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Prosecutors: Weapons expert in Alec Baldwin case was hungover on set; defense calls case mishandled
Prosecutors: Weapons expert in Alec Baldwin case was hungover on set; defense calls case mishandled
Prosecutors are accusing the weapons supervisor on the film set where Alec Baldwin shot and killed a cinematographer of drinking and smoking marijuana in the evenings during the filming of “Rust.”
2023-06-14 10:55
US appeals court blocks venture capital fund's grant program for Black women
US appeals court blocks venture capital fund's grant program for Black women
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Saturday blocked a venture capital fund from moving forward with a
2023-10-02 17:26
Armenia-Azerbaijan clashes threaten to derail peace talks
Armenia-Azerbaijan clashes threaten to derail peace talks
Armenia and Azerbaijan on Thursday blamed each other for an exchange of fire along their restive border, which killed one person and wounded four days...
2023-05-11 20:19
Larry Nassar, the ex-USA Gymnastics doctor who sexually abused girls for decades, was stabbed 10 times in prison
Larry Nassar, the ex-USA Gymnastics doctor who sexually abused girls for decades, was stabbed 10 times in prison
Former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar was assaulted during an incident at the federal prison where he is housed in Florida, according to two sources familiar with the incident.
2023-07-10 22:57
UAW chief: Union to strike any Detroit automaker that hasn't reached deal as contracts end next week
UAW chief: Union to strike any Detroit automaker that hasn't reached deal as contracts end next week
The head of the United Auto Workers warned that the union plans to go on strike against any Detroit automaker that hasn’t reached a new agreement by the time contracts expire next week
2023-09-07 00:58
Curfew in Sierra Leone after gunmen attacked the main military barracks and detention centers
Curfew in Sierra Leone after gunmen attacked the main military barracks and detention centers
Sierra Leone’s president has declared a nationwide curfew after gunmen attacked the West African country's main military barracks in the capital and then broke into detention centers and abducted or freed the occupants
2023-11-26 22:54
Who is Spencer Pearson? Chilling mugshot shows Florida teen's scar from slashing his own throat after stabbing his ex 15 times
Who is Spencer Pearson? Chilling mugshot shows Florida teen's scar from slashing his own throat after stabbing his ex 15 times
Spencer Pearson, 18, allegedly attacked Madison Schemitz and her mother Jacki Roge in a disturbing act of violence that also injured a bystander
2023-06-27 16:59
Endangered Grevy's zebra born at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago
Endangered Grevy's zebra born at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago
A zoo in Chicago recently welcomed a stripey new addition to its family.
2023-08-26 13:51
Congressional draft report in Brazil recommends charges for Bolsonaro over Jan. 8 insurrection
Congressional draft report in Brazil recommends charges for Bolsonaro over Jan. 8 insurrection
A draft congressional report on Brazil’s Jan. 8 riots has accused ex-President Jair Bolsonaro of being the insurrection’s mastermind
2023-10-18 02:58
Josh Duggar was seeking a 'naughty girl, aggressive, with a high sex drive' on multiple Ashley Madison accounts
Josh Duggar was seeking a 'naughty girl, aggressive, with a high sex drive' on multiple Ashley Madison accounts
The revelation emerged in the wake of a major data breach that exposed personal information from Ashley Madison's controversial seduction forum
2023-05-31 20:15
White supremacist claims taking ecstasy helped change his racist views
White supremacist claims taking ecstasy helped change his racist views
The illegal party drug MDMA – also known as ecstasy – may have led to an astonishing turnaround for a former white supremacist, according to one study. The man, referred to only by his first name, Brendan, took MDMA in February 2020 as part of an University of Chicago research project about whether the drug increased the pleasantness of social touch, Rachel Nuwer, author of new book I Feel Love: MDMA and the Quest for Connection in a Fractured World, wrote for the BBC. Brendan had become indoctrinated into white supremacy while at university in Illinois and gone on to become active within extremist circles, even attending the infamous 2017 rally in Charlottesville and taken on midwestern leadership roles within his organisation. After using MDMA and filling out the standard questionnaire at the end of the study, run by psychiatry and behavioral science professor Harriet de Wit, he added in bold letters: “This experience has helped me sort out a debilitating personal issue. Google my name. I now know what I need to do,’” Ms Nuwer reported. Upon googling his name and realizing his connection to white supremacy, the researchers contacted Brendan to ensure his cryptic message did not refer to violence or other worrying behaviour – but he told a research assistant: ‘Love is the most important thing. Nothing matters without love,” Ms Nuwer wrote. Prof de Wit, speaking to the author nearly two years later, still expressed astonishment at the results. “Isn’t that amazing?” she said. “It’s what everyone says about this damn drug, that it makes people feel love. To think that a drug could change somebody’s beliefs and thoughts without any expectations – it’s mind-boggling.” The use of MDMA and psychedelics such as psilocybin – the hallucinogenic component in magic mushrooms – is gaining traction in the medical community, showing promising results for the treatment of disorders such as PTSD and alcoholism. Brendan later told the author that the MDMA “helped me see things in a different way that no amount of therapy or antiracist literature ever would have done. “I really think it was a breakthrough experience,” he said, while explaining that many white supremacists had used MDMA previously and the drug alone was unlikely to spontaneously change minds. Ms Nuwer’s new book explores the uses of MDMA and whether it could “transform people’s beliefs too”. “MDMA does not seem to be able to magically rid people of prejudice, bigotry, or hate on its own,” she wrote. “But some researchers have begun to wonder if it could be an effective tool for pushing people who are already somehow primed to reconsider their ideology toward a new way of seeing things. While MDMA cannot fix societal-level drivers of prejudice and disconnection, on an individual basis it can make a difference. In certain cases, the drug may even be able to help people see through the fog of discrimination and fear that divides so many of us.” Read More Oregon's magic mushroom experiment steps toward reality Psychedelic drugs to treat depression without causing hallucinations may finally be near ‘Mystical’ experience using psychedelics may improve mental health, study reveals Dealer who bought 100,000 paracetamol he thought were diazepam given away by blue lips Psychedelic drug trip improves symptoms of depression for six months, breakthrough study finds Trump can’t bully his way out of his latest legal woes | Andrew Feinberg The 25-year-old party chairwoman who wants to turn North Carolina blue Trump floats special counsel conspiracy as he claims Fox abandoned ‘King’ of Maga
2023-06-18 01:20
Union sues to strike down US debt limit as default looms
Union sues to strike down US debt limit as default looms
By Daniel Wiessner A union for U.S. federal government employees filed a lawsuit on Monday claiming a law
2023-05-09 03:58