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Documentarian Tim Gray has found AI useful in filling in the visual gaps in his World War II films, and Rhode Island courts are using facial recognition and AI to monitor people, raising civil liberties concerns about how the data collected is being used.—
Kathleen Hill,
The Providence Journal,
11 Apr. 2026 -
Tampa Bay is 0-4 in the four starts made by pitchers filling in for the rotation.—
John Romano,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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Inspired by the French, the fragrance was distilled in all the elements informing the perfume, from its name to the juice, which was created by Nadège le Garlantezec blending the likes of pink peppercorn and amirys essence, alongside Ylang Ylang, jasmine extract and vanilla absolute.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
20 Apr. 2026
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The Maplewood building, which is owned by Ramsey County, houses an average of 17 families and has drawn some 494 volunteers this year alone, accounting for nearly 3,000 hours of service, according to Catholic Charities, which began informing longtime volunteers of the situation last week by email.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
19 Apr. 2026
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Reports indicate that Sony has already started notifying players.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Apr. 2026
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The overnight captain, who is responsible for responding to incidents and notifying higher-ranking officers, never came to the hospital to check on him, according to the lawsuit.—
Ben Wheeler
April 16,
Kansas City Star,
16 Apr. 2026
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McCarty walked into the room, fresh off a call briefing him on the incident.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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Israeli officials were simultaneously briefing reporters that the attack had been conducted with US coordination and consent.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
19 Mar. 2026
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Audio of the exchange captures the controller urgently instructing the smaller aircraft, identified as Skylab 25, to stop before directing the UPS jet to go around.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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LeVota also retroactively implemented a cap on commercial property values by instructing county staff to manually adjust the 2025 assessments of more than 6,200 spaces.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
15 Apr. 2026
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What Sam Hoffman built there became the city of Thornton — and a free public exhibit is now telling that story for the first time in a generation.—
Anna Alejo,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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But the sharper books are telling a slightly different story.—
Geoff Clark OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Keeping up (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keeping%20up%20%28with%29. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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