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Michelangelo to Banksy: The controversial artworks that fell foul of the law

Michelangelo to Banksy: The controversial artworks that fell foul of the law

Getty ImagesNudes in Michelangelo’s The Last Judgment were covered up after they were found to contravene a ban on “lasciviousness” in art (Credit: Getty Images) In retrospect, Michelangelo’s fresco got off rather lightly. Not long after Volterra began preserving the modesty of figures in The Last Judgment with strategically positioned drapery, Protestant iconoclasts swept through the Low Countries in 1566 …

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Postal traffic to U.S. fell 80% after Trump administration stopped exemption on low-value parcels

Postal traffic to U.S. fell 80% after Trump administration stopped exemption on low-value parcels

Postal traffic into the United States plunged by more than 80% after the Trump administration ended a tariff exemption for low-cost imports, the United Nations postal agency said Saturday. The Universal Postal Union says it has started rolling out new measures that can help postal operators around the world calculate and collect duties, or taxes, after the U.S. eliminated the so-called “de …

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What did Voyager 2 capture in its last image before its cameras fell silent?

What did Voyager 2 capture in its last image before its cameras fell silent?

Launched in 1977, Voyager 2 was the only spacecraft to complete a ‘grand tour’ of all four outer planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Each flyby delivered unprecedented close-up images and scientific data, reshaping our understanding of the Solar System. From Jupiter’s Great Red Spot to Saturn’s rings, Uranus’s tilted axis and Neptune’s supersonic winds, the probe revealed a wealth …

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US applications for jobless benefits fell last week as layoffs remain low

US applications for jobless benefits fell last week as layoffs remain low

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans sought unemployment benefits last week as employers appear to be holding onto their workers even as the economy has slowed. Applications for unemployment benefits for the week ending Aug. 23 dropped 5,000 to 229,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Measures of the job market are being closely watched on Wall Street and by the Federal …

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Two men fell gravely ill last year; their infections link to deaths in the ’80s

Two men fell gravely ill last year; their infections link to deaths in the ’80s

Doctors soon discovered they were infected with the rare soil bacterium, which causes a disease called melioidosis. Dangerous infection Generally, melioidosis can be difficult to diagnose and tricky to treat, as it is naturally resistant to some antibiotics. It can infect people if they breathe it in or get it into open cuts. Sometimes the infection can stay localized, like …

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James Gunn just retconned Zack Snyder’s Justice League, his DCEU, and even Jason Momoa’s Aquaman and Ezra Miller’s Flash out of the DC cinematic universein one fell swoop in Peacemaker season 2 premiere

James Gunn just retconned Zack Snyder’s Justice League, his DCEU, and even Jason Momoa’s Aquaman and Ezra Miller’s Flash out of the DC cinematic universein one fell swoop in Peacemaker season 2 premiere

James Gunn even reshot some scenes from the Snyder-era of the DCEU to take out some elements and add in the Justice Gang. There’s no question about Peacemaker’s status in the DCU, as the Season 2 “previously on” makes big changes to the continuity of the series. This article contains spoilers for the Peacemaker Season 2 premiere. One of the …

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Spike Lee: Colin Kaepernick documentary “fell apart a year ago”

Spike Lee: Colin Kaepernick documentary “fell apart a year ago”

Spike Lee recently said that his documentary series on former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick will not be televised by ESPN. As Lee has since told it, the decision was not recent. “That thing fell apart a year ago,” Lee told Business Insider on Tuesday, via Drew Lerner of AwfulAnnouncing.com. “No one had ever asked me about it. I was on …

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