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During a routine inspection of the Cincinnati Art Museum’s cherished Paul Cézanne work titled Still Life with Bread and Eggs, chief conservator Serena Urry noticed something “odd.” What she found lying beneath the surface is a secret that has remained hidden for almost 160 years. No work is safe from time, and for this still life piece from 1865, cracking in the paint is expected. However, Urry noticed that these cracks were concentrated in two particular areas, instead of spread throughout the canvas. And, underneath those cracks, starkly contrasting against the painting’s dark color palette, lay glimmers of bright white....

We can thank Watergate and the fall of Richard Nixon for numerous words and quotes that continue to shape public understanding of political scandals. There’s “hush money” and “Deep Throat,” a “modified limited hangout” and “Follow the money.” But half a century later, two other Watergate phrases are key to comprehending the FBI’s sordid role in suppressing The Post’s initial coverage of Hunter Biden’s laptop. The first is, “What did the president know and when did he know it?” In a 1973 Watergate hearing, the question about the president’s knowledge was asked by Sen. Howard Baker to White House counsel...

A weekly dose of dupilumab, a monoclonal antibody, led to a reduction of symptoms and tissue improvement in young adults and adolescents with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), according to a new study. The study analyzed data from two phase 3 clinical trials. EoE is a chronic food allergy that affects the esophagus, the tube that connects the mouth to the stomach. Triggered by certain foods, the disease occurs when eosinophils, a type of white blood cell, accumulate in the esophagus causing pain and injury. Current treatments for EoE involve food elimination diets, proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs), swallowed topical glucocorticoids, and, in some...

The Internal Revenue Service on Friday said that it is delaying by one year a new tax reporting requirement targeting Americans who made more than $600 online through third-party payment apps like Venmo or PayPal. "The IRS and Treasury heard a number of concerns regarding the timeline of implementation of these changes under the American Rescue Plan," said Doug O'Donnell, the acting IRS commissioner. "To help smooth the transition and ensure clarity for taxpayers, tax professionals and industry, the IRS will delay implementation of the 1099-K changes." This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

An ABC producer used her credentials to create fake hit pieces on local politicians in Florida while pocketing thousands from a political lobbying firm, a report said. Freelance producer Kristen Hentschel — who mostly worked for “Good Morning America” — was paid at least $14,350 by Alabama-based political consulting firm Matrix LLC to sandbag the environmentally friendly politicians with bogus questions, according to a report released Wednesday by NPR and Floodlight, an “environmental news collaborative.” Hentschel claimed to be working for ABC while filming the hit piece. The company said she had not been assigned to the story. “Kristen Hentschel...

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has limited systemic therapy options when discovered at an advanced stage. Thus, there is a need for accessible and minimally invasive biomarkers of response to guide the selection of patients for treatment. Researchers investigated the biomarker value of plasma growth hormone (GH) level as a potential biomarker to predict outcome in unresectable HCC patients treated with current standard therapy, atezolizumab plus bevacizumab (Atezo/Bev). "The present study was designed to investigate the association between GH levels and overall survivals (OS) and progression free survival (PFS) in HCC patients treated with current standard, atezolizumab plus bevacizumab," the researchers explain....

Food delivery riders work round the clock to pick up dozens of orders in a day. For this rider, he was pleasantly surprised when an order he took turned out to be from his girlfriend. Taking to TikTok on Thursday (Dec 22), Kha1zuran shared what went down after accepting the order on GrabFood. "I was laughing as soon as I saw the block and unit number," he said in the accompanying caption. Picking up the order, the delivery rider was all ready to head to his destination on a motorbike. "Girlfriend, wait for me," Kha1zuran quipped in the 30-second video....

Merck & Co Inc's Covid-19 antiviral molnupiravir speeds up recovery but does not reduce the hospitalisation or death rate in higher-risk vaccinated adults, detailed data from a large study showed on Thursday (Dec 22). The drug, which prevents the virus from replicating, generated nearly US$5 billion (S$6.76 billion) in sales for the US drugmaker in the first three quarters of 2022. Preliminary data from the study, carried out in the winter of 2021-2022 when the Omicron variant was dominant, was unveiled in October. As a result, doctors are already considering limiting molnupiravir's use, for instance, in Australia.

A “decrepit” Chihuahua named Lord Herald has gone viral after the adoption shelter posted a brutally honest description of the dog, mocking him with the moniker of “world’s most adoptable” pup. But their tongue-in-cheek message might have turned the joke into reality. “It was pure sarcasm that he’s the most adoptable, but with all the comments he probably is,” Kelly Dietrich, co-founder of the national nonprofit One More Dog Rescue, told Kennedy News.

Congressional Republicans think lining Zelenskyy’s army-green pockets with more U.S. tax dollars is a greater need than tackling any number of ongoing crises roiling the country right now.A picture, they say, is worth a thousand words. But there are only a few profane words to describe the obscene scene as the two women closest in line for the presidency hoisted the Ukrainian flag from the dias of the House of Representatives while swooning over Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Congress cheered on December 21. (This appears to be the first time in history the flag of another nation essentially flew...

Nearly 37 million people may have contracted COVID-19 in China on a single day, making the country’s viral outbreak the world’s largest. Minutes from an internal meeting of the National Health Commission revealed that as many as 248 million people — nearly 18% of China’s population — came down with the virus in the first 20 days of December, with a surge that began in Beijing spreading to rural regions, Bloomberg News reported. Some 37 million may have been infected on Dec. 20. It is unclear how Chinese health officials arrived at the estimate; the country’s network of PCR testing...

Guggenheim's Scott Minerd made frequent media appearances and commentary on markets ... Guggenheim managing partner and global CIO Scott Minerd has passed away unexpectedly, the financial services company announced Thursday. Minerd died Wednesday afternoon from a heart attack during a regular workout routine, the company said. He was 63 years old. ... Minerd enjoyed notoriety outside his company through media appearances and commentary on market forces for news outlets, including FOX Business Network.

On Dec. 23, hundreds will gather to hear from two dozen “distinguished scholars and presenters” from the Muslim world — who are actually radical Islamists — as part of the 2022 “Reviving the Islamic Spirit” conference at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The annual Islamic conference has become one of North America’s largest Islamic gatherings and the largest Islamic conference in Canada. According to Sam Westrop, director of Islamist Watch (a project of Middle East Forum), two-thirds of the 24 listed speakers have a history of promoting extremism. “The Toronto conference contains an impressive array of radicals from a variety...

RUMBLE: 'VOTE NO!': Trump Unloads on 'Unacceptable' Spending Bill, 'Crammed With Left-Wing Disasters'Former President Donald Trump unloaded on the 4,500+ page, $1.7 trillion dollar spending bill currently making its way through Congress; he says “It’s crammed with left-wing disasters, Washington betrayals, and special interest sellouts all designed to keep the corruption going.”Trump shared the message on TRUTH Social, saying “every single Republican should vote no,” on the bill.“It’s a disaster for our country and a disaster for the Republican Party,” says Trump.Watch the message above.

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Rising Tennessee rapper Big Scarr, who was signed to Gucci Mane’s label 1017 Records, has died at age 22 of undisclosed causes. The wordsmith’s passing was confirmed by Mane in a Thursday Instagram post. “This hurt — I’m a miss you @bigscarr,” the “Poppin” singer wrote in the tribute, along with a photo gallery of the late lyricist. As of yet, Big Scarr’s cause and time of death have yet to be revealed, HipHopDx reported. Born Alexander Woods in Memphis, Tennessee on April 7, 2000, Scarr takes his name from injuries he suffered during a car crash at age 16....

The Washington state Department of Health’s climate curriculum instructs teachers to focus on “emotions” over “rational thinking,” according to curriculum lesson plans.The Washington state Department of Health released a five part curriculum to help students learn the “intersections of biological, societal, and environmental issues.” The second phase of the curriculum, “Climate Change & Pregnancy,” tells educators and students to “pay attention” to their emotions as “for too long” science has caused “rational thinking” to be prioritized.“As teachers and students consider the impacts of climate change, we should be mindful of the emotional dimensions of the human experience,” the curriculum stated....

As it turns out, not freezing to death and not murdering the economy is actually more important than meeting “climate goals.” This is weird…. After “leading the way” for the climate communists, Germany now faces a freezing winter and ballooning energy crises — they’re at the precipice of an economic meltdown, so they’re bringing back their coal. See what Bloomberg had to say: Germany is set to boost its reliance on coal as it battles an unprecedented energy crisis — even at the expense of its ambitious climate goals. …coal is making a comeback as countries seek to prevent soaring...

For more than half-a-century, Uncle Sam has been giving banks the legal tools to snoop into the otherwise-private affairs of their customers. Now, they are monitoring the exercise of their Second Amendment rights. Thanks to a recent move by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO, headquartered in Switzerland), U.S. banks are starting to build databases on their customers’ purchases of firearms and ammunition. And, of course, they are ready and quite willing to share that information with federal law enforcement in the name of providing a public service to identify “mass shooters.”This invasion of privacy began in earnest with enactment...

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