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This Teen Was Prescribed 10 Psychiatric Drugs. She’s Not Alone.

Increasingly, anxious and depressed teens are using multiple, powerful psychiatric drugs, many of them untested in adolescents or for use in tandem.

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Whatever happened to … the pandemic-delayed wedding dreams of Patrick and Fiona?

They finally came true! He’s Malawian. She’s Dutch. They fell in love and hoped to wed but the pandemic got in the way. Here’s the story of the happy day — and the latest challenge in their lives. (Image credit:

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NASA is set to return to the moon. Here are 4 reasons to go back

NASA’s Apollo missions already sent astronauts to the moon from 1969 to 1972. But scientists say there’s still lots of good science to do there. The moon also could be an ideal stepping stone to Mars. (Image credit: John W.

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A Back-to-School Ritual Offers Me Comfort and Normalcy in a Time of Neither

My elementary-school colors were purple and green, and in the children’s department at Dillard’s, I made a gleeful discovery: jeans in violet and lime peeking out of cubbyholes lining the walls. When I stepped out of the dressing room, my

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MTV VMAs ready to host and honor some of music’s biggest acts

The MTV Video Music Awards are back Sunday with some of the biggest names in music vying for the network’s fabled Moon Person statue. (Image credit: AP)

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Antivax doctor’s license permanently revoked after court rejects appeal

Arieh Avni appealed Health Ministry’s 2021 decision to bar him from practicing, but judge upholds decision, saying, ‘We must distinguish between opinion and incitement’

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Hezbollah chief meets Hamas officials days after sit-down with Islamic Jihad leader

Meeting comes amid fears Lebanese terror group could intend to stir up trouble, with Israel and Lebanon said nearing a deal in maritime border dispute

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Huge plume of smoke as India demolishes illegal apartment blocks

Two illegally-constructed skyscrapers near New Delhi have been demolished, with thousands of kilos of explosives razing them to the ground in less than 10 seconds.

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Intense stench of smoke in Moscow amid continued forest fires

Damaged forest soil is seen after a wild fire in a nature reserve. Ivan Vysochinsky/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa An intense stench of smoke was plaguing the Russian capital Moscow on Sunday and restricting visibility, after days of forest fires in a

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