Analysis of data derived from a survey of respondents about their previous non-clinical, psychedelic drug experiences suggests that a more awe-inspiring trip leads to a lasting reduction of anxiety and depression, a new Ohio State University study detailed. Researchers analyzed the responses of 985 participants to draw their conclusion, a news release provided. Published recently [...]
The death of a Mexican man who had just entered the United States from Canada illegally is highlighting the spike in illegal crossings along the border between Quebec and parts of New England, officials say. The number of illegal border crossers is tiny compared with those entering the country illegally from Mexico, but the death [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Can the Federal Reserve keep raising interest rates and defeat the nation’s worst bout of inflation in 40 years without causing a recession? Not according to a new research paper that concludes that such an “immaculate disinflation” has never happened before. The paper was produced by a group of leading economists, [...]
BOSTON (AP) — As Connecticut state Rep. Quentin Williams was driving home from the governor's inauguration ball last month, he was struck head-on by a driver who had entered the highway using a ramp going in the wrong direction, killing both Williams and the driver. Williams' death threw a spotlight on a kind of car [...]
ATLANTA — The woman flying out of Philadelphia's airport last year remembered to pack snacks, prescription medicine and a cellphone in her handbag. What was more important was what she forgot to unpack: a loaded .380-caliber handgun in a black holster. The weapon was one of the 6,542 guns the Transportation Security Administration intercepted last [...]
BALTIMORE — Using $2 million in federal grant funding, Baltimore officials will start developing a plan to reconnect black neighborhoods by potentially demolishing a stretch of thoroughfare that displaced hundreds of families amid a failed highway construction project decades ago. The city's so-called "Highway to Nowhere" was designed to connect the downtown business district to [...]
NEW YORK — Bulletproof vests and drones. Pickup trucks, walkie-talkies and tourniquets. These are just some of the items that individuals and non-profits have donated to buy and ship to Ukraine, where sometimes they are then used by those fighting Russia's invasion. "We've had these discussions countless times," said Igor Markov, a director of the [...]
WASHINGTON — Soy, oat, almond and other drinks that bill themselves as "milk" can keep using the name, according to draft federal rules released last week. Food and Drug Administration officials issued guidance that says plant-based beverages don't pretend to be from dairy animals — and that U.S. consumers aren't confused by the difference. Dairy [...]
The Biden administration says it is considering the first-ever lease sale for offshore wind energy in the Gulf of Mexico, a key part of a push to deploy 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030 to help fight climate change. The proposed sale, which could take place as soon as this summer, includes areas offshore [...]