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Medical Marijuana Industry Grapples With DEA's New Role
After years of allowing the state-sanctioned medical marijuana industry to operate without interference, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is stepping in to regulate a drug it once treated exclusively as contraband,... To view the full…
Today in History: August 29, Hurricane Katrina strikes Louisiana
Today is Saturday, Aug. 29, the 241st day of 2026. There are 124 days left in the year. On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the U.S. Gulf Coast in southeast Louisiana, breaching levees and spurring floods that devastated New Orleans. Katrina…
Netflix Exec Cryptically Responds to Rumors Meghan Markle Is Joining 'The Gentlemen'
A Netflix executive issued a cryptic response to online rumors Meghan Markle is joining season 3 of The Gentlemen. “All bets are off,” Manda Levin, Netflix's scripted chief in the U.K., said at the Edinburgh TV Festival on Wednesday…
FBI drops automatic hiring ban for applicants with past prostitution encounters
The FBI is abandoning a strict hiring ban on job applicants who have engaged in sexual encounters with prostitutes, choosing instead to evaluate at least some past cases through a more holistic review, according to people familiar with the matter.
Man sentenced to over 10 years in prison in Moss Park mass shooting
A Brampton man found guilty of discharging a firearm while subject to three separate weapons prohibition orders in a deadly Moss Park shooting has been sentenced to 10 years, nine months in prison. On May 22, Nathan Bell was acquitted of…
How Stephen Miller Used Natalie Harp to Manipulate Trump
Stephen Miller has figured out a way to use President Donald Trump's new favorite aide to push his own agenda. It seems the White House's resident ghoul is well aware that Natalie Harp has become the true gatekeeper of Trump. As his “human…
Trump Plans to Ditch 9/11 Ceremony for the Most Selfish Reason
President Trump won't commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York because he wouldn't be allowed to make a speech. The New York Times reports that Trump has decided to stay in Washington, D.C., and mark the…
Mitch McConnell Has Been Missing for 75 Days-With No Updates
It's been at least 75 days since Senator Mitch McConnell has been seen in public. Yet on Thursday—despite McConnell supposedly being weeks into an intensive rehabilitation routine—his team blatantly refused to provide a progress…
The Democratic Socialist and the retired Rear Admiral: How Democrats aim to win in Colorado
The tug of Democrats between democratic socialists on the left and moderates is playing out in Colorado, where House districts vary in their political characteristics. Democratic socialist Melat Kiros is the Democratic Party's nominee in Colorado's…
Federal Rescheduling Sets The Stage For Marijuana Business Acquisitions As Pharma And Ag Firms Eye Industry (Op-Ed)
“The practical question isn't whether this is something to celebrate, it's whether your business is positioned to be a consolidator, an attractive acquisition target or something different.” By Christopher B. Lynch, Dickinson Wright…
Cannabis produced a surprising heart rhythm effect in regular users
Millions of Americans smoke or vape cannabis. Researchers have mostly studied what the habit does to the heart by comparing users with nonusers after the fact. Those comparisons have generally linked the drug to more rhythm trouble, not less. So a…
Colorado Governor Pardons More People For Marijuana Convictions
Colorado's governor has issued additional pardons for past marijuana convictions, adding to the thousands of such acts of cannabis clemency he has granted to date. Gov. Jared Polis (D) on Wednesday pardoned 29 people—several of whom were…
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal
Please enjoy the latest edition of Short Circuit, a weekly feature written by a bunch of people at the Institute for Justice. New case ! IJ clients Charles and Eli Copley own 50 wooded acres in Roxbury, Conn., where they've always welcomed hikers…
Cinema Lessons from a Trash-Movie Auteur
I worship at the altar of trash, by which I mean that I am one of those cinephiles with a fondness for bad movies. Perhaps I am underselling the corpus I have in mind by calling it merely “bad,” and understating my sect's feeling by…
Famous child star's tragic life from drug battles and jail to death at 25
During a conversation with veteran journalist Bobbie Wygant, he revealed that it was 'nothing serious, you know. It's stupid. You know, drugs are really stupid.' He also encountered trouble with law enforcement for spending time with problematic…
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