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http://youtu.be/mwtxzI3yXOk The US Food and Drug Administration will be asked to approve MDMA to treat post-traumatic stress disorder by October — opening the door to the use of hallucinogenic drugs to treat mental illness. If approved, the drug will be available in hospitals before the second half of next year, according to new research. MDMA, also known as ecstasy or molly, is a popular drug in rave culture, with people taking it to connect with the music and dance the night away. However, a 2021 clinical trial for the nonprofit organization Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies showed that out of 90 people who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, those who took MDMA paired with psychotherapy were twice as likely to recover compared to those who did psychothe...

http://youtu.be/vwaz54VoeyQ Police in Pickens, South Carolina, had a less-than-routine traffic stop on Sunday, April 16. Pickens Police said they were performing a regular traffic stop when they were “given the opportunity to hear a multi-talented gentleman from North Carolina” play the guitar, as well as spoons and a saw. “Not all [stops] end in citations or arrest, and sometimes we hang around a little longer just to interact with the public, listen, and sometimes offer assistance,” Pickens Police wrote on Facebook. “Thank you Sir for giving us our first Traffic Stop Concert.” #southcarolina #bodycam #trafficstop #music The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more. Subscrib...

http://youtu.be/lxzGOjLqtPU One person was killed and two others injured after a Friday morning vehicle collision involving a fuel truck sparked a massive blaze on Connecticut’s Gold Star Memorial Bridge. Horrifying footage from the scene shows orange flames and billowing black smoke on the bridge between Groton and New London. The damage spread to the buildings nearby as first responders struggled to contain the fire. The accident occurred around 11:30 a.m. when a fuel tanker collided with another vehicle and rolled over, WTNH reported. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/04/21/one-dead-in-fiery-fuel-tank-crash-on-on-gold-star-bridge-in-connecticut/ #connecticut #goldstarmemorialbridge The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, enter...

http://youtu.be/2iLm46m-zYQ Disturbing video has emerged showing a Colorado school bus driver intentionally slamming on the breaks because the children were not sitting still. Video from inside the bus, first obtained this week by the station KRDO, captured the jolt that sent the Castle Rock Elementary School students’ faces hitting the backs of seats in front of them in Colorado Springs on March 1. Brian Fitzgerald, 61, the substitute bus driver who was dropping off the students, ranging from kindergartners to sixth-graders, at the end of the school day, is heard in the footage berating the children before brake-checking them. “You guys need to be in your seats,” Fitzgerald tells his pint-sized passengers, before adding: “You guys want to see how dangerous that is?” Fitzgerald then s...

http://youtu.be/O-HlaZVdv9k A trooper with the Utah Highway Patrol intentionally crashed into a vehicle going the wrong way in Tooele, Utah, on Tuesday, April 18, in order to prevent it from harming other motorists, the Utah Department of Public Safety said. This footage shows the view from inside the trooper’s car as they collide head-on with the vehicle that was going the wrong way on Interstate 80. Motorist Alex Whitbeck said on Facebook that he was driving on I-80 when he witnessed the crash. Whitbeck said the vehicle was going the wrong way at over 70 miles per hour. “You saved countless lives today, and I’m forever grateful,” Whitbeck told the trooper on a Facebook post. The deliberate crash caused traffic disruptions on Tuesday, the Utah Highway Patrol said. #utah #highway #car...

http://youtu.be/3T5s5Ybs0T8 This week's Weird but True news: AI Fashion week in NY, shocking gummy bear reveal, and GOAT Prom Dates #artificialintelligence #fashion #gummybear #goat #prom The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more. Subscribe to New York Post Sports: https://www.youtube.com/c/nypostsports Catch the latest news here: https://nypost.com/ Follow The New York Post on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/nypost Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/NYPost

http://youtu.be/v1QFtqVa0S0 Here are The Post’s biggest video headlines for April 17, 2023: Elon Musk told Tucker Carlson that the degree to which the US government had access to Twitter "blew my mind"; Budweiser released a new patriotic ad on social media as its parent company struggles with controversy over its endorsement partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney; Tiffany Smith, the mother of YouTuber Pipe Rockelle will face 11 of her daughter's young co-creators in a civil trial after they accused of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse and a lack of compensation for their work. #elonmusk #twitter #budweiser #dylanmulvaney #youtube #tiffanysmith #piperrockelle The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, ...

http://youtu.be/3oOe9fEhtBc Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson responded to this weekend’s violent “teen takeover” of the Windy City’s downtown area by urging the public not to “demonize” the hordes of rampaging young people who set cars on fire, clashed with cops and damaged private property. Johnson, a progressive Democrat and former teachers union organizer who was elected mayor earlier this month, released a statement Sunday reacting to the disorder in his city that resulted in a shooting and more than a dozen arrests. “In no way do I condone the destructive activity we saw in the Loop and lakefront this weekend. It is unacceptable and has no place in our city,” Johnson stated. “However, it is not constructive to demonize youth who have otherwise been starved of opportunities in th...

http://youtu.be/RWnNeZbX5Lk Missing Minnesota mom Madeline Kingsbury and the father of her two young kids were no longer in a relationship when she vanished – and she was looking for a new place to live without him, according to her sister. Kingsbury and Adam Fravel were still living together but the 26-year-old woman wanted to move out, her sister and “best friend” Megan Kingsbury told KARE 11. Megan told the outlet she wanted Madeline to move to the Twin Cities so they could be closer, but her sister wanted their children, ages 2 and 5, to have frequent contact with their dad. She said she believes the couple planned to co-parent. Fravel, who did not have custodial rights to the kids, allegedly yelled profanities and was uncooperative with officials who arrived to pick up the childr...

http://youtu.be/dArSaGaRCvg A “Sweet 16’’ party turned into bloody mayhem in Alabama on Saturday night when a gunman fatally shot four people, including the birthday girl’s star-athlete brother, and wounded 28 others. At least 15 teens were among those shot, with five severely wounded — some so critical that they had to be airlifted from the tiny town of Dadeville to a trauma center about 90 miles away for treatment, officials said. Local high-school football stand-out Phil Dowdell, whose sister Alexis was the birthday girl, died, while his mother was among the wounded, suffering two gunshot wounds, the Montgomery Advertiser said. “Everybody is grieving,’’ Dowdell’s shattered grandmother, Annette Allen, told the outlet. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/04/16/dadeville-shooting-mul...

http://youtu.be/DBNO-VR11ZA Pulse-pounding footage from inside the plane shows Brazilian influencer Diana Assis poking fun at the moment the turbulence first hit the March 23 flight from Angola to Portugal. Assis, who was holding a glass of wine at the time, was filming the shakey ride and giggling, but the fun was quickly interrupted when a powerful jolt sent the drink flying out of her hand as people yelled in terror. Other videos from inside the plane depicted the aftermath — showing food and drinks splattered all over the cabin and a crack in one of the ceiling panels. Ten people were reportedly injured on the flight, which was operated by TAAG Angola Airlines, and eight of the injured required medical assistance. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/04/17/ten-injured-on-portuga...

http://youtu.be/9ncsxCmBcXc Poverty is the nation’s fourth leading cause of death, killing an estimated 183,000 Americans aged 15 and up in 2019, according to new findings published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Monday. “Poverty kills as much as dementia, accidents, stroke, Alzheimer’s, and diabetes. Poverty silently killed 10 times as many people as all the homicides in 2019. And yet, homicide firearms and suicide get vastly more attention,” said the study’s lead author David Brady, a professor of public policy at the University of California, Riverside. Poverty now falls just behind heart disease, cancer and smoking, earning it the “silent killer” moniker as such a statistic has historically been difficult to define. While poverty — defined as earning less tha...

http://youtu.be/jhe6KaGVTZg Assemblyman Juan Ardila ditched a pro-bail reform rally at the Capitol on Monday before refusing to answer questions from The Post about sexual misconduct allegations made against him by two women. The freshman Queens Democrat has avoided the press in recent weeks without explicitly saying whether he forcibly touched two women without their consent while they were intoxicated at a 2015 party. One of the women says Ardila exposed himself and forcibly kissed her as well. “I put my statement out and am focusing on doing the work,” the lawmaker said during a four-minute, one-sided interview in which The Post pressed him to clarify his contradictory statements about whether he did what he is accused of. Fellow Democrats have mostly shunned Ardila, 29, ever since...

http://youtu.be/E4LkaPdp0KU Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) was seen on Capitol Hill Monday for the first time since missing more than 60 votes due to his prolonged hospital stay for treatment of clinical depression. The 53-year-old Fetterman, clad in a hooded sweatshirt and basketball shorts, did not respond to reporters who asked if he’d be able to serve out his full six-year term, which runs through 2029. The former Pennsylvania lieutenant governor checked himself in to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center two months ago to get treatment after suffering a stroke last year. He was discharged in late March after a six-week stay. Fetterman told “CBS Sunday Morning” in an interview earlier this month that his depression had made him “indifferent” to living shortly after he fended o...

http://youtu.be/LzlYjX7Xobc The COVID-19 pandemic may have started with two separate leaks at Chinese labs doing risky “gain of function” research, a Republican senator said Monday. A report released by Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) raises the prospect that millions of lives could have been saved — including those of more than 1 million Americans — if not for a “coverup” by the Chinese government during a theorized initial outbreak. “This report concludes most likely this was two leaks [including] a lab leak in the September-October [2019] timeframe, even as early as July or August,” the medical doctor turned senator told a small group of journalists ahead of the release of the 301-page document. “We’ve concluded that [China] started vaccine development in November 2019. And then anothe...

http://youtu.be/UEOR7T_X1O4 Disneyland announced its first-ever “Pride Nite” at its California theme park — just hours after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took another shot at the entertainment conglomerate in the Sunshine State. The presumptive 2024 presidential candidate and Disney have been at odds ever since the corporate giant publicly condemned DeSantis-backed legislation that banned discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third-grade classrooms. The feud then when intensified DeSantis, 44, created a new board to oversee Disney World, ending the House of Mouse’s long-held self-government. But the DeSantis-appointed board was rendered powerless after its predecessors quietly passed a restrictive development agreement just before the change. Read m...

http://youtu.be/PuvOATw9Dx0 A neighbor who rushed to help Ralph Yarl after he was shot when he mistakenly rang the wrong doorbell said he initially thought the teen was dead — before his Eagle Scout training kicked in to stop the boy’s bleeding. James Lynch, 42, told NBC News he had just gotten out of the shower Thursday night when he heard gunfire, so he went to his kitchen window and noticed a boy banging on someone’s door. “I heard somebody screaming, ‘Help! Help! I’ve been shot!'” the father of three told the outlet. He sprinted outside, jumped over his fence and ran to Yarl, whose face and arms were covered in blood – and saw what appeared to be a head wound near the 16-year-old’s eye socket. “I thought he was dead,” Lynch told NBC News on Monday, adding: “No one deserves to lay ...

http://youtu.be/DQ0EYqHFN3c Here are The Post’s biggest video headlines for April 18, 2023: Disneyland announced it will host it's first-ever Pride Nite in June; harrowing video shows medics desperately trying to save Jeremy Renner following the New Year's day snowplow accident which left the actor with 30 broken bones; Chris Smith, a defensive end who spent 8 seasons in the NFL, has died at 31. #disney #rondesantis #jeremyrenner #chrissmith #nfl The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more. Subscribe to New York Post Sports: https://www.youtube.com/c/nypostsports Catch the latest news here: https://nypost.com/ Follow The New York Post on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/nypos...

http://youtu.be/w-Sw9KxPKew A Moscow court on Tuesday upheld the detention of American journalist Evan Gershkovich, who appeared before a judge in his first public sighting since he was taken into custody on espionage charges during a reporting trip late last month. Gershkovich’s challenge to his pre-trial detention was rejected by the Russian judge, meaning he will be held at the notorious Lefortovo Prison until at least May 29. The 31-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter appeared to be calm, wearing jeans and a button-up while standing with his arms crossed over his chest inside a glass detention box. His lawyers suggested he be freed on bail of 50 million roubles ($614,000) or placed under house arrest. Both requests were denied by the court. Gershkovich and his employer have forc...

http://youtu.be/1hu3PBK3YO4 Texas Department of Public Safety arrested and charged a woman with human smuggling after she was found to have two female illegal immigrants in her sedan. Texas DPS said Lidia Elizabeth Badillo, 38, was pulled over at 8 p.m. on April 12 while driving a gold Chevrolet Malibu on FM-1017 in Jim Hogg County. During the stop, the trooper discovered Badillo, who lives in Edinburg, was smuggling two immigrants from El Salvador. In video taken of the traffic stop, Badillo told the trooper she was going out to get drinks. She then started flirting with the trooper, telling him he was handsome. Badillo told investigators she picked the two women up from a stash house in Mission, Texas. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/04/18/texas-dps-intercepts-human-smuggling-...

http://youtu.be/7F_rnPiyjsI A wild mob of about 100 people ransacked a Compton gas station store over the weekend and nearly wiped the shop clean as the clerk hid in a locked bathroom. Dozens of men and boys reportedly stole thousands of dollars worth of loot from the Acro mini mart Sunday after a group of cars doing donuts blocked a four-way intersection in an illegal street takeover around 2:30 a.m., according to local reports and videos. Footage of the shoplifting shows several of the alleged thieves break through the glass door of the gas station store as people behind them pour inside and grab alcohol, drinks, snacks and condoms in the rowdy free-for-all. The crowd quickly dispersed following the smash and grab, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. The store sustained si...

http://youtu.be/n_mvRBBgVak A Florida father and his 13-year-old daughter were rescued from a lake on Saturday after their Jet Ski sank, forcing them to tread water for nearly an hour, authorities said. Christopher Snow, 31, and his daughter Alexis went missing after going out on the Jet Ski from Baker Creek Park in Thonotosassa around 6:50 p.m., the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said. Snow’s girlfriend, Carolyn Joyce, went to the dock around 8 p.m. after being unable to get in touch over the phone with the pair. Seeing that Snow and Alexis had yet to return, Joyce alerted Deputy Kevin Reich, who was on routine patrol at the dock. A good Samaritan and his family took the deputy out onto Lake Thonotosassa on their boat to start the search while waiting for marine and aviation un...

http://youtu.be/PEHYKHS2zDY Let’s face it — there’s just no escaping AI. But now, a facial recognition website that uses a specialized bot to locate every single picture of a person that’s ever been shared online is rearing its ugly head. Deemed a “stalker’s dream,” and the “most disturbing AI website on the internet” on Twitter, the site, known as PimEyes, is an identity search engine that’s said to be similar to, yet a bit more sophisticated than, Google’s reverse image search tool. On its homepage, users are prompted to upload their photo in order to find out where their image has been published. But the facial recognition service isn’t free — nor is it cheap. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/04/18/creepy-ai-site-can-find-every-photo-of-you-online/ #facialrecognition #tec...

http://youtu.be/aHMVoIo4c8A Multiple people were trapped Tuesday after a parking garage collapsed in Lower Manhattan, officials said. Shocking footage from the scene shows multiple cars on top of the concave roof. The second floor of the lot caved into the first floor just before 4:30 p.m. at 37 Ann Street, officials said. A total of three people were hurt, two minor and one more serious but not critical, according to fire officials. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/04/18/parking-garage-collapses-in-nycs-financial-district-video/ #nyc #garagecollapse The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more. Subscribe to New York Post Sports: https://www.youtube.com/c/nypostsports...

http://youtu.be/UfcDJXj3Y8w Megyn Kelly hit out at a news website on Tuesday for referring to her commentary about Bud Light’s sponsorship deal with transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney as a “transphobic tirade.” “Call me whatever names you want,” the host of SiriusXM’s “The Megyn Kelly Show” tweeted to her 2.7 million Twitter followers on Tuesday. “I am speaking the truth.” Kelly added: “And neither I nor the millions of other women (and men) who believe in biology/reality/fairness will be dissuaded by your attempts to marginalize us with words like ‘transphobic’.” Kelly was responding to a post by the news site The Wrap, which linked to a story with the headline: “Megyn Kelly Goes on Transphobic Tirade Over Dylan Mulvaney.” Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/04/18/m...

http://youtu.be/YYNBuaRWsnc The former Biden administration official accused in two separate stolen-luggage cases in different states was ordered to pay one of their victims back — but given no jail time — Tuesday after they pleaded no contest to the bizarre theft. Samuel Brinton, who is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, was given a 180-day suspended jail sentence for lifting a woman’s suitcase from Las Vegas‘ Harry Reid International Airport in July 2022, according to court records obtained by Fox 5. As part of the plea deal, Brinton was charged with a misdemeanor instead of a felony. A judge ordered them to pay $3,670.74 in restitution for the stolen luggage, which contained pricey jewelry, clothing and makeup. The 35-year-old was caught on surveillance footage wearing a white ...

http://youtu.be/i0W8qd186zw A news anchor at an NBC affiliate in Illinois died after she fell ill and was hospitalized while vacationing with her husband and their two young sons in Florida. Lesley Swick Van Ness, who worked as an anchor for WGEM-TV as well as an executive for its corporate parent, Gray Television, was pronounced dead on Monday in Naples, Fla. “In the eyes of a small community she was a celebrity,” Tom and Neat Brower wrote in response to an online obituary. “It is with a very heavy heart that we share some devastating news with you,” Jennifer Dale, the vice president of recruiting at Gray Television, said in a statement that was posted on Muddy River News. “Lesley Van Ness, who we have been so fortunate to have as part of the Gray family, passed away this (Monday) mo...

http://youtu.be/PoUeruNnTno Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, the suspect accused of leaking classified US intelligence, made a frantic final call to his gamer friends as the FBI closed in on him — professing he “never wanted it to get like this.” “Guys, it’s been good — I love you all,” Teixeira, 21, was quoted as saying on the call, according to a member of an online group who goes by the screen name Vahki. “I never wanted it to get like this. I prayed to God that this would never happen. And I prayed and prayed and prayed. Only God can decide what happens from now on.” Speaking to The New York Times, Vahki said it sounded like Teixeira was in a speeding vehicle when he joined the call. Teixeira was arrested Thursday by heavily armed federal agents clad in armor at...

http://youtu.be/YK-mMB6ukrE A video depicting a young woman calling into financial adviser Dave Ramsey’s radio show asking for help trying to pay off her and her husband’s near $1 million in debt went viral on Twitter this week. The video, recently posted to Ramsey’s TikTok, captured the 2018 exchange between a 29-year-old woman and the adviser, during which she asked him how to get rid of the couple’s huge debt “without filing bankruptcy.” The woman indicated that the majority of their massive debt was from personal credit card bills and student loans. She mentioned that both of them had advanced degrees, for which they owe more than a third of their total debt. A version of the shocking video shared to Twitter was viewed over nine million times in two days. The video began with the...

http://youtu.be/UNhZKJ0S-C0 On Friday’s “CNN This Morning,” co-host Don Lemon dismissed the brewing controversy around Bud Light using transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney to promote its beer as “crazy” and “ridiculous.” “Backlash, boycotts, support for beer company Bud Light after they launched a new ad campaign featuring transgender activist and influencer Dylan Mulvaney,” Lemon explained. After playing a social media video of Mulvaney touting Bud Light cans with the influencer’s face on them, Lemon derided critics: “So the buzzword ‘woke’ was once again brought into the mix, with people posting videos of them dumping out beer, calling for a boycott.” However, he noted, “Despite all of this, an expert tells CNN that once the social media backlash blows over, the long-term benefits...