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RFT Reviews the Week: November 20 to November 26

2 years 6 months ago
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20. In the most St. Louis move ever, officials acknowledge that they forgot to fill out the paperwork that would allow the city to tax cannabis — so now City Hall has to wait until January to start tacking on its taxes.
Anonymous

Israel and Hamas agree to extend truce for two more days, and to free more hostages and prisoners

2 years 6 months ago
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel and Hamas agreed to extend their cease-fire for two more days past Monday, the Qatari government said, raising the prospect of a longer halt to their deadliest and most destructive war and further exchanges of militant-held hostages for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. The announcement, made by Qatari Foreign Ministry [...]
TIA GOLDENBERG, JACK JEFFERY and SAMY MAGDY, Associated Press

Republicans Want To Block Broadband Funding To Schools That Refuse To Implement Easily Bypassed TikTok Bans

2 years 6 months ago
We’ve noted how the GOP’s obsession with TikTok is… weird and superficial. Guys like Ted Cruz or Brendan Carr will suffer absolute embolisms about TikTok (and TikTok only) to get on cable news where they’ll be portrayed as good faith privacy reformers. While simultaneously refusing to pass a privacy law or regulate dodgy data brokers […]
Karl Bode

Seven of eight businesses sold alcohol to a minor in this small Illinois town

2 years 6 months ago
MT. VERNON, Ill. -- The Wednesday before Thanksgiving is one of the biggest days for drinking and partying all year. Police in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, decided to test several bars and liquor stores to see if they were checking IDs. They found that seven of the eight establishments they checked sold alcohol to a 19-year-old. [...]
Joe Millitzer