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Psychedelic drug MDMA faces questions as FDA considers approval for PTSD

Psychedelic drug MDMA faces questions as FDA considers approval for PTSD

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators are questioning the safety and evidence behind the first bid to use MDMA, the mind-altering club drug, as a treatment for PTSD, part of a decadeslong effort by advocates to move psychedelic drugs into the m
A Ghana toddler sets a world record as the youngest male artist. His mom says he just loves colors

A Ghana toddler sets a world record as the youngest male artist. His mom says he just loves colors

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Meet Ace-Liam Ankrah, a Ghana toddler who has set the record as the world's youngest male artist.
What to stream this weekend: Willie Nelson, Chip & Joanna Gaines, Jim Henson and Ben Platt

What to stream this weekend: Willie Nelson, Chip & Joanna Gaines, Jim Henson and Ben Platt

Willie Nelson's 152nd album and Benedict Cumberbatch playing a curmudgeon puppeteer in “Eric” on Netflix are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.
Scientists are testing mRNA vaccines to protect cows and people against bird flu

Scientists are testing mRNA vaccines to protect cows and people against bird flu

The bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows is prompting development of new, next-generation mRNA vaccines — akin to COVID-19 shots — that are being tested in both animals and people. Next month, the U.S.
A pregnant stingray with no male companion now has a 'reproductive disease,' aquarium says

A pregnant stingray with no male companion now has a 'reproductive disease,' aquarium says

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina aquarium that said it had a pregnant stingray with no male companion now says the fish has a rare reproductive disease.

Top 20 Global Concert Tours from Pollstar

The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows Worldwide.
Swift Trump verdict has the media considering history's sweep - and the polarizing figure behind it

Swift Trump verdict has the media considering history's sweep - and the polarizing figure behind it

NEW YORK (AP) — A sudden, decisive verdict in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial on Thursday led the media to simultaneously reflect on both the sweep of history and the most polarizing figure in modern American politics.
ABBA get a prestigious Swedish knighthood for their pop career that started at Eurovision

ABBA get a prestigious Swedish knighthood for their pop career that started at Eurovision

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The four members of the Swedish pop quartet ABBA, who triumphed at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with the peppy love song “Waterloo,” on Friday got one of the most prestigious knighthoods in Sweden from the Swedish King
Music Review: Willie Nelson takes it back to Texas, with notes of Mexico, on 'The Border'

Music Review: Willie Nelson takes it back to Texas, with notes of Mexico, on 'The Border'

Willie Nelson has never in his long life not wanted to be making music.
Bruhat Soma wins the National Spelling Bee after a slow night concludes with a sudden tiebreaker

Bruhat Soma wins the National Spelling Bee after a slow night concludes with a sudden tiebreaker

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Bruhat Soma insisted he was nervous during the idle hours as he waited to take the Scripps National Spelling Bee stage, and he felt even more pressure to perform given that he hadn’t lost a spelling bee in eight months.
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