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NFL playoff picture after Week 16: Ravens close in on AFC’s top seed; NFC up for grabs

NFL playoff picture after Week 16: Ravens close in on AFC’s top seed; NFC up for grabs

The Baltimore Ravens scored their most impressive victory of the season Monday night, defeating the San Francisco 49ers 33-19. Along with making them look like worthy Super Bowl contenders, the victory puts them in a fantastic position in the AFC. At 12-3, they’re a game ahead of Miami and have a chance to clinch the top spot next week in a game against those very Dolphins.Meanwhile, the 49ers’ loss sends them to 11-4 and a three-way tie atop the NFC with the Philadelphia Eagles and Detroit Lions. The 49ers own the tiebreaker over both, but with two games to go,…
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Monica Bertagnolli, NIH’s New Leader, Wants to Broaden Participation in Medical Research

Monica Bertagnolli, NIH’s New Leader, Wants to Broaden Participation in Medical Research

When Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli moved into the director’s suite at the National Institutes of Health, she brought with her a single piece of art, a lithograph created by the granddaughter of a cancer patient she once treated. It depicts an abstract geometric female figure and the organs she lost to cancer. Its title: “We Are Not What You Have Taken: A Response to Cancer.”The image speaks to Dr. Bertagnolli, a cancer surgeon who previously led the National Cancer Institute and is a breast-cancer survivor herself.After being nominated by President Biden in the spring and winning Senate confirmation last month,…
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Golf with a purpose: How The Park dared to be different

Golf with a purpose: How The Park dared to be different

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — It’s lunchtime on a mid-November Saturday afternoon and the word of the day is eclectic. I’ve just finished my morning round at The Park with a three-putt for par on the forgiving 18th hole, and I saddle up at the cabana, the bar/small bites stand strategically located at the front of the property.A foursome that was a few holes ahead of me is heading off to their vehicles — while allowing for their anonymity, let’s just say they can be members anywhere they want to be in the golf-rich West Palm Beach/Jupiter area. Making the…
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Consejos de Francisco Martinelli para complementar la vida de oficina con un hobby rentable

Consejos de Francisco Martinelli para complementar la vida de oficina con un hobby rentable

Francisco Martinelli, reconocido abogado y apasionado ganadero, comparte su experiencia y brinda consejos sobre cómo equilibrar exitosamente una carrera profesional con un hobby como la ganadería. En una entrevista exclusiva, Martinelli revela cómo logra combinar ambas pasiones y ofrece recomendaciones para aquellos interesados en seguir un camino similar.Sus inicios en la ganadería fueron una combinación de tradición familiar y una decisión personal. Si bien no todos en su familia estaban inicialmente de acuerdo con tener una finca, la venta de una propiedad familiar cuando tenía 18 años impactó profundamente en su vida. Con su éxito profesional, Martinelli adquirió una casa…
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Israel-Hamas War Live: Latest News and Gaza Updates

Israel-Hamas War Live: Latest News and Gaza Updates

United Nations and other aid workers warned on Saturday that a new U.N. Security Council resolution calling for stepped-up aid for Gaza’s embattled civilians would fail to stop the spiraling humanitarian crisis because it did not demand a full halt to the fighting.The resolution called on the U.N. Secretary General to appoint a special coordinator for aid to Gaza and establish a mechanism to speed up aid delivery in consultation with all relevant parties.But without a cease-fire to accompany the stepped-up assistance, aid officials said they cannot address the insufficient food and fuel entering the territory, the collapse of Gaza’s…
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Bristol Myers to Acquire the Drugmaker Karuna for  Billion

Bristol Myers to Acquire the Drugmaker Karuna for $14 Billion

Bristol Myers Squibb, the global pharmaceutical giant, said on Friday that it would acquire Karuna Therapeutics, which makes drugs to treat schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s, in an all-cash deal valued at $14 billion as it looks to strengthen its pipeline of neuroscience drugs.Bristol Myers said in a statement that it would pay $330 per share in cash, a premium of roughly 53 percent to Karuna’s share price on Thursday.An increasing prevalence of schizophrenia, driven in part by an aging population, has led to a push to make more drugs to treat it. The market for such therapies is estimated to grow…
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