By the time Jon Kostas was 25, he was desperate to beat his alcohol addiction. He had started drinking at age 13 and had cycled through different treatments—going to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, taking pharmaceutical medications, and trying in-patient rehab—but nothing worked. Ever since 2015, however, when he took part in a clinical trial that combined talk therapy and psilocybin—the psychedelic active ingredient in magic mushrooms—Kostas has quit drinking. “I’m forever grateful and indebted,” he says.

The parents of Columbine killers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold have often been portrayed as disengaged from the lives of their sons and unaware of the dark paths lying ahead. But 936 pages of evidence taken from the killers’ homes and cars were released by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s office on Thursday, and a notebook kept by Eric’s father, Wayne, details a parent’s involvement in his child’s downward spiral. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 12 students and a teacher at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, on April 20, 1999.

Alex Trebek Named Two People As Potential Replacements to Host 'Jeopardy!'By Joseph AllenUpdated Aug. 31 2021, 12:53 p.m. ET Source: Getty ImagesThe attempts to replace Alex Trebek as permanent host of Jeopardy! have not gone super well thus far. Mike Richards, a former executive producer on the show, was named the new host, but ultimately stepped down from the role just days after he was announced after allegations about his past behavior towards women were made public.

Most people do not appreciate what they have until they lose them. It might be because they are too focused on what they want or just can’t be content with what they have. Always looking over the horizon for more possessions and even more opportunities. When you value what you have when you have it, you develop a heart of gratitude which keeps you calm and helps you become patient for more than life has to offer.

As former Vice President Joe Biden prepares to take the Democratic debate stage on Wednesday, the pressure is on the front runner for the party’s 2020 nomination for the presidency — especially after the June debate, after which he admitted he was unprepared for fellow candidate Sen. Kamala Harris to call him out on his past positions on busing. But for at least one veteran political reporter, that moment is just part of a decades-long history that goes all the way back to the first time Biden made an official run for the White House — and to the scandal that ended that campaign.