Starting this month, psychiatrists in Australia can prescribe MDMA for PTSD and psilocybin for severe depression. Despite this groundbreaking move, some medical experts express concerns about the lack of evidence supporting the substances' effectiveness and their potential risks.

18 private Hasidic Jewish schools, or yeshivas, in NYC were found not to be providing an adequate secular education. Yeshivas receive hundreds of millions of dollars in public funding annually but have long resisted external oversight. The investigation found that the schools focused heavily on religious education in Yiddish, with little emphasis on English, math, or other secular subjects.

The changes were put into practice by the Premier of New Brunswick, Blaine Higgs, and are effective this month. If students can’t get parental permission, they will be sent to a social worker or a psychologist to put together a plan on how to approach their parents. The policy change has been highly criticized, leading to protests, resignations, and political upheaval.

The gruesome trend, which was started by someone not affiliated with McDonald’s, typically involves someone reviewing the shake positively, then pretending to die or become zombified because of the drink’s unnatural purple color. The videos have garnered over 750 million views worldwide.