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(Worthy News) – The first two commercial pot shops to open in Massachusetts earlier this month reportedly sold more than $2.2 million worth of marijuana products in their first week of operation.

The two stores, in Northampton and Leicester, sold more than 56,000 marijuana products in their first five days of business, according to figures released by the Cannabis Control Commission this week.

Both shops began operation last week and reported selling a combined $440,000 worth of cannabis on their first day. The shops also saw their busiest day on Black Friday, when they reported more than $480,000 in gross sales. [ Source: The Hill (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – A Dutch carpenter who built his own replica of Noah’s Ark has announced plans to sail the 2,500-ton vessel to Israel (though, minus the animals).

The ark’s builder, Johan Huibers, 60, a devout Christian from the Netherlands, said it looks like the original: “I created a replica true to the original ark described in Genesis.”

The vessel took over four years to build. Huibers began working on the ark’s construction back in 2008, with the help of seven assistants. The cost of its construction was $1.6 million, a sum covered entirely by donations. [ Source: Ynet News (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – US President Donald Trump told The Washington Post on Tuesday that Israel is the reason behind US Military’s prolonged stay in the Middle East.

In an interview with the newspaper, Trump addressed the possibility of withdrawing American forces from the Middle East, saying “now, are we going to stay in that part of the world? One reason to is Israel.”

The American president—who drew a lot of criticism for failing to visit American troops in combat zones—and announced his intention to visit US troops stationed in the Middle East. “At the right time I will (visit the soldiers).” [ Source: Ynet News (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – Christian leaders meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, Nigeria this month delivered a sharp rebuke, saying the military is complicit in attacks on Christians.

With the governor of Plateau state in attendance, the Rev. Dacholom Datiri, president of the Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN), delivered a report to Buhari at the presidential villa on Nov. 6 stating that 646 Christians in Plateau state alone were killed from March through October.

“The narrative has been that these people are killed by unknown gunmen, or suspected herdsmen, or that there have been farmer-herders clashes,” Datiri said in the report, obtained by Morning Star News. “All these are deceptive narratives deliberately framed to conceal the truth and continue to perpetrate the evil.” [ Source: Morningstar News (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – The Supreme Court has given a victory to private property rights.

The nation’s highest court ruled unanimously in the case of Weyerhaeuser vs. the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

The justices determined the government overstepped its authority by declaring 1,500 acres of private land in Louisiana as a critical habitat for a frog that questionably can’t even survive there. [ Source: CBN News (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – The Trump administration says it will appeal a court order barring the government from refusing asylum to immigrants who cross the southern border illegally.

The Justice Department filed a notice Tuesday saying it will appeal the order to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. It also asked U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar in San Francisco to issue a stay of his Nov. 19 order.

President Donald Trump’s Nov. 9 proclamation automatically banned anyone who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border from seeking asylum if they crossed between official ports of entry. [ Source: CBN News (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – A small group of Democratic and Republican House lawmakers introduced Tuesday night the first bipartisan carbon tax legislation in nearly a decade as a way to combat climate change.

Rep. Ted Deutch of Florida, the Democratic co-chair of the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus, unveiled the bill along with fellow members of the group, Reps. Francis Rooney, R-Fla., Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., Charlie Crist, D-Fla., and John Delaney, D, Md.

“We are taking a monumental step forward in showing our colleagues and the country there is a bipartisan solution to climate change that addresses risks to our health, environment, and economy and puts a price on pollution to end our reliance on carbon,” Deutch told reporters on a press call. [ Source: Washington Examiner (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – Several senior European politicians on Tuesday raised the possibility of new sanctions against Russia to punish it for capturing three Ukrainian vessels at sea, an incident the West fears could ignite a wider conflict.

A Russian minister said further sanctions would solve nothing and that the incident should not be used to derail the Minsk accord, which aims to end fighting in eastern Ukraine between Kiev’s forces and pro-Russian separatist rebels.

Russian assets have come under pressure on financial markets amid concerns that possible new sanctions could hurt the economy, though the rouble on Tuesday clawed back some earlier losses as investors bet any sanctions would not be swift. [ Source: Reuters (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – A Facebook engineer warned in 2014 about a potentially huge data issue involving Russia, according to secret documents seized by Britain’s Parliament last week.

Damian Collins, a UK politician, has reviewed the papers, which stem from a protracted legal battle between Facebook and an app developer named Six4Three.

Collins disclosed the potential breach at an international grand committee hearing on Tuesday in which Facebook was grilled on its series of scandals. [ Source: This is Insider (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – Iran is determined to fight against US President Donald Trump’s anticipated Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, parliament speaker Ali Larijani said Tuesday, according to the semi-official news agency ISNA.

Trump has dubbed his administration’s long-awaited plan the “ultimate deal,” which has already unsettled the Palestinians although no details have yet been disclosed.

Speaking in Tehran, Larijani said the “deal of the century” was a “plot” between Israel and the United States to establish the Jewish state’s domination in the Middle East. [ Source: Times of Israel (Read More…) ]

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