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New York City Mayor Eric Adams proposed a new law on Thursday that would make it easier to get drug addicts safely off the streets and into treatment.The “Compassionate Interventions Act” would allow doctors to involuntarily commit drug…

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First lady Melania Trump has threatened to sue Hunter Biden for $1 billion over claims the Biden scion made about Trump regarding the late, disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.Attorneys for Trump sent a letter demanding Biden retract…

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Dr. Jordan B. Peterson is taking time off from his podcasts and public appearances to recover from a genetic “immune system dysfunction” that flared up recently.Peterson’s daughter, Mikhaila, gave an update on Peterson’s heath in an X…

Knowing how to write therapy notes is a critical part of being an effective therapist. That said, for many mental health professionals, keeping up with documentation can be one of the biggest therapist challenges. Therapy session notes…

A young woman on Instagram holds up an armful of green blankets. Every time she feels stressed about the state of the world, she makes a leaf or moss blanket.“As you can see,” the young woman says, referring to the mound in her arms,…

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In an action that likely wasn’t on many Americans’ bingo cards for the first six months of a Republican presidency, the Trump administration has exempted major labor unions from transparency measures used by regulators to find fraud, and…

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The National Library of Scotland (NLS) is under fire after Amina Shah, Scotland’s national librarian and the NLS chief executive, opted not to include a pro-women’s rights book in a centenary display.The NLS initially asked the public…

Homelessness isn’t always black and white. In fact, for most unhoused people, it doesn’t look like the images we see on the evening news at all. It might mean couch-surfing with a friend after getting kicked out of the house or sleeping…

An illegal alien in South Dakota was arrested while allegedly transporting roughly $12 million in methamphetamine, which is the largest single seizure of the illicit drug in the state’s history, the New York Post reported.South Dakota…

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris “rebuffed” a request from the Vance family to allow their children a tour of the vice president’s residence ahead of the inauguration, according to Vice President JD Vance.Vance revealed the apparent…

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CNN’s chief data analyst said on Monday that the numbers don’t lie: the Democrat and media driven pressure campaign to use the late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s case as a weapon against President Donald Trump is falling…

You may have carried it quietly for years—the feeling that you’re somehow not enough or that parts of your identity should be hidden or left behind. It might show up as shame when you look in the mirror, discomfort when you speak your…

In a culture notorious for rewarding victimization, Sydney Sweeney is going viral for symbolizing something we’ve all been missing: sanity. She’s not loud or radical, and she’s not trying to make a statement. But somehow, just by acting…