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NFL star Aaron Rodgers credits psychedelics for improving his performance on the football field

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:29:19 GMT

(CNN) — Aaron Rodgers has continued to advocate for the legalization of some psychedelics, claiming this week that ayahuasca helped to improve his performance on the football field.Speaking in Denver, Colorado, at Psychedelic Science 2023, which calls itself the largest psychedelic conference in history, the NFL quarterback referred to his experience of using ayahuasca, a drink made from Amazonian plants that contain a psychoactive ingredient.“It’s going to be hard to cancel me because the previous year [in 2019] – 26 touchdowns, four interceptions, we had a good season,” Rodgers, who was then playing for the Green Bay Packers, said on Wednesday. “Ayahuasca – 48 touchdowns, five interceptions, MVP. What are you gonna say?”Rodgers has often been the subject of ridicule for embracing alternative therapies, but has previously credited psychedelics like psilocybin and ayahuasca for helping to alleviate his fear of death and deepening a sense of self-love.The NFL has confirmed that takin...

Netanyahu urges Israeli settlers not to ‘grab land illegally,’ following West Bank violence

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:29:19 GMT

Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a stark warning Sunday instructing Jewish settlers not to “grab land illegally” in the occupied West Bank, after humanitarian bodies raised the alarm over a series of deadly attacks on Palestinian villagers.At the same time, Netanyahu repeatedly endorsed the construction of settlements approved by the government, which are considered illegal under international law.“Calls to grab land illegally and actions of grabbing land illegally, are unacceptable to me. They undermine law and order in Judea and Samaria [West Bank] and must stop immediately,” he said at a cabinet meeting on Sunday.“Not only will we not back such actions, our government will take strong action against them.“These calls and actions do not strengthen settlement – on the contrary, they hurt it. I say this as someone who doubled settlement in Judea and Samaria despite great and unprecedented international pressure to carry out withdrawals that I have n...

Greece’s conservatives set for a second term

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:29:19 GMT

ATHENS — Greece’s conservatives won big on Sunday’s parliamentary elections, securing an outright majority. Far-right parties also made gains, while the left struggled, giving Greece’s parliament its most rightward slant since the restoration of democracy in 1974.The New Democracy party of Kyriakos Mitsotakis managed to widen its double-digit lead over its main rival, the left-wing Syriza party, and secured 158 seats in the country’s 300-seat parliament, under the new electoral system which awards the winning party 50 bonus seats.“Our goals are high and must be high in a second term that can transform Greece with dynamic growth rates that will raise wages and reduce inequalities,” Mitsotakis said in his first message from his party’s headquarters.“People gave us a safe majority. The major reforms will therefore proceed with speed as this is the choice of the Greek people and I will honor it in full.”Sunday’s elections were the second held in the country...

Police identify 2 teens found fatally shot in Braintree

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:29:19 GMT

Police have identified the 16-year-old and 19-year-old who were found fatally shot in Braintree early Sunday morning. Officers responding to a reported shooting in the area of 10 Alfred Road around 1:30 a.m. found Jahzier Porter, 16, of Braintree, and Jayden Santos-Andrade, 19, suffering from gunshot wounds in a parked car, according to police.A third person was also in the car but they were unharmed. Both Porter and Santos-Andrade were pronounced dead at South Shore Hospital.Braintree police said there is no ongoing threat to the public, and the incident is under investigation.This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

Robert slugs 2 home runs to power the White Sox to a 4-1 win over Red Sox

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:29:19 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Luis Robert Jr. had two home runs among his three hits to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 4-1 win over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday.Andrew Benintendi added two hits and Robert homered for the second straight game, raising his season total to 21, as the White Sox won their first series in four attempts. Chicago had lost nine of its last 13 games.“If he hits pitches in the strike zone, he’s going to do unbelievable damage and that’s what he’s done the last few days,” manager Pedro Grifol said about Robert. “He’s hunting for off-speeds up. He’s hitting fastballs. He’s not chasing as much. He’s a really damn good player. And he’s still 25 years old. He’s still learning the game. … There’s no doubt in my mind this guy’s an All-Star.”Chicago’s Jesse Scholtens (1-2) threw four scoreless innings to earn his first major league win. Keynan Middleton pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his second save.Adam Duvall had two doubles for the Red Sox, who had won seven of 10.“Unfortunatel...

Luis Robert Jr. is making an All-Star case with 2 more homers in the Chicago White Sox’s 4-1 win vs. the Boston Red Sox

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:29:19 GMT

Full rosters for the MLB All-Star Game will be announced July 2, and Chicago White Sox center fielder Luis Robert Jr. continues to make a strong case.Robert homered twice in a 4-1 victory against the Boston Red Sox in front of 26,077 on Sunday at Guaranteed Rate Field.“There’s no doubt in my mind this guy’s an All-Star,” Sox manager Pedro Grifol said. “No doubt.”Robert is tied for fourth in the majors and is second in the American League with 21 home runs.“It will be a good accomplishment but that’s not my primary goal,” Robert said through an interpreter of a possible All-Star selection. “I want to carry this team to the playoffs and hopefully to the World Series. But it would definitely be an accomplishment if I’m selected to the All-Star Game.”Robert’s two-run homer — which barely cleared the center-field wall — against Red Sox starter Kutter Crawford in the fourth gave the White Sox a 2-1 l...

Riders plunge from a derailed roller coaster in Sweden

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:29:19 GMT

STOCKHOLM  — A roller coaster train derailed in Stockholm on Sunday, sending some passengers plunging to the ground in an amusement park accident that left one dead and nine injured, police and park officials said.Witnesses described a chaotic scene at the Gröna Lund park as the front of the train appeared to jump off the tracks before coming to a stop, with one car tilted toward the ground.“The front of the train partly derailed and stopped on the track at a height of between between 20 and 25 feet,” park chief executive Jan Eriksson said. “A total of 14 people were on board, of which one person has died and several are injured.”The regional government said nine people were taken to a hospital, one of them in serious condition. Three of the injured were children, all of them with minor injuries, it said.Witness Ziba Assadi told Swedish broadcaster TV4 that she was standing just below the Jetline roller coaster when she saw the wheel assembly of one of the ca...

Red Sox promote No. 3 prospect Ceddanne Rafaela to Triple-A Worcester

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:29:19 GMT

One of Boston’s most promising prospects just got a lot closer, both literally and figuratively, to the big show.Ceddanne Rafaela found out about his promotion from Double-A Portland to Triple-A Worcester on Sunday. He’s now just one level and about 40 miles, or 45 minutes (without Mass Pike traffic) from Fenway Park.It was somewhat surprising that Rafaela even began the season in Portland, after a standout performance in 2022 led to the organization’s Minor League Defensive Player of the Year award (and Baseball America’s Red Sox Minor League Player of the Year), a spot on the 40-man roster, and his first major league spring training. Currently the organization’s No. 3 prospect, the Curaçao native broke out last season when he moved from the infield to center field and became a one-man highlight reel.Rafaela’s defense is already described as Gold Glove-caliber; Double-A manager Chad Epperson made headlines last summer when he said that the young ...

Family of Everett girl who’s in a coma after being struck by vehicle in Chelsea sues driver: ‘Devastating trauma’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:29:19 GMT

The parents of the 14-year-old Everett girl who’s in a coma after she was struck by a vehicle in a Chelsea parking lot have filed a lawsuit against the motorist accused of driving erratically and crashing into the girl.Watertown man Ceserino Borelli, 44, was arrested and charged last week after he allegedly hit 14-year-old Milena Tene while she was walking with her father through a pot shop parking lot in Chelsea.Now, Milena’s family has filed a civil lawsuit against Borelli for the alleged crash. The girl is in a medically induced coma following the incident.In the civil lawsuit, Borelli is accused of negligent driving — which is one of the criminal charges against him.“Milena Tene, a kind and ambitious 14-year-old who loves to swim and enjoys music and photography, dreams of becoming a nurse or a veterinarian. Those dreams may be in jeopardy due to Mr. Borelli’s alleged negligent driving,” Morgan & Morgan attorneys John Morgan, Dillon Brozyn...

Civil rights icon James Meredith, 90, falls at Mississippi event but has no visible injuries

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:29:19 GMT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Civil rights icon James Meredith fell outside the Mississippi Capitol on Sunday at an event marking his 90th birthday, but he suffered no visible injuries.Meredith tumbled forward onto a portable lectern as he stood to speak to about 200 people. Those around him quickly scrambled to stand him up upright and then helped him back into the wheelchair he had been using.Meredith remained at the event until it ended about 45 minutes later. An ambulance crew checked him afterward, and Meredith then left in a sport utility vehicle with friends and family.Meredith was already an Air Force veteran in 1962 when he became the first Black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi, after winning a federal court order. White mobs rioted on the Oxford campus as federal marshals protected Meredith.In 1966, Meredith set out to promote Black voting rights and to prove that a Black man could walk through Mississippi without fear. On the second day of his planned walk from...