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Key West votes to ban large cruise ships from docking, limit cruise visitors to 1,500 per day

November 5, 2020Jayme Deerwester and Morgan Hines, USA TODAYComments Off

Big cruise ships will no longer be welcome in Key West, Florida, after voters passed three cruise-related ballot initiatives.

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Carnival cancels at least 30 cruises from November to January, Princess announces ship schedule shift

July 7, 2020July 8, 2020Jayme Deerwester and Morgan Hines, USA TODAYComments Off

Carnival said its newest ship will not sail until Feb. 6. Renovations on a second ship have also been delayed, resulting in cancellations and changes.

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Now that marijuana is legal in Illinois, there are pot amnesty boxes at Chicago’s airports

January 10, 2020Jayme Deerwester and Morgan Hines, USA TODAYComments Off

Weed officially became legal in Illinois on Jan. 1 which came with a curious side effect: Chicago’s airports have set up “cannabis amnesty boxes.”