Morning Wire - Friday Afternoon Update | 12.2.22

Episode Date: December 2, 2022

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on whether Measure 114 violates the Second Amendment rights of Americans. Rhode Island has officially begun to allow recreational marijuana to be sold in stores. Customers began lining up at stores across the state on Thursday. Just six months after Governor Dan McNee signed the legislation making pot, legal for those 21 and older. Currently, only five stores are allowed to sell cannabis products in the Ocean State, but according to the law, the state could eventually have as many as 33. Google has filed an appeal against a more than $4 billion antitrust fine for the Android operating systems alleged role in restricting mobile competition and consumer choice.

The company said they made the filing because there are several areas that require legal clarification from the EU's top court. A startup working to produce, one of the first overdose reversal drugs that can be bought over the counter, says they've submitted their data to the FDA. Officials at Naloxone Corp say that a randomized trial of 60 healthy volunteers shows its drug works more quickly than prescription drugs. A French firm is reportedly restoring 17 of the original Orient Express carriages dating from the 1920s and 30s. The train service is expected to launch in 2024 in Paris. The service was made famous by Agatha Christie's 1934 novel Murder on the Orient Express. Adult residents in Oakland, California, will each receive

$100 funded by taxpayers to donate to a political campaign of their choice. The move is a bid to increase civic participation among voters and to cede funding to candidates who lack financial resources. Voters passed the measure by a margin of 74% in November. Former President Barack Obama arrived in Georgia Thursday to campaign with Senator Raphael Warnock ahead of the U.S. Senate runoff. On December 6, Georgia voters will choose between Warnock and Challenger, Herschel Walker. So far, voters in the state have cast over one million ballots in the runoff. Russia's foreign minister accused the West this week of becoming directly involved in the

conflict in Ukraine by supplying the country with weapons and training for its soldiers. Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov also said that Russian missile strikes on Ukraine's energy facilities and other key infrastructure were intended to weaken Ukraine's military potential and derail shipments of Western weapons. Chinese authorities are reportedly moving to ease COVID measures in the wake of historic protests over the last month. Lockdowns have been lifted in multiple cities, including Beijing, and some mandatory mass testing requirements have also been lifted.

A Maryland Starbucks worker has been suspended after a black female customer received a drink labeled Monkey. The customer's name is Monique. In an effort to make amends for the incident, the store has promised to provide additional DEI training for the staff and will add the word monkey to a list of blocked words in the computer system. And finally, the U.S. men's soccer team faces off against the Netherlands Saturday morning in their first match in the round of 16 knockout stage. Those are your drive home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com. And for more in-depth discussion of the biggest stories of the day, listen to the latest full episode of Morning Wire every morning. From all of us here at Morning Wire, we hope you're enjoying the show.

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