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Minnesota cannabis law funds training to help officers spot impaired drivers

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The newly signed cannabis bill that legalizes marijuana in Minnesota later this summer for adults includes a $15 million component for funding additional law enforcement training to detect impaired dr...

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Opinion | American life expectancy is dropping — and it’s not all covid’s fault

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American life expectancy took a hit from covid. But we've been struggling versus other countries for a long time.

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Virginia governor the latest to send troops to US-Mexico border

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Governor Glenn Youngkin has deployed 100 National Guard members as human rights advocates decry border ‘militarisation’.

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> In his four years as president, Nayib Bukele has shaken up El Salvador: consolidating power, making Bitcoin legal tender and waging a “war” on gangs that’s earned him opprobrium from rights groups but adoration from a crime-fatigued nation. ... See MoreSee Less

Four years on, Salvadoran ‘dictator’ Bukele basks in gang war glory » Borneo Bulletin Online

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SAN SALVADOR, (AFP) – In his four years as president, Nayib Bukele has shaken up El Salvador: consolidating power, making Bitcoin legal tender and waging a “war” on gangs that’s earned him opp...

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California debates whether teens can get drug treatment without parental consent

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As the number of teens using opioids goes up, California debates whether they should have access to drug treatment without parental consent.

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