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Scientists have long suspected that exposure to nature may reduce people’s experience of pain, and now there may be research to prove it.A new study led by a team from the University of Vienna and the University of Exeter, which was published in the journal Nature Communications, revealed that nature not only relieves psychological symptoms of pain, but also affects the pain centers of the brain, as reported by SWNS.This discovery could lead to further progress in the exploration of non-pharmaceutical pain treatments, according to the researchers.COMMON PAIN MEDICATION COULD REDUCE CANCER SPREAD, STUDY FINDSIn the study, 49 healthy adults…

CNN  —  Hamas said it is prepared to release American-Israeli soldier Edan Alexander and the bodies of four dual nationals held hostage in Gaza. The militant group said it had received “a proposal” from mediators, without going into details. Qatar and Egypt have mediated indirect talks between Israel and Hamas. “The movement responded with responsibility and positivity, submitting its reply at dawn today, which included its approval to release Zionist soldier Edan Alexander, who holds American citizenship, in addition to the bodies of four others with dual nationality.” Alexander would be the first male soldier to be released from Hamas…

CNN  —  Dr. Mehmet Oz, who is President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, may have “significantly underpaid his Social Security and Medicare taxes” in recent years, according to a memo prepared by Democratic staff on the Senate Finance Committee and obtained by CNN. A spokesperson for Oz pushed back on the claim from Democrats, saying that the doctor is compliance with the law. Oz, who appeared before the committee Friday for his confirmation hearing, paid “negligible” Social Security or Medicare taxes in 2022 and no such taxes in 2023 – avoiding $440,000 in…

London CNN  —  Gold prices reached $3,000 an ounce for the first time in history Friday, boosted by demand for safe-haven assets as investors fret about President Donald Trump’s tariffs and geopolitics. Prices hit a record $3,005 before paring those gains a bit to just under $3,000. Jason Hollands, managing director at Evelyn Partners, a UK wealth manager, described the yellow metal as “the panic asset of choice” and said the latest rise in prices reflected “the extreme uncertainty facing the global trade system at the moment from the Trump administration’s erratic and aggressive approach to tariffs and corresponding retaliatory…

CNN  —  A second federal judge ruled Thursday that thousands of probationary employees laid off en masse by the Trump administration must be temporarily reinstated to their jobs. The new temporary restraining order from Senior Judge James Bredar, an Obama-appointee, covers 18 agencies and will last two weeks, as a challenge to the terminations from Democratic state attorneys general moves forward. It comes after a federal judge presiding over a separate lawsuit in California reversed mass layoffs of probationary workers, who generally have been on the job for less than a year, among a smaller list of agencies earlier Thursday,…

 A South Carolina jury awarded $700 million to the New York family of a 17-year-old girl who was kidnapped and murdered on a 2009 spring break trip to Myrtle Beach.Brittanee Drexel’s mother, Dawn Pleckan, filed a lawsuit in January 2023 that accused Raymond Moody, the man who killed her daughter; Bar Harbor Resort Inc.; and Smith Family Partners LLC of wrongful conduct that resulted in Drexel’s murder while the teen was visiting the coastal South Carolina vacation spot with her friends.The jury concluded last month that Moody caused Drexel’s family emotional distress, and the award included $200 million in actual…

CNN  —  Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has made his first appearance via video link at the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands, where he faces murder charges related to his “war on drugs.” Duterte appeared at around 2:30 p.m. local time, and was informed of the charges against him, and his rights, according to the ICC. The 79-year-old former authoritarian leader, who arrived at the Hague following his dramatic arrest in Manila earlier this week, is accused of “charges of the crime of murder as a crime against humanity,” amid his brutal, yearslong campaign, where thousands of people were…

Washington CNN  —  The pro-Trump cable channel Newsmax agreed to pay $40 million in a confidential settlement last year to end a 2020 election-related defamation lawsuit brought by voting technology company Smartmatic, according to regulatory filings recently made public. Newsmax and Smartmatic settled the case in September, on the eve of a jury trial in Delaware. But the $40 million figure was secret until Newsmax revealed the number in a public filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the network gears up for its initial public offering. The payment is less than what Smartmatic hoped to win at trial,…

CNN  —  New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Thursday that she plans to mobilize her massive base of followers to oppose what she described as an “acquiesce” by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to accept the House GOP funding bill. “I think there is a deep sense of outrage and betrayal,” Ocasio-Cortez told reporters in Leesburg, Virginia, where House Democrats are huddling for their annual policy retreat. She said she and her fellow Democrats are “texting, calling, sending carrier pigeons,” to mobilize the Democratic base against Schumer’s plan to allow the GOP funding bill to advance. And she slammed Senate…

Bill Belichick’s 23-year-old girlfriend is apparently tapped into all things in Chapel Hill.Of course, the legendary football coach joined the Tar Heels late last year to become their head coach after spending close to 50 years on NFL sidelines.The 2024 season was the first time since 1974 where Belichick was not coaching in the NFL; he interviewed for at least two jobs after he and the New England Patriots parted ways after 24 years, but he was skipped over.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson on the red carpet before Super Bowl LIX NFL…