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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Manhattan Federal Court after his first court appearance in New York. Federal prosecutors have charged him with criminal fraud.

2022 was the year crypto came crashing down to Earth

For the world of crypto, 2022 started with exuberance and ended with its unofficial spokesman in handcuffs.

A D.C. resident has an operation growing psilocybin mushrooms. Brain researchers are increasingly studying psychedelic compounds like psilocybin and LSD as potential treatments for anxiety, depression and other disorders.

Psychedelic drugs may launch a new era in psychiatric treatment, brain scientists say

Psychedelic drugs were a hot topic at this year's Society for Neuroscience meeting. Researchers hope the drugs can help people with disorders like depression and PTSD.

The forecasted rain total for San Diego County from the upcoming storm as issued by the National Weather Service, Dec. 26, 2022.

California to flip from warm and dry to rainy and snowy

In Southern California, forecasters say skies will become overcast ahead of the approaching storm, followed by rain Tuesday into Wednesday. Chances of rain will continue the rest of the week.

A patient receives a bivalent Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Kaiser Permanente Otay Mesa Medical Offices. Nov. 4, 2022.

San Diego County's COVID hospitalizations continue to rise

County public health officials are urging residents to get vaccinated for the holidays and take caution during indoor gatherings, including masking, washing hands often, staying home when sick and home testing.

Kala Smith of Buffalo, N.Y., heads for a food store Monday on Main Street, not far from where she lives, after a massive snowstorm blanketed the city.

At least 50 people have died across the U.S. in 'once-in-a-generation storm'

More than half the deaths occurred in western New York, which struggled with super-size snow drifts that snarled emergency vehicles. Buffalo's responders rescued hundreds trapped in cars.

Residents shovel snow off a sidewalk in Kanazawa, Ishikawa prefecture, central Japan, on Dec. 24, 2022.

Heavy snow in Japan leaves at least 17 dead and dozens injured

Heavy snow in large swaths of Japan has killed 17 and injured more than 90 people and left hundreds of homes without power, disaster management officials said Monday.

A COVID-19 testing site at San Diego State University. Jan. 15, 2021.

Doctor shares tips to keep safe this holiday from respiratory diseases

Right after the holidays is when San Diego County has seen its largest spikes in COVID-19 and the flu.

Travelers, some wearing masks, wait in long lines to check luggage before going through airport security on their way out of San Diego, Calif. Dec. 23, 2022.

County health officials remind San Diegans to be COVID safe over the holidays

A total of 4,764 COVID-19 cases and 18 deaths were reported in the past week.

In some hospitals, like this one in Chongqing, one of China's largest cities, patients are lying on gurneys in the lobby because beds have run out.

Fears of a 'dark COVID winter' in rural China grow as the holiday rush begins

Health officials are concerned that people traveling home to their villages for the Lunar New Year could turn celebrations into superspreader events, catching ill-prepared rural systems off guard.

Ivonne Sonato-Vega says expanding child tax credits would help families like hers. In this undated image, she and her children have breakfast in their home in Santa Rosa.

$24 billion projected budget deficit may test California’s resolve to grow safety net amid recession

Advocates warn now is not the time to cut programs that help the poor. The state has reserves to weather a tough year but a recession could deepen the deficit.

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