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Cheech and Chong sue California over ban on certain hemp products

September 30, 2024, 8:13am Business

Actors Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong, a comedy duo who also run a cannabis company, sued a California public health agency over new rules that would ban certain hemp products. Read story

In this image made from a NASA livestream, the two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station since June 2024, Butch Wilmore, far left, and Suni Williams, far right, welcome two new residents who flew up on SpaceX, NASA’s Nick Hague, front left in blue, and the Russian Space Agency’s Alexander Gorbunov, front right in blue, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. Behind them, from left in black, are NASA’s Jeanette Epps, Russia’s Alexander Grebenkin, NASA’s Mike Barratt and NASA’s Matthew Dominick. From left, wearing red, are Russia’s Ivan Vagner, NASA’s Don Pettit and Russia’s Alexei Ovchinin.

Stuck NASA astronauts welcome SpaceX capsule that’ll bring them home next year

September 30, 2024, 8:12am Business

The two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station since June welcomed their new ride home with Sunday’s arrival of a SpaceX capsule. Read story

A Petco store in Feasterville, Pa. Pet owners are projected to spend about $60.6 billion this year on food, toys, grooming and boarding, among other things — up from $58 billion in 2014.

Petco stops rabbit sales and encourages adoption after pressure from animal rights groups

September 30, 2024, 7:52am Business

Petco, the San Diego-based animal goods and services brand, announced this week it will shift from selling rabbits to putting them up for adoption. Read story

This image released by Disney+ shows Sasheer Zamata, left, and Ali Ahn in Marvel Television’s “Agatha All Along.” (Chuck Zlotnick/Marvel-Disney+ via AP)

Agatha ventures on new quest in Marvel’s latest

September 30, 2024, 6:04am Entertainment

As she reprises her role as the witch everyone loves to hate, Kathryn Hahn says it “makes total sense” she’s continuing the story. Read story

Dominic Ciambrone, aka the Shoe Surgeon, show his guest around his headquarters design space/playhouse on Aug. 28, 2024, in Los Angeles.

He is the Shoe Surgeon to LeBron, Usher and other stars. Nike says he’s gone too far

September 30, 2024, 6:00am Business

As LeBron James closed in on the NBA’s all-time scoring record last year, Nike wanted a pair of one-of-a-kind sneakers made to commemorate the achievement. Read story

Ryan Murphy, second from right, the co-creator/executive producer of “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” poses with cast members, from left, Javier Bardem, Cooper Koch, Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Chloe Sevigny at the premiere of the Netflix series at the Egyptian Theatre, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, in Los Angeles.

Ryan Murphy believes he ‘did right’ by Lyle and Erik Menendez in ‘Monsters’: ‘It’s faux outrage’

September 30, 2024, 6:00am Entertainment

There’s an indisputable fact about Lyle and Erik Menendez: The brothers killed their parents, Jose and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez, on Aug. 20, 1989, in the den of their Beverly Hills mansion. Read story

Ailing, aging Message Tree at Woodstock concert site cut down

September 29, 2024, 12:00pm Life

Masses of people at the 1969 Woodstock festival stopped by the towering red maple tree a little ways off from the main stage. Many scrawled messages on paper scraps or cardboard and attached them to the old tree’s trunk. Read story

A towering figure of Jack Skellington from the film “The Nightmare Before Christmas” appears in front of a house in Westchester County, N.Y., on Sept. 23, 2024. The giant skeletons have upped the game on decorations, and Halloween superfans are thrilled.

Halloween superfans see the culture catching up to them. (A 12-foot skeleton helped)

September 29, 2024, 6:00am Entertainment

Home Depot was about to launch something big — really big — when the pandemic hit in the spring of 2020: a 12-foot skeleton. Read story

From left, Tom Bosley, Angela Lansbury, William Windom and Michael Horton in “Murder, She Wrote.” (Globe Photos/Zuma Press/TNS)

Nina Metz: On its 40th anniversary, ‘Murder, She Wrote’ remains one of the best of its kind

September 29, 2024, 6:00am Entertainment

“I may be wrong. But frankly, I doubt it.” That line, or words to that effect, are a common refrain on “Murder, She Wrote.” It takes a certain amount of flinty self-confidence for a character to pull that off without sounding smug. We live in uncertain times. Hollywood is in… Read story

One EdWeek survey found 56% of teens ages 14 to 18 learn about climate change from TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and other apps where young activists are sounding the alarm and urging action.

Climate disasters can elicit despair when they go viral. These activists found inspiration

September 29, 2024, 5:27am Business

Imagine this: You receive a warning about a raging wildfire near your home. The air won’t stop filling with acrid smoke, and the sky has turned from blue to an eerie orange. Read story