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From the runway to the statehouse: Iowa Gov.-elect Sand once modeled for Prada

Rob Sand, a Democrat who was elected Tuesday to be Iowa's next governor, once modeled for high-fashion brands, a past career that's resurfacing after his win.

Seeds, preserved hair in tomb point to oldest signs of cannabis high 2,800 years ago, study suggests

People may have been getting high off cannabis earlier than previously thought - at least 2,800 years ago, a new study suggests.

CAIR-Florida Suspends Operations After Court Upholds Terrorist Designation

CAIR-Florida has suspended its operations in the state indefinitely after a federal court rejected the group's emergency request to block Florida's designation of it as a domestic terrorist organization.

Backlash over enduring economic woes grips globe, sparking blue tsunami in America, chaos in Europe

Fury over high prices is bubbling over from Marseille to Michigan, with Europeans hurling Molotov cocktails at the problem and Americans voting for change with a complete reshuffling of Capitol Hill.

Batter up: Sen.-elect Chris Pappas' family says it first invented the chicken tender

Chris Pappas' family is taking credit for inventing chicken tenders.

Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman ousts embattled Mayor Karen Bass

Nithya Raman, a little-known Los Angeles City Council member backed by the Democratic Socialists of America, has defeated Mayor Karen Bass, an upset that will alter the trajectory of the nation's second-largest city.

Gavin Newsom commutes all California death sentences to life in prison

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that he has granted clemency to every person facing a death sentence in California, erasing their possible executions but leaving them in prison for life, without the chance at parole.

Cuban rep faces U.N. clash aftermath, no new high court justices and disgraced lawyer's losses grow

Cuban First Secretary Richard Tur de la Concepcion's confrontation last month with Mike Waltz, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., has already resulted in him getting booted from America.

Sen. Ron Wyden's wife's bookstore obtained bogus pandemic loan: DOJ

A New York bookstore owned by the wife of a senior Democratic senator has agreed to pay back an illegally obtained pandemic loan, the Justice Department said.

Owner of Adams Morgan club indicted on federal methamphetamine trafficking charges

Federal prosecutors charged an Adams Morgan club owner with distributing methamphetamine twice over the summer.

Dafne Keen, 'Logan' star, says she was offered cocaine at 11 years old

Spanish-British actress Dafne Keen, one of the stars of 2017's "X-Men" spinoff "Logan," says she was offered cocaine at Hollywood parties at 11 years old.

The global uranium race is on -- and Russia has a major head start

The global nuclear power resurgence was supposed to trade the unpredictability of Middle Eastern oil for the stability of worldwide uranium reserves. But Russian President Vladimir Putin may have other plans.