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A photo taken on October 4, 2023 in Manta, near Turin, shows a smartphone and a laptop displaying the logos of the artificial intelligence OpenAI research laboratory and ChatGPT robot.

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Technology

OpenAI is rolling out a web search feature for ChatGPT

The function can be used manually or automatically. It is available now for certain users, and will be accessible for other users on a rolling basis.
Boeing workers gather on a picket line near the entrance to a Boeing facility during an ongoing strike in Seattle, Wash. About 33,000 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751 have been on strike for nearly seven weeks.

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Business

Boeing’s striking machinists union will vote Monday on a new contract offer

Boeing’s machinists union leaders are endorsing the company’s latest contract offer, setting the stage for a vote on Monday that could end the seven week-long strike.

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Sheer Mag: Tiny Desk Concert

The Philly band, a force for good in rock and roll, runs through a career-spanning set with a little help from some bagpipes.
Raneem Hijazi holds her baby, Mariam, on her lap in her wheelchair, as Hijazi's mother-in-law, Soha Sakallah (standing), helps her.

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A year since Oct. 7

A mother and baby from Gaza are reunited 11 months after being separated at birth

After an Israeli airstrike left mom-to-be Raneem Hizaji badly injured, doctors performed an emergency C-section. It took nearly a year for mom and baby to be reunited.

A year in the life of a mom and baby from Gaza

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This combination of file photos shows Vice President Harris speaking during a campaign rally in Kalamazoo, Mich., on Oct. 26, and former President Donald Trump during a rally Oct. 22 in Greensboro, N.C.

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Politics

Harris and Trump bring their closing arguments to 2 key Southwest swing states

With five days left until Election Day, the candidates made a last-minute pitch to Latino voters in Arizona and Nevada — talking about border security, one of the biggest issues for the campaign.
People wait in line to cast their votes during in New York on October 26, 2024. Online, social media users are floating unverified and false claims about voting that can quickly go viral.

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Untangling Disinformation

Crowdsourced voting fraud claims could become grist for Republican lawsuits

One hub for rumors and conspiracies about voting is X, the social media site once known as Twitter. There, users are floating unverified and false claims about voting that can quickly go viral.

ELECTION CONSPIRACY THEORY NARRATIVES

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In his new play The Other Americans, John Leguizamo is Nelson Castro, owner of a chain of laundromats in Queens, New York.

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Culture

John Leguizamo's parents knew the 'American dream hustle.' That informed his new play

In his new play The Other Americans, John Leguizamo stars as a Colombian American laundromat owner whose son is released from a mental wellness facility after suffering a trauma. The play's world premiere is at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C.

John Leguizamo's The Other Americans

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English lead singer, guitarist, primary songwriter, and only continuous member of the rock band the Cure Robert James Smith performs on stage during a concert a the Royal Arena in Oerestad in Copenhagen, on October 14, 2022. (Photo by Ida Marie Odgaard / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT (Photo by IDA MARIE ODGAARD/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images)

English lead singer, guitarist, primary songwriter, and only continuous member of the rock band the Cure Robert James Smith performs on stage during a concert a the Royal Arena in Oerestad in Copenhagen, on October 14, 2022. (Photo by Ida Marie Odgaard / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT (Photo by IDA MARIE ODGAARD/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images) Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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‘How it will end is how it will end,’ but The Cure isn’t over, yet

The Cure's first album in 16 years, Songs of a Lost World, is thematically dark, but sonically rich and inviting. Still, though, Robert Smith says there's so much more to come.

THE CURE'S SONGS OF A LOST WORLD

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People look at a board in Kinshasa on October 30, 1974 announcing the fight between US boxing heavyweight champions, Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Clay) and George Foreman.

People look at a board in Kinshasa on October 30, 1974 announcing the fight between US boxing heavyweight champions, Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Clay) and George Foreman. On October 30, 1974 Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in a clash of titans known as the "Rumble in the Jungle", watched by 60 000 people in the stadium in Kinshasa and millions elsewhere -/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Sports

50 years on, D.R. Congo commemorates boxing's 'Rumble in the Jungle'

The historic fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman is still revered as a cherished moment in the central African country's troubled history and has spurred an enduring love of boxing.

RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE

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Rosy-faced lovebirds (Agapornis roseicollis) are small parrots that are common and colorful household pets. Parrots such as these use unique yellow and red pigments whose expression researchers now show can be modulated through the action of a single enzyme.

Rosy-faced lovebirds (Agapornis roseicollis) are small parrots that are common and colorful household pets. Parrots such as these use unique yellow and red pigments whose expression researchers now show can be modulated through the action of a single enzyme.

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Science

How parrot plumage gets its dazzling reds and yellows

Parrots are unique among birds in how they produce the pigmentation that makes their vibrant feathering. It turns out a single enzyme calibrates the reds and yellows of a parrot’s brilliance.

How the parrot got its colors

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Shaun Flores, Sarah Jaley, Michael — a teacher who requested NPR not share his last name for medical privacy, and Elizabeth Vossen talk about how OCD impacts their lives.

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Health

This is what it’s really like to have OCD, according to 4 people living with it

OCD is often misunderstood. Here’s what it’s like, from people who live with it.

During OCD Awareness Month, a look at different forms of OCD

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Staff and students unveiled the Claudene Wilson Learning Center’s new sign in August, surprising their longtime custodian with the recognition.

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This custodian is the ‘lifeblood’ of her elementary school. So they named it after her

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The 30-year employee, who also at times drove the bus, mowed the school lawn and helped in the office, doesn’t like to be the center of attention. But her name now sprawls across the newly dubbed “Claudene Wilson Learning Center.”
Keri Russell and Rufus Sewell as Kate and Hal Wyler.

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TV Reviews

Keri Russell returns as 'The Diplomat,' which is just as savvy in Season 2

Netflix’s The Diplomat rides a compelling line between serving up hefty slices of political and emotional drama.

Review: The Diplomat

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