Month: June 2023

Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office By Chloe Kim BBC News A Florida murder suspect who featured thrice on America’s Most Wanted was arrested after nearly four decades on the run. Donald Santini, 65, allegedly used 13 aliases to evade arrest for the 1984 murder of a 33-year-old Florida woman, authorities said. He was serving as the
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Getty Images By Gary Nunn Sydney Earlier this year, researchers raised eyebrows when Australia’s traditionally conservative medicines regulator approved the use of psychedelics to assist therapy sessions. The decision will see psilocybin, found in magic mushrooms, used for treatment-resistant depression. It will also allow MDMA, known as ecstasy in tablet form, for post-traumatic stress disorder
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Getty Images By James Gregory BBC News The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a graphic designer who has refused to create wedding websites for same-sex couples. Lorie Smith, from Colorado, argued she could not serve same-sex couples because of her Christian faith. Colorado state law prohibits businesses open to the public refusing
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Getty Images By Michelle Roberts Digital health editor There has been an unusual rise in the number of children and teenagers around the world diagnosed with type 1 diabetes since Covid, say researchers. A new study in JAMA Network Open journal has collated available data from different countries, including the UK, on more than 38,000
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Getty Images By Frank Gardner BBC security correspondent The recent mutiny in Russia has exposed huge insecurities in that country. But what does it mean for the war in Ukraine and what happens now to Wagner, the mercenaries who rebelled? Why does it matter? Firstly, in the space of just a few hours on 24
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