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They are ubiquitous in the United States, controversial in Europe and coveted in South Asia. As heatwaves intensify across the world, air...
2023-08-02 15:24
Brad Pitt and Ines de Ramon 'are in love' and 'marriage could be on the cards', source reveals
Brad Pitt and Ines de Ramon have been dating for a year and sources say their relationship is going strong
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Hawaii officials say DNA tests drop Maui fire death count to 97
Authorities in Hawaii have adjusted the number of deaths from the deadly Maui wildfire down to at least 97 people
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RFK Jr comes out against gun control and blames school shootings on ‘drugs’
Democratic presidential candidate and anti-vaccine advocate Robert F Kennedy Jr said during a Twitter Spaces event on Monday that he would not take away people’s guns as a solution to reducing mass shootings and instead pointed the finger at pharmaceutical drugs. “My position on the gun control is I’m not going to take away anybody’s guns,” Mr Kennedy, 69, said in response to a listener-submitted question about gun control while speaking about his political platform with Elon Musk and venture capitalist David Sacks. “I’m a constitutional absolutist. We can argue about whether the Second Amendment was intended to protect guns. That argument has now been settled by the Supreme Court.” Instead, Mr Kennedy made unfounded claims that psychiatric drugs are linked to mass shootings, “There’s something happening in our country right now that is not happening anywhere, that has never happened in human history,” he said. “Guns, the proliferation, clearly, abets violence, but anybody who tells you that they can remove enough guns, AR-15s, by tinkering at the margins and get to the situation they have in western Europe is puling your leg,” he added. “It’s not going to happen.” According to researchers, there’s no evidence for a link between pharmaceutical drugs and mass shootings. Over 10 per cent of the US population takes anti-depressants, and experts say if such medicines were linked to violence, one would expect to see more shootings, and more shootings committed by groups who are prescribed the treatments at a higher rate. "If there was a connection or link, one would expect it to be pronounced, or at least much greater than we are seeing," Dr James Knoll, director of forensic psychiatry at SUNY Upstate Medical University, told Politifact. "Why do we not see increased violence in women? People over 60?" In fact, according to a USA Today review of mass shootings, a minority of school shooters were prescribed medications. "I am unaware of any consistent, credible accounts that provide strong evidence regarding the prevalence of SSRI usage in cases involving school shootings or a causal relationship between SSRIs and school shootings," Daniel Mears, a professor of criminology at Florida State University, told the paper. Read More RFK Jr compares Elon Musk to American revolutionaries during conspiracy-driven Twitter event
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Where is Tiffany Gomas now? Viral airplane woman offers free first-class tickets for best Halloween 'crazy plane lady' costume
Viral airplane fame Tiffany Gomas spiced up Halloween as she announced to give free first-class flight tickets to the best 'crazy plane lady' costume
2023-10-28 17:46
FBI: American who was kidnapped in Mexico headed back home after 8 months
Monica De Leon Barba, a United States citizen who was kidnapped last November while walking home in Mexico, is being transported to the US after her captors set her free, according to FBI authorities in San Francisco.
2023-07-17 02:49
Nottingham doctor fears for mother stuck in Sudan warzone
Khansa Adam says she wants the government to help get her mother away from the fighting in Khartoum.
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Stock market today: Asian markets follow Wall St up after Chinese promise to support economy
Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street higher after China’s ruling Communist Party promised to shore up its sagging economy ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting that traders hope will announce this interest rate cycle’s final increase
2023-07-25 14:27
Judge in trial of 3 Washington police officers allows a breathing expert to testify over objections
Five weeks into the trial against three Tacoma, Washington, police officers charged in the 2020 death of Manny Ellis and prosecutors had to convince the judge to let their breathing expert tell the jury what happens to a person who is held face down with pressure on their back
2023-11-01 07:54
Albania's prime minister calls for more NATO troops in neighboring Kosovo following ethnic violence
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has urged NATO to further boost its military forces in Kosovo and secure the country’s borders with Serbia
2023-11-22 23:58
Adin Ross stunned after watching his morphed 'video' with Andrew Tate, Internet says 'bro leaked his sex tape'
Adin Ross stumbled upon a video on Discord that had seamlessly merged a shirtless photo of Andrew Tate with a clip of himself
2023-10-06 16:47
Adin Ross leaves Internet in splits as he mocks gambling helpline staff during live prank call: 'He lost pretend money'
The staff graciously asked Adin Ross to get in touch with the helpline linked to his real state of residency after the streamer made a false claim
2023-11-28 14:56
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