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Cash rich start-ups are filing scores of patent claims on hallucinogens like magic mushrooms. Researchers and patient advocates worry high prices will make the therapies unaffordable. NYT > Health
No one stirs controversy like Kanye West. The rap icon’s personal and professional lives generate headlines ’round the clock, and he did just that earlier this week. He wore a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt meant to…
Conservatives in Hollywood face a David versus Goliath-sized struggle, and there’s nary a sling in sight. Tell that to the media outlets hyperventilating over “My Son Hunter.” The Breitbart News release brings the Hunter Biden…
The exact details of the package have yet to be revealed, but some projections suggest it could include around £200 billion ($ 230 billion) in support. International: Top News And Analysis
The European Union is “ready to react” to Russia’s latest decision to halt gas supplies to the bloc, a top EU official has told CNBC. International: Top News And Analysis
Samantha Bee, we hardly knew you. Desus & Mero channeled the legendary Martin and Lewis split. And, right on schedule, the mainstream media is clutching its pearls at late night TV’s lack of diversity. Too…
It’s an unprecedented move in world of DeFi, which aims to recreate lending and other financial services without the involvement of intermediaries like banks. International: Top News And Analysis
COVID cases in New York City have plateaued and other key metrics, such as test positivity rate, have fallen, indicating the latest surge in the Big Apple may be over. ABC News: Top Stories
Another omicron subvariant called BA.2.12.1 has been detected in 23 countries, including the U.S., according to WHO. U.S. News
It’s official, Geno Auriemma and the UConn Huskies are in their longest national title drought since the program won its first back in 1995. Former Tennessee Lady Vols superstar Candace Parker seems to have something…