A New York company says it will soon offer the first certified kosher medical pot.
Vireo Health says its non-smokable medical cannabis products have been certified as conforming to the Jewish dietary law by the Orthodox Union.
Vireo says it’s the first time a medical cannabis product has been deemed kosher.
The Orthodox Union says it awarded certification after inspecting Vireo’s facilities to ensure that the marijuana is grown and processed according to kosher standards.
Vireo says the certification will help the company serve patients among New York’s Jewish population, the nation’s largest.
A program that had been giving free basic Internet services to more than 3 million Egyptians was shut down on Wednesday, Facebook said.
The service, which is aimed at users in developing countries, connects a billion people worldwide, providing free health, education and economic information.
The Orlando Sentinel reports that the restaurant and entertainment complex on the International Drive tourism corridor was set to close for good Wednesday night.
The McDonald’s building, which looks like a giant box of french fries, opened in 1976.
Besides the restaurant itself, the McDonald’s offered other activities, like bowling, slides and video games.
Fewer people signed contracts to purchase homes in November, as the real estate market appears to have cooled after sales gains for much of 2015.
The National Association of Realtors said Wednesday that its seasonally adjusted pending home sales index fell 0.9 percent to 106.9 last month.
Steady hiring and low mortgage rates lifted home sales for much of this year.
