In The News: College of Liberal Arts

KSNV-TV: News 3

President Joe Biden is in town to talk to Democratic leaders and his campaign promise to lower prescription drug costs.

Las Vegas Review Journal

North Las Vegas veteran Gerald Mayes says psilocybin — hallucinogenic fungi also known as “magic mushrooms” — helped him with his post-traumatic stress disorder and alcoholism.

Las Vegas Review Journal

North Las Vegas veteran Gerald Mayes says psilocybin — hallucinogenic fungi also known as “magic mushrooms” — helped him with his post-traumatic stress disorder and alcoholism.

Today

When Emily Feret had her first child, she felt like a “supermom.” “I had an easy pregnancy and birth, my baby slept well and my mental health was in a great place,” Feret of Oak Lawn, Illinois, tells TODAY.com. Eighteen months later, Feret got pregnant again. After giving birth during the height of COVID, life took a turn.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

Getting the proper amount of sleep can be a struggle, especially in a city like Las Vegas that operates 24 hours and workers have unusual shifts. A UNLV Assistant Professor of Psychology discusses the importance of sleep rhythms, how to associate your bed with rest instead of frustration, and when to seek medical or clinical help.

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

Las Vegas visitors are spending more money gambling, according to a study released Tuesday. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority's annual "visitor profile" report showed that visiting gamblers had a gaming budget of just over $761 in 2022.

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

"Magic mushrooms" may become available here in Nevada if a newly-proposed bill passes in the state legislature.

New York Times

A substantial share of fathers who took on more domestic work during lockdowns have kept it up, new data shows, and rearranged their work lives to do so.

Voice of America

Amid ongoing tensions between China and Taiwan, people here in Taipei may at times strike outsiders as blasé about the threat of Chinese attack.

Parents

Imagine this scenario: you're making dinner one night and your 4-year-old, who has just finished putting together a puzzle with their older sibling, looks up and asks, "Where do babies come from?"

Japan Times

Outgoing Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has softened his rhetoric over issues related to Taiwan, avoiding further backlash from the self-governed island while trying to thaw frozen cross-strait relations.

Healthline

Depression may increase your risk of stroke and, if you have a stroke, it may slow your recovery. People who had symptoms of depression had a 46% greater chance of suffering a stroke than those who had no such symptoms, according to a study led by Robert Murphy, a PhD student at the University of Galway in Ireland, that was published today in the journal Neurology.