine Blasey Ford, emerged in the United States media last week. Republicans viewed Ford's requests as a way to delay voting ... [Full Article...]
Kavanaugh Accuser Wants to Talk to Senate; Terms Up in Air
Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, initially wanted her account to remain secret but she has since come forward after it leaked. FiveThirtyEight reports that a full investigation of the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh would probably take " at least a few weeks ". It's the reverse among Republicans, 60 percent believe him, 14 percent her. [Full Article...]
Nearly $18M in cocaine seized in donated boxes of bananas
Authorities found almost $18 million worth of cocaine hidden in several boxes of bananas headed for Texas prisons, officials announced Friday. When they opened one of the Dole boxes marked with "certified organic bananas", they found bundles containing a white powdery substance underneath the fruit, officials said. [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...]