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Certain medications used to treat ADHD in teens and young adults may be more likely to cause symptoms such as paranoia, hallucinations, delusions and hearing voices, a new study suggests.

Brazil’s former president Michel Temer been arrested on Thursday as part of the sweeping and years-running 'Operation Car Wash' anti-corruption probe, regional media reports say, after the predecessor to Jair Bolsonaro left office on January 1. Temer has reportedly been sought by police, who reportedly have been trying to trace him since he left office.

In a strange study that was recently published in The Journal of Neuroscience, 40 alligators were given ketamine and set up with headphones in order to gather information about what a dinosaur’s hearing could have been like. Alligators were chosen because they are an ancestor of the dinosaurs and have very similar DNA.

Israel’s three largest banks — Hapoalim Bank, Leumi Bank and Mizrahi Tefahot Bank — have all been ordered to pay record fines, which collectively are set to total over $1 billion, to the U.S. government after the banks were found to have actively colluded with thousands of wealthy Americans in massive tax-evasion schemes.

On Wednesday, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the “first tranche” in a number of moves to restrict the rights of New Zealand citizens to protect themselves with firearms. This move was in direct response to the horrific murders that unfolded on March 15. Coincidentally, this is the exact move the terrorist suspected of carrying out these attacks had hoped for and predicted.

Facebook said Thursday that an internal security review found the passwords of hundreds of millions of users had been stored on company servers without encryption, but that no passwords were leaked and the company has found no indication the sensitive data was improperly accessed.

There is of course a big difference. While the murderer in New Zealand, Brenton Harrison Tarrant, visited fascist groups in many countries including Turkey,  he was not part of a larger organization or even a terrorist state. There is no evidence so far that he had any big sponsors.

In the wake of last week’s terror attacks at two New Zealand mosques which left 50 dead, several websites which either reported on the incident, hosted footage of the attacks, or have simply allowed people to engage in uncensored discussion such as Dissenter or Zero Hedge, have been partially or completely blocked in both New Zealand and Australia for the sake of “protecting consumers,” according to the CEOs of three New Zealand telcos.

For those of you that still hold onto to the idea that America will never follow in China's, Big Brother footsteps, I give you this disturbing story. A recent CNet article revealed how the Washington County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) in Oregon uses Amazon's Rekognition software to identify shoplifters.

Two days after Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido's "government-in-waiting" forcibly took possession of three diplomatic facilities in the United States with the blessing of Washington, and following what many observers speculate are a series of US aggressive maneuvers paving the way for military intervention, Maduro's security forces have begun arresting members of Guaido's staff.

Tension between South Beach spring breakers and older, whiter, richer, and stodgier residents has been leading up to this moment for years. But yesterday's revelation was still shocking. Miami Beach officials announced that for the rest of spring break, 25-member teams of police in riot gear will patrol Ocean Drive and the beaches.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a ban on military style semi-automatics and assault rifles in NZ.

Beto O’Rourke denied on Tuesday that donations from supporters of Israel had influenced his approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and denounced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in stark terms, saying that Israel’s leader had “openly sided with racists.”

Gregory Longenecker had a date with his long-term girlfriend he wouldn’t make.

After nearly three years and millions of tax dollars, the Trump-Russia collusion probe is about to be resolved. Emerging in its place is newly unearthed evidence suggesting another foreign effort to influence the 2016 election — this time, in favor of the Democrats.

Tension between South Beach spring breakers and older, whiter, richer, and stodgier residents has been leading up to this moment for years.

Western regime change efforts have intensified ahead of upcoming elections in Thailand. Opposition groups attempting to take power and remove Thailand’s powerful, independent military from Thai politics have received extensive, well-documented funding and political support from Washington, London, Brussels, and Western corporate foundations, including the most notorious of all – George Soros’ Open Society Foundation (OSF).

Six of the victims died at the scene, two others at a hospital, according to police. Students at the school range in age from 11 to 18, officials said. Suzano police confirmed to CNN that the two attackers killed themselves. The shooters arrived at the school during the lunch break, police said.