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Ariana Grande Launches Mental Health Initiative to Help Music Industry, Starting With Eternal Sunshine Tour Crew
Ariana Grande has partnered her newly launched Brighter Days Ahead Foundation with the music-industry nonprofit Backline to provide mental health support to every dancer, band member and crew member on her Eternal Sunshine Tour. The initiative reflects a growing push within the music industry to formalise care for touring staff, whose demanding schedules can take…
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7-OH Users Are Stockpiling and Doing Reddit Detoxes to Prep for Ban
The US Drug Enforcement Administration is preparing to temporarily classify 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH), a potent compound derived from kratom, as a Schedule I controlled substance from 5 August at the earliest, placing it alongside heroin. The move has alarmed regular users, some of whom rely on the unregulated substance to manage chronic pain, and reports suggest…
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Lindsay Clancy’s ex-husband details ‘big spiral’ as expert says one part ‘scared me’ in mom’s murder trial
Patrick Clancy, whose three young children were strangled at the family’s Massachusetts home, testified as the first witness in the murder trial of his ex-wife, Lindsay Clancy. His account described a rapid mental health decline he characterised as a “big spiral”, with an expert observer noting one detail of the testimony as particularly troubling. The…
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The Morning Poll: Should teenagers claiming benefits for anxiety get more than those with part-time minimum wage jobs?
This Daily Mail “Morning Poll” piece invites readers to vote on whether teenagers claiming benefits for anxiety should receive more financial support than peers working part-time minimum wage jobs. The framing taps into an ongoing debate about the rising number of young people signed off with mental health conditions and whether the welfare system adequately…
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Netflix exec claims ketamine confession in ‘trust exercise’ cost him $1.1M job: lawsuit
A former Netflix executive has filed a lawsuit claiming he lost his $1.1 million-a-year job after disclosing during a company-organised “trust exercise” that he had used ketamine therapeutically. The case raises questions about the limits of workplace vulnerability exercises and whether employees can be penalised for sharing personal health information that was solicited in a…
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Wildfires force 300,000 evacuations across France, Spain and UK
Wildfires swept across France, Spain and the United Kingdom during a prolonged and extreme heat wave, ultimately forcing more than 300,000 people to evacuate as emergency services worked to bring the flames under control. The scale of the displacement highlighted growing concern about how vulnerable communities are to increasingly severe weather extremes linked to climate…
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France and Spain wildfire witnesses describe ‘wall of flames’, fear and stress
Wildfires burning across France and Spain have forced more than 300,000 people to evacuate and scorched tens of thousands of hectares, with residents in Bordeaux describing thick smoke haze, poor air quality and mounting anxiety even though the flames themselves remain some distance from the city. Emergency responders in both countries are working to contain…
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Homan: ICE officer in Maine shooting shouldn’t have cleared vetting if allegations true
I wasn’t able to retrieve the actual article text — the page returned an access-denied/JavaScript-required message instead of the content, so I only have the headline to go on. I don’t want to fabricate details about what Homan said or the specifics of the shooting, as that risks inaccuracy. Based solely on the title, here’s…
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McConnell out of hospital, still not ‘medically cleared’ to return to Senate
US Senator Mitch McConnell has been discharged from hospital following a fall last month, but he has not yet been medically cleared to return to the Senate, his office confirmed on Monday. The Kentucky Republican’s continued absence is significant because it complicates the path forward for the Senate on key legislative business, including reportedly stalling…