Voters in Red and Blue States Repudiate Lenient Drug Policies

Californians voted for tougher penalties for dealers. Florida, North Dakota and South Dakota rejected proposals to legalize marijuana. Massachusetts denied a measure allowing possession of psychedelics.

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Skip the lectures: Black voters would rather be heard

If you want to win our vote, and if you want to save democracy, don’t show up at our door on the eve of the election.
The Hill - 2h
Two drug arrests after Belfast nightclub death

Chloe Ferris, who was in her 20s, died at Lux in the early hours of Sunday morning.
BBC News - 26m
UK chemicals sector doubts Starmer ‘reset’ will end Brexit blues

Businesses say regulatory and customs frictions will barely be eased if Labour government sticks to red lines on EU
Financial Times - 11h
Once again, polls missed a decisive slice of Trump voters in 2024

As America’s pollsters and polling aggregators conduct their postmortems on the 2024 presidential election, some are already saying that their pre-election surveys got it right, noting the close ...
NBC News - 6h
A Norwegian rapper suspected of drug crimes and assault is arrested in Poland

Poland's police say they have arrested and opened an extradition procedure for a Norwegian rapper who is wanted in his country for alleged drug crimes, causing bodily harm to a person and assault ...
ABC News - 1d
Terns Pharma broadens beyond obesity drugs with upbeat data in leukemia trial

Terns Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s stock jumped 7.5% premarket Tuesday, after the company announced positive data from an early-stage trial of a treatment for chronic myeloid leukemia.
MarketWatch - 3h
Under Powell, the Fed Makes Monetary Policy Boring Again

The central bank no longer needs to play a prominent role in the U.S. economy, which is running more normally as the pandemic crisis recedes.
Inc. - 22h
WW2 veteran urges PM to end 'brutal' frozen pension policy

Anne Puckridge is calling on the new government to unfreeze the pensions of some Britons who live abroad.
BBC News - 13h
Meta’s Zuckerberg seeks ‘active role’ in Trump tech policies

Policy chief Nick Clegg says social media company ‘overdid it’ on content moderation, as it seeks to placate president-elect
Financial Times - 3h
Democrats' chair says Trump's win forces party to reassess how it reaches voters

The outgoing Democratic National Committee chairman is downplaying his party’s November loss to President-elect Donald Trump and arguing Democrats avoided even greater losses that parties in power ...
ABC News - 8h