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The Scottsdale Research Institute grows psilocybin mushrooms in Arizona with permission from the Drug Enforcement Administration. Late last month, the organization announced that it will use those mushrooms in a state-funded study testing their effectiveness in treating post-traumatic stress disorder. …

I am a high school teacher at Little Village Lawndale High School. La Villita currently faces a crisis few understand. The fear that once gripped our students due to gang violence years ago has returned. But as of the last …

DEAR ABBY: I often see ads about stopping smoking. I’d like to share my story of success in overcoming this filthy habit in the hope that it may help someone else. I smoked four packs of non-filtered cigarettes every day. …

Welcome to the NFL’s juiced-ball era. The league passed a rule this spring that allows teams to spend all season preparing their own K-balls, or balls reserved specifically for kicks and punts. From 1999-2024, teams were only allowed to doctor …

  A few weeks ago, Pasadena Humane took 94 small pets — 31 mice and 63 hamsters — from a single home. This was the largest small animal hoarding case in our organization’s recent history. The critters are now safe …

By STEPHEN McGRATH, Associated Press What is thought to be the world’s largest-known spider’s web, housing tens of thousands of arachnids, has been discovered in a cave on the Albanian-Greek border. After researchers published their findings of two different spider …

By JACK DURA, Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A fatigue crack in the Keystone Pipeline led to an oil spill in North Dakota earlier this year that released thousands of barrels of oil onto farmland, according to the pipeline …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Officials and community leaders opposing a pending federal immigration crackdown in North Carolina’s largest city characterized it Friday as an invasion, and urged Charlotte residents to protest peacefully and record agents’ actions from a distance. “We …

It’s time to think small. This year, Small Business Saturday falls on Nov. 29, and the event is always a good excuse to support one of Southern California’s 80+ local independent bookstores while also shoring up your TBR pile. And it’s …

Facing an extremely long offseason, the Galaxy decided to go a different route and keep the team in class for a bit longer. The Galaxy’s 2025 season ended Oct. 18 and instead of departing for a break and vacation, the …

By BEN FINLEY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military’s 20th strike on a boat accused of transporting drugs has killed four people in the Caribbean Sea, a Pentagon official said Friday, coming as the Trump administration escalates its …

The Southern California News Group (SCNG) has a large roster of reporters ready to take you through Friday night’s exciting high school football action. We have previews of the top playoff games in each area. Our reporters will be providing …

If you drive on the 101 Freeway in Los Angeles, you’re bound to see the new 22-foot-tall sculpture of three huge filmstrips made in galvanized steel. The sculpture is part of the U.S. Route 1010 Lankershim to Beaudry Beautification Project …

By RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the hate crime convictions of three white men who chased Ahmaud Arbery through their Georgia subdivision with pickup trucks before one of them killed …

By MARTÍN ADAMES, Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Baseball and bets go hand-in-hand in the Dominican Republic, where professional athletes, musicians and even legislators go public with their wagers. Related Articles delos Santos: How I filled out …

Elisabeth Rosenthal, KFF Health News  A cancer patient might live in a town with four oncology groups, but only one accepts his insurance — the one owned by his insurer. A young couple could see huge bills after their child …

By HANNA ARHIROVA, SAMYA KULLAB and VASILISA STEPANENKO, Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia unleashed a major missile and drone barrage on Kyiv early Friday, killing six people, leaving gaping holes in apartment buildings and starting fires as the …

We continue to believe in the government’s power to do good. But seriously, California, some things seem to have gotten completely out of hand. We speak again of that near-invisible form of local government called “special districts” — usually single-purpose …