09 Jan, 2025

Solar eclipse will cut across the Americas, stretching from Oregon to Brazil

Environment When the moon lines up between Earth and the sun, it leaves a bright, blazing border. An annular eclipse is viewed from a waterfront park in Yokohama, Japan, near Tokyo, Monday, May 21, 2012. On Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, an annular solar eclipse _ better known as a ring of fire _ will briefly […]

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Oregon launches legal psilocybin access amid high demand and hopes for improved mental health care

Health No prescription or referral is needed, but proponents hope Oregon’s legalization will spark a revolution in mental health care. Gared Hansen removes psilocybin mushrooms from a growing container in his Uptown Fungus lab to prepare for distribution in Springfield, Ore., Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer) AP By ANDREW SELSKY, Associated Press September […]

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DA: Oregon man confesses to ‘brutal, ice-blooded’ 1979 murder in Boston

Crime Susan Marcia Rose, 24, was found bludgeoned to death in a Back Bay apartment building nearly 44 years ago. An Oregon man is charged with murder after he allegedly confessed to bludgeoning a woman to death in Boston’s Back Bay in 1979, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said Monday.  John Michael Irmer, 68, […]

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