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Queen’s and KHSC to launch clinical trials with psilocybin

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:12 GMT

Queen’s University and KHSC are officially set to get involved in the growing field of psychedelic research. Work is underway recruiting and screening potential participants for Phase 2b clinical trials on the efficacy and safety of psilocybin-assisted therapy for the treatment of alcohol use disorder (AUD).Participants will be taken through motivational enhancement therapy with psilocybin being used to essentially open their consciousness and maximize the effects of psychotherapy.Dr. Claudio Soares, psychiatry professor and chair of the Psychedelic Science Advisory Committee for the Dimensions Health Research Collaborative, says there’s still a lot of work to be done even throughout the recruiting phase.Dr. Soares says participants need to be excessive drinkers but otherwise be in good health with relatively stable housing and access to phone and internet – not necessarily a wide group to draw from.“It’s not a population that’s easy to be found,&...

Man guilty of murder in deadly road rage shooting that killed 13-year-old

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:12 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Jeremy Webster, a man accused of opening fire on a family and killing a 13-year-old boy in June 2018 was found guilty on all charges Wednesday.Vaughn Bigelow Jr., 13, was killed.Webster, 27, was charged with murder, multiple counts of attempted murder, multiple counts of assault and attempted assault.Vaughn's mother, Meghan, took the stand on the first day of trial and said the incident started when she was driving her three boys to the dentist's office.She testified when she tried to move into another lane of traffic to allow an emergency vehicle to pass that Webster became enraged that she had cut him off. Psychologist says man charged in road rage killing was sane Meghan told the jury that he screamed obscenities at her and followed her into the dentist's parking lot.In the parking lot, Meghan said Webster pulled out a gun and shot at her and the children. “I yelled to the boys he’s got a gun, run,” she testified. She did everything to lead Webster away from he...

Suspected car thief who led police on cross-county chase captured south of Sunrise Blvd.; second suspected car thief still at large

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:12 GMT

A suspected car thief is now in custody after leading police on a cross-county chase. Miami-Dade Police officers and Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies joined forces in the pursuit of a stolen red Mercedes-Benz G Wagon heading northbound on Interstate 75, which crossed into Broward County, Wednesday afternoon. The pursuit started in Miami-Dade County, where two cars were reported stolen from a residence in the South West Miami-Dade.A second vehicle was stolen in South Dade and the thief who stole it are still at large. According to police, the victim was pursuing the other suspected car thief in another car when he contacted police about the thefts. Toward the end of the chase, the G Wagon exited on Sunrise Boulevard and the driver fled on foot towards an apartment building complext on Northwest 12th Avenue and 77th Street in Fort Lauderdale.7Skyforce hovered over the scene where officers with police dogs entered the building and captured the suspect. Charges for the captured ...

Police: Suspect connected to double shooting at Hallandale Beach hotel dead of self-inflicted gunshot wound

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:12 GMT

A man connected to a double shooting at a Hallandale Beach hotel was found dead in Plantation of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.Plantation Police responded to the shooting along the 800 block of Cleary Boulevard, near Pine Island Road, at around 12:45 p.m., Wednesday. According to investigators, the U.S. Marshals’ Fugitive Task Force was tracking a homicide suspect in the Plantation area. Working with Hallandale Beach Police, marshals saw the man getting into a rideshare vehicle and conducted a traffic stop.Speaking during a news conference, Hallandale Police Capt. Pedro Abut described what happened next.“He was observed getting into a vehicle, and as he drove off, task force officers, as well as detectives from the Hallandale Beach Police Department, attempted to stop the vehicle,” said Abut. “When the vehicle stopped, as officers, detectives, task [force] officers approached, when they reached the window of the car, the suspect is located decea...

As Israel celebrates its 75th anniversary, antisemitism rises abroad and in South Florida

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:12 GMT

There was a touching sky-high tribute marking Israel’s 75 years of Independence. As several Jews express their joy over their nation’s independence, Israel is going through a tumultuous time politically. There are several protests over a proposal dealing with judicial reform. But Wednesday night was when several people came together just to celebrate their unity. “A modern state. Powerful, flying F-35s and F-16s, you know, being able to defend itself,” Ike Fisher said. “I don’t think they can possibly imagine it.”Fisher said that Wednesday was a day that would have been unfathomable to his aunts, Sarah, her son Issac, Esther, Leah and Pesha, who lived and died in what is present-day Ukraine.“You had Germans coming across and just wiping out people in front of pits using machine guns and putting them into back of vans and gassing them,” Fisher said.No one knows exactly what happened to the family, but Fisher’s father, Ashe...

Several children hospitalized after student sprays mace at middle school in Milford, officials say 

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:12 GMT

Several students and staff members were taken to the hospital after a student sprayed mace at Stacy Middle School in Milford Wednesday, according to schools Superintendent Kevin McIntyre. McIntyre shared a statement around 3:45 p.m., explaining the school was evacuated as a precaution. SKY7-HD was over the scene Wednesday afternoon, showing emergency responders parked in front of the school. In a separate statement, Milford police said hazmat responders were on scene around 3 p.m. as officials worked to dismiss students. McIntyre said officials did not initially know what the substance was. In total, he said seven students and staff who were in the area where the mace was sprayed went to the hospital. All afternoon activities at Stacy Middle School were canceled after this incident. McIntyre said he would provide additional information later Wednesday evening. “I want to thank the Milford Police and Fire and the emergency service personnel who...

‘More than shocking’: Mother describes armed home invasion in Braintree targeting son over Minecraft dispute

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:12 GMT

An investigation is underway after an armed home invasion of a residence on Bickford Road in Braintree Monday night, police said.As their investigation continues, the mother of a teen who was injured has described the incident, calling it “more than shocking.”Officers responding to the scene around 7:40 p.m. found two residents outside the home. One had minor facial injuries and reported he was assaulted by three men who had entered his home. The person told police he answered a knock on the door and was immediately assaulted. Both the victim and the other occupant described one of the men as being armed with a pistol in his waistband.The suspects were described as three tall men in their late teens or early twenties. The suspects did refer to the victim by name and spent a short time in the residence before leaving in a small black sedan.Police said a motive for the crime is being investigated, but that it may be related to online gaming and other online activity. The incident...

Boeing loses $425M in 1Q but plans production boost for Max

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:12 GMT

By DAVID KOENIG (AP Airlines Writer)Boeing lost $425 million in the first quarter — more than Wall Street expected — but said Wednesday that it plans to boost production of its best-selling plane, the 737 Max, later this year.Revenue rose 28% from a year earlier, as airlines scooped up new jets to meet rising travel demand, and the company stood by its forecast of producing $3 billion to $5 billion in cash flow this year.Shares of Boeing rose nearly 5% before settling to close up less than 1%.CEO David Calhoun called it a “solid first quarter.”“We continue to make real progress, steady progress, in our recovery,” he said on a call with analysts. “Challenges remain, there’s more to do, but overall we feel good about the operational and financial outlook.”Boeing’s passenger jets have been plagued by production problems, and the quarterly loss was due largely to the cost of reworking planes to fix production flaws. It also too...

Comic Zach Zimmerman probably shouldn’t have let his mom read parts of his memoir

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:12 GMT

When Zach Zimmerman was a boy, his father, a mechanic and assistant pastor at the local church, would preach at the dinner table, telling his son, “If you’re not saved, Zachary, you go to Hell when you die.”His mother shared those beliefs and routinely prepared a dinner table of southern dishes that, as Zimmerman writes, seemed to declare, “We’re all gonna die of heart attacks, so let’s do it as a family.”Related: Sign up for our free newsletter about books, authors, reading and moreFor Zimmerman, who grew up to be gay, atheist and vegetarian, childhood was a period filled with questions and self-doubt, causing pain and insecurity but also providing plenty of fodder for a career in comedy. Now Zimmerman, whose stand-up career has earned him plaudits in the New York Times, Vulture and USA Today, has written his first book, a collection of essays called, “Is It Hot in Here? Or Am I Suffering for All Eternity for the Sins I Committed on Earth?”There are humor pieces and essays about hi...

Red Sox end long stretch on sour note, falling to Orioles 6-2

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:12 GMT

They stumbled over the finish line, but the Red Sox will finally get a chance to catch their breath.The Red Sox wrapped up the longest stretch of games they’ll play all season on a sour note, losing Wednesday’s rubber game with the Baltimore Orioles 6-2. The club now enters its first off day after 19 straight games with a 13-13 record, good for last in the AL East but also only one game behind the Yankees for the last playoff spot pending Wednesday’s late Houston-Tampa Bay result.How should people feel about where the club is at?First, the positives. Coming into this week’s series in Baltimore the Red Sox had won three straight series, two of those against first-place clubs. More than half of their losses also came in a pair of sweeps against the Tampa Bay Rays and Pittsburgh Pirates, who entering Wednesday had the two best records in baseball and were a combined 36-12.Outside of those series the Red Sox are 13-6 and have shown they can compete with some of t...