Stock photo of a person taking LSD. Diy13/STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Once a symbol of 1960s counterculture, the drug lysergic acid diethylamide, commonly known as LSD, is emerging from research labs as a possible treatment for anxiety. Preliminary trial results published in the medical journal JAMA suggest that a single […]
I RYU/VCG via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice is suing Southern California Edison over the Eaton Fire, seeking tens of millions of dollars in damages for alleged negligence it claims led to the deadly fire. The January fire, one of the most destructive in California history, killed 19 people and […]
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — New York Attorney General Letitia James sent formal notice Thursday that her office will appeal a decision last month that threw out the half billion-dollar civil fraud penalty imposed on President Donald Trump in his civil fraud case. The attorney general’s office […]
Lowell Police Department (LOWELL, Mass.) — An individual seen wielding what appeared to be a firearm near a Massachusetts university dormitory, prompting a shelter-in-place order and large law enforcement response, has been identified as a juvenile holding an airsoft replica firearm, police said Thursday. The Lowell Police Department said it […]
Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Parents faced steeper prices for back-to-school shopping this year, with costs rising 7.3% amid tariffs, according to a new Century Foundation report. The price hikes affected everything from basic supplies to electronics, with some items seeing dramatic increases. Index cards […]
A helicopter drops water as Cal Fire firefighters battle the 6-5 Fire in the TCU September Lightning Complex on September 03, 2025 near Chinese Camp, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) (CHINESE CAMP, Calif) — The historic gold rush town of Chinese Camp, California, has been devastated by one of […]
Lisa DeNell Cook, nominee to be a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, testifies during a Senate Banking nominations hearing on June 21, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into Federal […]
Entrance to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) offices at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan. (Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The federal agency responsible for administering the nation’s immigration and naturalization system will now have enforcement agents for the first time. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is […]
Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — No winner was declared after Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing, resulting in the jackpot climbing to $1.7 billion. The jackpot’s estimated cash value of $770.3 million is now the third-highest in U.S. lottery history, according to Powerball. The […]
Dukas/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 30-year-old man has drowned in Pennsylvania near a family picnic area while attempting to swim across the river and went under, officials said. The emergency communications center at Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in Bushkill, Pennsylvania, received a report […]
