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Psychedelic mushrooms swiftly ease doom of death

A single dose of magic mushrooms can make people with severe anxiety and depression better for months, according to a landmark pair of new studies.

The Atlantic

‘Ecstasy’ proves effective in treating PTSD

PBS

FBI poised to gain expanded hacking powers

A last-ditch effort in the Senate to block or delay rule changes that would expand the U.S. government’s hacking powers failed Wednesday, despite concerns the changes would jeopardize the privacy rights of innocent Americans

Reuters

Snooping, data leaks and the threat to online privacy

Al Jazeera

Defiant Ukraine tests missiles near Crimea

Ukraine says it has successfully completed the first of two days of missile tests over the Black Sea, west of the Crimea peninsula. Russia, which annexed Crimea in 2014, had called the tests a provocation and threatened to shoot the missiles down.

BBC

Deal promises to ease GI bonus clawback

Congress has reached a compromise on the Pentagon’s effort to claw back millions of dollars in bonuses paid by the California National Guard.

NPR

East Aleppo ‘catastrophic’ as thousands flee

Civilians fearful as fighting edges closer, with government campaign making advances on rebel-held area.

Al Jazeera

Trump exults in victory, mocks critics at rally

President-elect Donald Trump exulted in his surprise victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton, mocking critics who said before the election that polls showed he had no path to the White House. “We won in a landslide,” Trump said at a victory rally in Cincinnati.

Bloomberg

The fierce reaction to Trump’s Cabinet picks

Bloomberg

HUMAN RIGHTS

AG pick slammed law guarding disabled kids

Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general said it had led to a “decline in civility and discipline in classrooms all over America.”

Huffington Post

Choice groups challenge state restrictions

Women in large parts of the country already have limited access to abortion, due to hundreds of Republican-backed laws passed by state legislatures over the past half-decade.

PBS

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

French President François Hollande said on Thursday he would not seek re-election next year, bowing to historically low approval ratings after a troubled term in power.

France24.com

Gambia bans Internet during election

The Gambia has banned the internet and international phone calls as presidential elections are held in the West African state. Officials have also banned demonstrations to prevent unrest after the elections.

BBC

Why Iran’s nuke program is back on US agenda

Overwhelming votes in Congress to extend the Iran Sanctions Act, and indications Trump’s cabinet will include several foes of the Iran nuclear deal, signal it could be a burning issue once again.

Christian Science Monitor

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Glowing human cells boost disease research

A nonprofit research group is giving scientists a new way to study the secret lives of human cells. The Allen Institute for Cell Science has provided access to a collection of living stem cells that have been genetically altered to make the nucleus and mitochondria glow.

NPR

Scientists return to roots to fight superbugs

With drug-resistant strains of bacteria jeopardizing hundreds of thousands of lives and few new treatments on the horizon, scientists are looking to nature for answers.

Deutsche Welle

Did ‘Lucy’ swing in the treetops?

One of the first things paleoanthropologists noticed about the fossil primate they dubbed “Lucy” was that she could have walked upright, on two legs. But a question remained: Did she also climb trees like the nonhuman primates?

Christian Science Monitor

GLOBAL HEALTH

India’s battle against HIV/AIDS far from over

The number of new HIV infections in India has recorded a considerable drop over the past decade. But the fight against its spread is far from won, and HIV-related stigma in society continues to remain rampant.

Deutsche Welle

South Africa launches HIV vaccine trial

A landmark HIV vaccine trial was launched in South Africa on the eve of World AIDS Day on December 1. Scientists hope it will help eradicate the disease.

Deutsche Welle

US bans smoking in all public housing

The Obama administration has issued a sweeping final rule banning smoking in all public housing units nationwide, extending a smoke-free environment to nearly a million units.

NPR

BUSINESS

For-profit colleges hope to rebound with Trump

After nearing collapse under the Obama administration, the for-profit college industry is celebrating Donald Trump’s election as a chance for a rebound.

Associated Press

Princess Cruises fined $40M for polluting seas

Princess Cruise Lines will pay a $40 million fine for “deliberate pollution of the seas and intentional acts to cover it up,” according to the Department of Justice, which calls it “the largest-ever criminal penalty involving deliberate vessel pollution.”

NPR

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GOOD NEWS

The world’s most generous countries

The five highest-ranking countries: what motivates them to donate their time and money, and how it affects the society there.

BBC

Brother’s response to adoption evokes laughs

A courtroom erupted into laughter when a big brother was asked about his family’s adoption of his baby sister, a child he dotes over.

USA TODAY

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

OPEC will cut production to end record glut

OPEC clinched a deal to curtail oil supply, confounding skeptics as the need to clear a record global crude glut – and prove the group’s credibility – brought its first cuts in eight years.

Bloomberg

Trump’s Treasury pick targets trade reforms

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. Treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, said on Wednesday the administration would target tax reform and trade pact overhauls as top priorities as they seek to achieve 3 percent to 4 percent economic growth.

AOL News

Trump’s trade talk breeds worry among firms

USA TODAY

NGOs AND NPOs

Israel slammed over its ‘war on NGOs’

Instances of permit confiscation and lengthy interrogation by Israeli security are on the rise, a UN official says. A number of activists, researchers and journalists have recently been denied access to the country as Israel tightens its grip on Palestinians and their international supporters.

Al Jazeera

Rights groups call Egypt NGO law repressive

Egypt’s parliament overwhelmingly endorsed a law regulating non-governmental organizations that human rights groups and activists say effectively bans their work and makes it harder for charities to operate.

Reuters

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Smithsonian exhibit highlights American giving

Philanthropy has long worked backstage at the Smithsonian Institution, but it stepped into the spotlight Tuesday at the opening of the Giving in America exhibit at the National Museum of American History.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Tech industry is reshaping philanthropy

Philanthropists are giving larger charitable donations than ever before, their grant-making process has become increasingly data-driven and their aspirations ever more ambitious.

Recode

ENVIRONMENT

Vast African solar farms could power Europe

The falling cost of solar power has made it a viable alternative to oil even in the most oil-rich parts of the world. Vast solar farms in Africa and the Middle East are addressing regional needs and exporting power to Europe.

BBC

U.S. veterans arrive at pipeline protest camp in North Dakota

Reuters

China’s climate revolution could stop warming

With or without America’s cooperation, nations around the world have begun to take collective action against climate change.

Deutsche Welle

Climate change in pictures

Al Jazeera

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Pedestrians approach Leeds along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Northern English. Photo shot Nov. 12, 2016. (Photo by Tim Green) Photo used under CC BY

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