F.D.A. Agrees to New Trials for Ecstasy as Relief for PTSD Patients
The Food and Drug Administration has approved large-scale clinical trials to study MDMA, the illegal party drug better known as Ecstasy, as treatment for PTSD patients.
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CreditPool photo by Grace Beahm Breaking Silence, Officer Testifies About Killing of Walter Scott
Michael T. Slager, who was fired after killing an unarmed black man in North Charleston, S.C., said “total fear” consumed him before the shooting.
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CreditLeft, Chris Keane/Reuters; Jonathan Drake/Reuters In North Carolina, No End in Sight to Governor’s Race
Gov. Pat McCrory, trailing by thousands of votes three weeks after the election, is charging numerous irregularities, while Roy Cooper is declaring victory.
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CreditKevin Stankiewicz/TheLantern.com, via Associated Press ISIS Calls Ohio State University Attacker a ‘Soldier’
A student who ran over people with a car and used a knife on the campus in Columbus was reported to have spoken about a sleeper cell.
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CreditMichael Patrick/Knoxville News Sentinel, via Associated Press.. Gatlinburg Wildfires Force Evacuations: ‘It Was Like Driving Into Hell’
Three people died and 14 were injured as high winds and a drought fueled wildfires in East Tennessee.
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CreditStephanie Keith/Reuters Veterans to Serve as ‘Human Shields’ for Dakota Pipeline Protesters
A group called Veterans Stand for Standing Rock planned a nonviolent intervention to defend demonstrators from the police, organizers said.
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CreditChristian Tyler Randolph for The New York Times Trump’s Promises Will Be Hard to Keep, but Coal Country Has Faith
Though experts say out-of-work miners are likely to be disappointed by Donald J. Trump’s economic plans, his supporters in West Virginia believe he can bring jobs back.
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CreditRich Pedroncelli/Associated Press California Today: Democratic Dominance in Sacramento
Tuesday: The Democrats’ two-thirds majority in both houses of the State Legislature, when Hollywood’s moguls become mortals, and an encouraging rainy spell.
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CreditJosh Haner/The New York Times A Wrenching Choice for Alaska Towns in the Path of Climate Change
Alaska is warming about twice as fast as the rest of the nation. So what are the dozens of villages at imminent risk of destruction to do?
