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Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons Files Notice of Data Breach Affecting an Unknown Number of Patient SSNs
On December 12, 2023, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons, P.A. (“CTVS”) filed a notice of data breach with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights after discovering that information on the company’s computer network was subject to unauthorized access. In this notice, CTVS explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized…
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Israel-Hamas War: Israeli Military Admits Fault in 2 Deadly Strikes in Central Gaza
Gazan health authorities said dozens of civilians were killed in the strikes on Sunday. The Israeli military said it regretted the harm “to uninvolved individuals.”
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How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7
A Times investigation uncovered new details showing a pattern of rape, mutilation and extreme brutality against women in the attacks on Israel.
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Russia Retakes Some Land Hard Won by Ukraine During Counteroffensive
Russia’s recent progress around the southern village of Robotyne is a sobering development for Ukraine amid dwindling Western military aid.
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In Burkina Faso, Criticizing the Army Could Get You Drafted
The military junta in Burkina Faso, a West African nation struggling to defeat extremist groups, has been forcibly conscripting critics, say human rights organizations.
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Death of Lee Sun-kyun of ‘Parasite’ Highlights South Korea’s Drug Crackdown
The actor, Lee Sun-kyun, had been questioned on suspicion of drug use in a country that has long drawn a hard line against anything other than total abstinence.
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How 1993 — and Two Watershed Shows — Help Make Sense of 2023
A blue-chip gallery asks, does the infamous Whitney Biennial or “The Theater of Refusal” measure up 30 years later, when artists of color have moved to the mainstream?
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William Blake’s Prints Tapped the Power of a Wild Mind
A crackling collection of experimental prints by William Blake resurrects the English poet-painter in all his radical frenzy, and foretells the limits of political art.
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Botticelli Beyond the Renaissance
Viewers gravitate to his astonishingly tender paintings, but at the Legion of Honor, his preparatory drawings offer a view of a gifted master of line.
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We Loved You Best: Tom Smothers (1937-2023)
In 1967 BC (Before Cable), Sunday night was must-see TV. If you were a kid, you watched Disney’s “Wonderful World of Color” on NBC, followed a half hour later by ratings juggernaut “Bonanza,” the “Yellowstone” of its day. Over on CBS, “The Ed Sullivan Show,” TV’s longest-running variety show, was definitely old school, although it…