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BASEL, Switzerland – Albert Hofmann, the father of the mind-altering drug LSD whose medical discovery grew into a notorious “problem child,” died Tuesday. He was 102. Hofmann died of a heart attack at his home in Basel, Switzerland, according to Rick Doblin, president of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, …

ELDORADO, Texas – Texas authorities said Wednesday they have finished taking DNA samples from all the children removed from a polygamist compound more than two weeks ago. Roughly 500 samples were taken at the San Angelo Coliseum where authorities have been holding the children. The state attorney general’s office sent …

BAGHDAD – Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called for an end to clashes between his militia fighters and Iraqi troops, saying Friday that his threat of an “open war” applied only to U.S.-led foreign forces. In a sermon read by an aide during Friday prayers in Baghdad’s militia stronghold of Sadr …