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CROSSWORD - JUNE 16, 2023

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SUDOKU - JUNE 16, 2023

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CROSSWORD - JUNE 16, 2023

The Week

SUDOKU - JUNE 16, 2023

The Week

CROSSWORD - JUNE 16, 2023

This week's question: The federal government is giving away 10 free lighthouses it no longer needs, since GPS now helps keep ships from running aground. What would you call a lighthouse bed and breakfast?

The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Thursday that Alabama's gerrymandered congressional map violated the Voting Rights Act by depriving Black voters of adequate opportunity to select House members to represent them. Alabama's Republican-controlled Legislature drew new congressional maps in 2021 that left only one of the state's seven districts majority-Black, even though Black voters make up about 27% of Alabama's electorate.

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Last month, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy released an advisory sounding the alarm about an epidemic of loneliness causing a potential health crisis. Some people see possible solutions in the expanding world of generative AI chatbots, but experts argue it could cause more harm than good. 

An unexpected consequence of climate change known as upper atmospheric cooling has finally been confirmed by satellite sensors. While proving the accuracy of our previous climate models, the phenomenon has experts "very worried," according to Yale Environment 360.

How'd they do this? We'll show you. Thirty years ago, Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" hit theaters, dazzling audiences and becoming the highest-grossing film ever made up to that point. On top of spawning a lucrative franchise, it helped revolutionize visual effects in Hollywood with the use of computer-generated imagery to create realistic dinosaurs that left viewers just as in awe as the characters. 

Much of the northeastern U.S. is under strict air quality warnings as wildfire smoke from Canada blankets the region. Canada could potentially have its worst-ever wildfire season as the country got an unusually early start, per Reuters. Currently, over 150 wildfires are burning in Quebec alone, according to NASA, and a storm system off the coast of Nova Scotia is spreading the smoke into the Northeast. 

A shockwave was sent through the sports world when it was announced that two of golf's biggest archrivals, the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, will merge. The unifier marks a complete turnaround for the PGA, which had previously sworn off business transactions with LIV. 

The FBI on Thursday arrested Nate Paul, a real estate developer in Austin who is at the center of suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's legal and political troubles. Paxton was impeached by the Republican-led House in May, and most of the 20 articles center on allegations Paxton corruptly used his office to aide Paul, a major donor. Paul, 36, was booked in a Travis County jail Thursday afternoon on a federal warrant for unspecified felony charges.

A federal grand jury in Miami indicted former President Donald Trump on Thursday, Trump and his lawyers announced, handing up seven charges related to Trump's retention of classified documents after leaving office and alleged efforts to hinder their return to the National Archives. "The indictment carries unmistakably grave legal consequences, including the possibility of prison if Trump's convicted," The Associated Press reported.