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Former first lady Michelle Obama's mother Marian Robinson arrives for a ceremony at the White House in 2022. Robinson, who moved with the first family to the White House when son-in-law Barack Obama was elected president, has died, according to an announcement by Michelle Obama and other family members. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption

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Hollywood's summer season is off to a slow start

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Senior leaders of the ruling BJP party hold an election campaign rally at a playground outside Itanagar, the capital of Arunachal Pradesh, in the second week of April. Voting took place in the remote northeastern Indian state on April 19. Omkar Khandekar/NPR hide caption

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Former President Donald Trump holds a press conference following the verdict in his hush-money trial at Trump Tower on May 31 in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

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The CeBit technology fair in Hanover, Germany, March 24, 1990, shows a portable fax machine that weighs 3 kilos (6.6 pounds) and can be connected to any telephone via acoustic couplers. Holger Hollemann/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Former President Donald Trump appears for his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on Thursday, before a jury of New Yorkers convicted him on 34 felony counts.
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Woodpeckers are known for banging on wood, but some individuals living in urban environments also bang on metal. Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images hide caption

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Woodpeckers aiming to make a lot of noise, switch from wood to metal

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OpenAI, the company behind generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT, announced Thursday that it had taken down influence operations tied to Russia, China and Iran. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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In a first, OpenAI removes influence operations tied to Russia, China and Israel

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