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To assist journalists in writing their stories, Google is developing a tool that uses artificial intelligence technology. The company pitched the product to executives from news organizations including The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal owner, News Corp, per a report from the Times. 

Rising murder rates have been a central issue in American politics in recent years. That could be changing. The New York Times reported that a new survey of 30 U.S. cities shows a "nearly 10% drop in homicides" so far this year. Violent crime is still higher than it was before the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020, but crime experts are cautiously optimistic. "I would call the result heartening," said Richard Rosenfeld of the University of Missouri-St. Louis. But he added that "we have a ways to go." 

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Great American pop and jazz vocalist Tony Bennett died Friday at the age of 96, his publicist confirmed to The Associated Press. Bennett was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2016 but continued performing until 2021, and leaves behind a legendary career spanning over seven decades. 

CROSSWORD - JULY 28, 2023

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CROSSWORD - JULY 28, 2023

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SUDOKU - JULY 28, 2023

The Week

CROSSWORD - JULY 28, 2023

This week's question: "Meeting creep" is locking workers into endless, prolonged video conferences with bosses and colleagues that crowd out actual work. In seven words or fewer, come up with a message for a pop-up screen warning everyone that their remote meeting is taking too long.

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If there's a recurring theme to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's year of embattled leadership so far, it's that for as much as the California Republican occupies one of the most powerful political positions on Earth, he serves less as a conservative lodestar directing the course of his majority caucus, and more as a perpetually harried traffic cop, forced to cede more and more authority to whomever he believes can help him keep his tentative grip on the speaker's gavel the longest. From bargaining... Читать дальше...

The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup kicked off on July 20 in Australia and New Zealand, as the quadrennial journey to crown the top women's soccer team begins again.