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TOPSHOT - Attendees walk through a muddy desert plain on September 2, 2023, after heavy rains turned the annual Burning Man festival site in Nevada's Black Rock desert into a mud pit. Tens of thousands of drenched festivalgoers were stranded on September 3, 2023, in deep, sticky mud in the Nevada desert after torrential rain turned the annual Burning Man gathering into a quagmire. All events at the counterculture festival, which drew some 70,000 people, were canceled after rain tore down structures for dance parties, art installations and other eclectic entertainment. (Photo by Julie JAMMOT / AFP) (Photo by JULIE JAMMOT/AFP via Getty Images)

Burning Man Attendees Trapped After Flooding Turns Land Into Mud Pit, 1 Death Investigation

On Saturday, authorities were looking into a fatality at the 2023 Burning Man festival as thousands of people sought shelter indoors due to severe rain and floods that left them trapped in the Nevada desert.

NAKHON RATCHASIMA, THAILAND - MARCH 25: Thai greenhouse workers trim damaged marijuana leaves and care for plants at the greenhouse facilities at the Rak Jang farm on March 25, 2021 in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. The Rak Jang farm, in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, is one of the first farms that has been given permission by the Thai government to grow cannabis and sell their products to medical facilities since medical marijuana was legalized in 2019. The cannabis grown by the farm is high in CBD and sold to local hospitals for therapeutic treatments for patients with prescriptions. Thailand plans to continue to develop more cannabis products in an effort to boost the local economy and draw more customers to Thailand for medical tourism. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)

Federal Health Officials Work To Move Marijuana To Lower-Risk Drug Category

Following a review request from the Biden Administration last year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed loosening federal marijuana regulations, a department official said on Wednesday.

US Vice President Joe Biden waves as he walks out of Air Force Two with his granddaughter, Finnegan Biden (C) and son Hunter Biden (R) upon their arrival in Beijing on December 4, 2013. Biden arrived in Beijing on Decmber 4 amid rising friction over a Chinese air zone, needing to tread between bolstering ties with the rising power and underscoring alliances with Tokyo and Seoul. AFP PHOTO/POOL/Ng Han Guan (Photo credit should read NG HAN GUAN/AFP via Getty Images)

House Oversight Panel Requests Files Regarding Hunter’s Use Of Air Force Two: ‘Abusing Taxpayer Dollars’

Following news that first son Hunter Biden took trips to at least 13 different nations while his father served as vice president, the House Oversight Committee ordered on Wednesday that the National Archives turn over data about his usage of Air Force Two.

The new Finnish government poses for a familly photo in Helsinki, Finland on June 22, 2011. (From L-R) Culture and Sports Minister Paavo Arhinmäki (1st row L), Finance Minister Jutta Urpilainen, Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen, Defence Minister Stefan Wallin, Environment Minister Ville Niinistö, Interior Minister Päivi Räsänen, Heidi Hautala (2nd row L vas.), Social Affairs and Health Minister Paula Risikko, Economic Affairs Minister Jyri Häkämies, Trade and Europe Affairs Minister Alexander Stubb, Housing and Communications Minister Kristina Kiuru, Education Minister Jukka Gustafsson, Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja (3rd row L), Justice Minister Anna-Maja Henriksson, Health and Social Services Minister Maria Guzenina-Richardson, Local Government Minister Henna Virkkunen, Transport Minister Merja Kyllönen, (back row L) Agriculture Minister Jari Koskinen and Labour Minister Lauri Ihalainen. LEHTIKUVA / Pekka Sakki *** FINLAND OUT *** (Photo credit should read PEKKA SAKKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Finnish Parliament Member Faces 2nd ‘Hate Speech’ Trial For Quoting Bible Verses

More than a year after a district judge dropped the first round of allegations against her, the renowned member of Finland’s parliament is scheduled to make a second court appearance in order to defend herself against “hate speech” accusations related to a social media post she shared that referenced a Bible verse.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau waves to the crowd as he, his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau and their children Xavier and Ella-Grace march in the Pride Parade in Toronto, June 25, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / GEOFF ROBINS (Photo credit should read GEOFF ROBINS/AFP via Getty Images)

Canada Travel Advisory Warns Citizens About America’s ‘Anti-LGBTQ’ Laws

Canada’s government is advising Canadian visitors traveling to the U.S. that a number of newly approved state bills that “target LGBTQ persons” might result in discrimination and even harassment.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - JUNE 21: A bartender at Wipeout Bar & Grill makes cocktails that have paper straws on June 21, 2018 in San Francisco, California. San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley are all considering bans on plastic straws but are facing the difficult challenge of finding suppliers that make paper straws. Aardvark Straws, one of a few paper straw manufacturers in the United States, has seen a 5000 percent surge in sales over the past two years and currently is about two months behind on production. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Scientific Study Claims Paper Straws Are Not Environmentally Friendly Or Safe For Human Health

According to a report that was published on August 24th, the widespread trend for restaurants, bars, and fast food establishments to utilize paper straws instead of plastic ones is no longer considered as environmentally healthy as was once believed.