Month: September 2023
Oregon launches legal psilocybin access amid high demand and hopes for improved mental health care
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Psilocybin tea, wind chimes and a tie-dye mattress await those coming to an office suite in Eugene to trip on psychedelic mushrooms. For roughly six hours, adults over 21 can experience what many users describe as vivid geometric shapes, a loss of identity and a oneness
Continue ReadingOregon launches legal psilocybin access amid high demand and hopes for improved mental health care
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Psilocybin tea, wind chimes and a tie-dye mattress await those coming to an office suite in Eugene to trip on psychedelic mushrooms. For roughly six hours, adults over 21 can experience what many users describe as vivid geometric shapes, a loss of identity and a oneness
Continue ReadingA man faced murder charges after deputies killed his cousin in a drug raid. A jury acquitted him
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man was charged with murder and taken to trial after sheriff’s deputies fatally shot his cousin in a violent drug raid. But a jury on Thursday concluded her death wasn’t his fault. Gunfire erupted inside Varshan Brown’s home in May 2021 when Camden County
Continue ReadingIn San Francisco, Kenya’s president woos American tech companies despite increasing taxes at home
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s president is wooing American tech companies, promising a business-friendly environment — even though he has raised taxes on businesses at home. President William Ruto made the appeal in an address to leading U.S. technology companies and investors on Friday in San Francisco, highlighting investment opportunities
Continue ReadingA Jan. 6 rioter was convicted and sentenced in secret. No one will say why
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A felony case stemming from the U.S. Capitol riot appears to have been resolved in secret, with the man released from federal custody this week despite no public record of a conviction or sentencing. Pennsylvania resident Samuel Lazar was arrested in July 2021
Continue ReadingGuatemala’s president-elect says he’s ready to call people onto the streets
By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s President-elect Bernardo Arévalo says he plans to call people into the streets next week to protest efforts to derail his presidency before he can take office. In an interview with The Associated Press, Arévalo says he has tried to stop those who want to
Continue ReadingJackson says we must own hardest chapters of US history during 1963 church bombing remembrance
By KIMBERLY CHANDLER Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Alabama marks the 60th anniversary of the bombing of a church that killed four Black girls. Speaking at 16th Street Baptist Church, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday says the nation must remember the hardest chapters of its past in order not to
Continue ReadingConnecticut alderman facing charges in Jan. 6 riot defeats incumbent GOP mayor after primary recount
By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press A Connecticut city alderman facing criminal charges that he entered the U.S. Capitol with a mob of rioters on Jan. 6, 2021, has narrowly won the Republican mayoral primary in Connecticut’s smallest city. The final results were announced following a recount on Friday. Gino DiGiovanni Jr. upset Republican Mayor Richard
Continue ReadingLawsuit alleges sexual assault during Virginia Military Institute overnight open house
LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — A prospective student’s lawsuit alleges that a Virginia Military Institute cadet sexually assaulted her during an overnight open house. The Roanoke Times reports that the suit filed in U.S. District Court states that the woman, then a high school student, was assigned a cadet host with whom she shared a room
Continue ReadingJeezy files for divorce from Jeannie Mai after 2 years of marriage
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper Jeezy has filed for divorce from TV personality Jeannie Mai after two years of marriage. The 45-year-old rapper, whose birth name is Jay Wayne Jenkins, filed to end his marriage on Thursday in Georgia’s Superior Court of Fulton County. The filing says “the marriage
Continue ReadingOne American, two Russians ride Russian capsule to the International Space Station
MOSCOW (AP) — One American and two Russians made a quick trip Friday to the International Space aboard a Russian capsule. NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and docked at the station three hours later. O’Hara will spend six months there
Continue ReadingCould Amsterdam-style cannabis cafes be coming to California? Bill is sent to governor
By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Residents and travelers to California can already visit cannabis dispensaries to buy legal weed. They can even consume their purchases on-site, but usually in an environment more akin to a pharmacy than a relaxing hangout. But an Amsterdam-style café experience – complete with coffee and snacks served alongside legal
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Hugh Jackman y su esposa Deborra-Lee Furness anuncian su separación
Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Hugh Jackman y su esposa Deborra-Lee Furness informaron que se separan tras 27 años de matrimonio. “Hemos tenido la suerte de compartir casi tres décadas juntos como marido y mujer en un matrimonio maravilloso y amoroso. Nuestro viaje ahora cambió y hemos decidido separarnos para perseguir nuestro crecimiento individual”,
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Woman burned during early morning house fire in Palm Springs
An early morning fire left one person injured according to the Palm Springs Fire Department. Fire officials say just before 2:00 am crews were dispatched to a fire on the 1800 block of East Amado Road. When they arrived they saw a home on fire with flames and heavy smoke showing. Crews initiated an aggressive
Continue ReadingBiden admin imposes new sanctions on Iran for anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Friday imposed sanctions on more than two dozen Iranian individuals and entities tied to the violent suppression of protests following the death of Mahsa Amini one year ago. The new sanctions are the latest tranche in response to Tehran’s brutal crackdown on the protestors who
Continue ReadingWest Virginia University makes wide-ranging cuts to academic programs and faculty
By LEAH WILLINGHAM and JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia University has given final approval to wide-ranging cuts in academic programs and faculty positions. The university is addressing a $45 million budget shortfall. The university Board of Governors voted Friday to drop 28 of its majors, or about 8%. It will
Continue ReadingCommercial fishing vessel runs aground on Southern California’s Catalina Island
AVALON, Calif. (AP) — A commercial fishing vessel with eight people aboard ran aground on Catalina Island off the Southern California coast early Friday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The 62-foot (18.9-meter) vessel radioed a distress call around 2 a.m. after grounding on the island’s east end, and another fishing vessel and an island lifeguard
Continue ReadingNew Mexico governor amends order suspending right to carry firearms to focus on parks, playgrounds
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday narrowed an order that broadly suspended the right to carry firearms in and around Albuquerque to apply only to public parks and playgrounds where children and their families gather. The governor’s announcement came days after a federal
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