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Oklahoma Will Vote On Marijuana Legalization In March. Ohio Could Be Next

Voters in Oklahoma will decide on State Question 820, an initiative to legalize marijuana, on March 7, 2023

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Twitter Probed Over Users’ Personal Data Leaks

Twitter is in hot water after a hacker claimed to have data of over 400 million users

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Allison Ball, Kentucky State Treasurer, State of Kentucky and Worku Gachou, Vice President, Social Impact & Head of North America, Visa Inc. speak onstage during the 2022 Concordia Lexington Summit. Ball recently threatened 11 companies for violations of the state's new ESG law. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images for Concordia )

Kentucky Threatens To Divest From 11 Banks Over Environmental And Social Policies

Kentucky State Treasurer Allison Ball (R) notified 11 banks that their ESG policies had harmed the state’s economy.

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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Manhattan Federal Court after his arraignment and bail hearings on December 22, 2022 in New York City. Bankman-Fried, who was indicted on December 9th and arrested 3 days later by Bahamas law enforcement at the request of U.S. prosecutors, consented to extradition to the U.S. where he is facing eight criminal counts of fraud, conspiracy and money-laundering offenses which includes making illegal political contributions. He is potentially facing life in prison if convicted. DAVID DEE DELGADO/BENZINGA

Sam Bankman-Fried Fights To Keep Control Of $450M In Robinhood Shares As Creditors Circle

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is facing legal battles as he attempted to keep control of his 56 million shares in the consumer trading app Robinhood Markets Inc (NASDAQ: HOOD), currently worth around $450 million

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From right, Terrence A. Duffy, CEO of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of FTX US Derivatives, Christopher Edmonds, chief development officer of the Intercontinental Exchange, and Christopher Perkins, president of CoinFund, testify during the House Agriculture Committee hearing titled Changing Market Roles: The FTX Proposal and Trends in New Clearinghouse Models, in Longworth Building on Thursday, May 12, 2022. Bankman-Fried had agreed to testify as Congress investigates the collapse of FTX. TOM WILLIAMS/BENZINGA

FTX Co-Founder Sam Bankman-Fried To Testify In Front Of US House Financial Committee

Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX’s co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried announced on Friday that he will testify before Congress

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A NYPD car waits at the Trump Tower on October 24, 2022, in New York City. The Trump Organization was found guilty by a grand jury on all counts of tax fraud. LEONARDO MUNOZ/BENZINGA

Trump Organization Found Guilty Of Tax Fraud

Former President Donald Trump's family real estate firm was convicted on Tuesday of tax evasion and other financial crimes.

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First Resolution Recognizing Contributions Of Israeli-Americans Introduced In Senate

The Senate’s Black-Jewish Caucus has introduced a historic resolution recognizing the contributions of Israeli-Americans

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Steph Curry of the Golden State Warriors celebrates after teammate Andrew Wiggins made a basket during Game Five of the 2022 NBA Finals. Curry is one of several athletes named in a class-action FTX lawsuit for promoting the cryptocurrency platform. brEZRA SHOW/GETTY IMAGES

Crypto Asset Class Going ‘Down In Flames,’ Steph Curry, Shaq Likely Safe In FTX Ponzi Case

FTX's bankruptcy may have cost investors $11 billion in damages, while celebrity promoters will probably walk away.

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SpaceX founder Elon Musk after a T-Mobile and SpaceX joint event on August 25, 2022, in Boca Chica Beach, Texas. The Twitter CEO questioned if all of his employees on the social media platform were real before laying them off. MICHAEL GONZALEZ/GETTY IMAGES

Elon Musk Demanded Audit To Confirm Employees Were ‘Real Humans’

The Twitter CEO is not just worried about fake accounts on his social media platform

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