Новости за 24.01.2020

For decades, MDMA has been considered a party drug. But, after years of research and clinical trials, one organization is convincing government officials and patients that the drug can also be beneficial in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) recently announced they had received “expanded access” approval...

Two cases of the coronavirus were confirmed in France on Friday — the first cases in Europe. Both patients had traveled to China, the epicenter of the deadly outbreak that’s cropped up in a half-dozen other countries, leaving at least 26 people dead. “We have two cases,” said France’s Health Minister Agnes Buzyn. “We will...

For creatures so big, they’re unbullievably sweet. Bulls may not be an obvious choice for therapy animals, but one has stolen hearts at a Pella, Iowa, senior center. Ole weighs 1 ton but is a gentle giant who loves to bring smiles to the elderly. The 14-year-old bull, sidekick to rodeo clown Jason Dent, has...

A North Carolina man kept a woman as a sex slave for five years, authorities said. Salvador Espinoza Escobar, 48, is accused of holding the victim — identified only as an adult female — in “sexual servitude” by withholding basic needs in exchange for forced sex acts since January 2015, according to the Randolph County...

“Monster” Mike Schultz is gearing up for his latest winter competition. The X Games Paralympic athlete has a new cutting-edge prosthesis that will take his power and vigor to the next level. “My prosthetic equipment directly affects my performance, I would not be capable of what I do without it,” he recently told Fox News....

He's not an exorcist.

Just blew it. Nike is making headlines again for their controversial Vaporfly sneaker that could be regulated or outright banned by World Athletics, the Stockholm organization that oversees international running competitions. A ruling is expected by the end of the month, the group announced this week. The Nike Zoom Vaporfly has come under intense scrutiny...

As he sat and watched and listened, you had to wonder what was going through the mind and emotions of Daniel Jones, next in line as the Giants franchise quarterback. This was the day Eli Manning announced his retirement, a significant moment in team history and there was Jones, tasked with producing for the Giants...

It’s a whole new kind of cover girl. For Louis Vuitton’s star-studded Pre-Fall 2020 look book, designer Nicolas Ghesquière dropped celebs into pulpy faux movie posters and book covers. The uniting themes? Sci-fi, horror, ’80s fabulousness and gorgeous LV threads. Posers include some of the fashion house’s brand ambassadors — Sophie Turner, Jennifer Connelly, Alicia Vikander...

For many years, it was the only game in town for college basketball bettors: the Ivy League on Fridays. Though other college basketball conferences have now joined the fun, the Ivy League still holds a soft spot for old-school gamblers. This season, Yale is also holding a very profitable spot in many investment portfolios. Heading...

Actress Rosie Perez will testify against Harvey Weinstein in his rape trial on Friday.

The autistic 8-year-old boy allegedly murdered by his NYPD cop dad and his fiancée died as a result of hypothermia after he was subjected to “freezing temperatures” in the couple’s unheated garage overnight, police officials said Friday. Michael Valva, 40, a 15-year police veteran, and his fiancée, Angela Pollina, 42, were charged Friday with second-degree...

Cuomo made the announcement shortly after Mayor Bill de Blasio and city Health Commissioner said there were no cases in New York City — suggesting the state cases were either upstate or in the city suburbs.

The couple provided her "something new."

Chance the Rapper is about to become Chance the Prankster too. Taking over the gig once held by Ashton Kutcher, the multiple Grammy winner has been revealed to be the host of the Quibi revival of “Punk’d.” “Punk’d is one of MTV’s most iconic franchises,” stated the Chicago-based Chance of the now phone-based series. “I...

Saturn’s moon Enceladus has an even better chance of supporting extraterrestrial life than previously thought: Researchers have discovered its oceans are more complex than first believed. The moon’s oceans shoot plumes of carbon dioxide into space, researchers have found, using data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. The findings, published in Geophysical Research Letters, point to reactions...

The women of the "The Bold Type" said working on the series about females in journalism has deepened their appreciation for the industry.

According to Goop collaborator Douglas Little, the "Candle In the Wind" singer can't get enough of the scandalous scent.

A feminist professor at Oxford University was given two security guards to protect her from potentially violent transgender activists furious over some of the things she wrote on her website, according to a report Friday. Selina Todd, a historian who focuses on the lives of working-class women, received threats after writing that trans people sometimes...

Who could have foreseen this? Police in Chicago say an incoming traveler at Midway Airport managed to steal marijuana from one of the facility’s “Cannabis Amnesty Boxes” on Wednesday. The boxes, which were installed only weeks ago to coincide with the legalization of recreational marijuana in Illinois, are intended for departing passengers wishing to dispose...

Eli Manning, Giants coach. Eli Manning, Giants executive. Eli Manning, Giants broadcaster. None sound just right in the immediate aftermath of Manning’s retirement Friday, but he said he is considering Giants co-owner John Mara’s offer to stay involved in some capacity. The Giants are retiring Manning’s No. 10 and inducting him into the Ring of...

NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Saints are going to court to keep the public from seeing hundreds of emails that allegedly show team executives doing public relations damage control for the area’s Roman Catholic archdiocese to help it contain the fallout from a burgeoning sexual abuse crisis. Attorneys for about two dozen men suing...

GEORGETOWN, SC — A sheriff’s deputy responding to a burglary call in South Carolina was forced to settle a beef between his K9 and a spooked cow by using a stun gun. Georgetown County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the Pleasant Hill community on Wednesday when a K9 that was brought to the scene reportedly...

In a new statement issued by Boeing, the company reveals that it is backing out of the experimental spaceplane program that it had been working on with the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

"After a year, I simply declared it was my lifestyle. I really did embrace it," she says.