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Cannabis Industry Fired Up About Possible DEA Reclassification
Many stressed they don’t want “this rescheduling or any new federal regulations harm the existing market for both hemp and cannabis products nationwide.”
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Student protesters hunker down as more unrest rocks US campuses
Students who occupied a Columbia University building vowed Tuesday to fight back against efforts to evict them, as administrators struggled to contain pro-Palestinian protests that have launched dozens of campus demonstrations around the United States.The university outlined in a press update Tuesday that those in the encampments and Hamilton Hall "number in the dozens," while nearly 37,000 attend Columbia.
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At Columbia University, students weigh in on surrounding protests
Columbia University normally teems with students, but a "Free Palestine" banner now hangs from a building where young protesters have barricaded themselves and the few wandering through campus generally appear tense.Columbia University said Tuesday that students occupying the campus building face expulsion from their academic programs.
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'Bitcoin Jesus' arrested in Spain on US tax evasion charges
An early investor in bitcoins dubbed the "Bitcoin Jesus" has been arrested in Spain on U.S. charges that he evaded paying at least $48 million in taxes, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Tuesday. Roger Ver, 45, was charged with mail fraud and tax evasion in an indictment filed in federal court in Los Angeles that was unsealed following his arrest in Spain during the weekend, the department said. The U.S. Supreme Court last year dismissed an unnamed law firm's appeal over court orders hold
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'I Didn't Shoot My Dog': Mitt Romney Resents Being Compared To Kristi Noem
"I loved my dog and my dog loved me," the Utah senator said when asked about comparisons between him and South Dakota's GOP governor.
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South Dakota Animal Shelter Shades Kristi Noem: 'We Have Yet To Meet' An 'Untrainable' Dog
Noem, South Dakota's governor, defended killing a 14-month-old dog in her memoir, claiming the pup was useless for hunting.
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Milei's liberalization reforms get provisional green light
Argentina's lower house of parliament on Tuesday approved a swath of liberalizing reforms eyed by President Javier Milei, in the first legislative boost to his budget-slashing agenda.The bill must next go to the Senate, where the president's party is in an even smaller minority than in the lower house.
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