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Turkish security forces detained the perpetrator of an attack on the Good Party (IP) headquarters in Istanbul, as part of an ongoing investigation on Friday, Interior Minister Sleyman Soylu said.

A bullet hit the window of the cafeteria section of the IP's office in the Zeytinburnu district.

While police teams cordoned off the area around the spot, crime scene investigation teams initiated their work.

Soylu made the announcement as he responded to claims that the perpetrator would not be caught by police.

"Our duty is to nab perpetrators. Put your trust in your police and state. You'll feel ashamed otherwise," he said.

According to the Istanbul Governor's Office, the incident was reported by IP officials at 11 a.m. on Friday.

It was condemned widely by politicians in Trkiye.

Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairperson Kemal Kldarolu called for those responsible to be found and tried immediately.

Following the attack, IP leader Meral Akener visited the Istanbul office and held a news conference.

mer elik, the spokesperson for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) also condemned the attack and said, "We send our best wishes to the Good Party. We oppose harassment and attacks against political institutions in every form."

"It is important for the political establishment to take a determined and prudent stance against these attacks," elik wrote on Twitter. However, he said Akener accusing President Recep Tayyip Erdoan after the attack was an "irresponsible and provocative approach."

Erdoan's "threats" have led to the attack, Akener alleged while speaking to the media in front of her party's Istanbul headquarters.

AK Party Istanbul provincial head Osman Nuri Kabaktepe visited the IP office in Istanbul to offer condolences while condemning the attack.

"I would like to express our strong condemnation. We must and will continue to stand in the face of this and similar terrorist incidents and instances of violence without mercy," he said.

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After her time on "The Big Bang Theory," Margo Harshman stayed focused on television, first taking a guest role in "Bones" as Alison Kidman before co-starring as Lisa in the Amazon Studios series "Betas." The short-lived series ended after the first season, but by then she'd picked up the role of Delilah Fielding on "NCIS."

First mentioned in the Season 10 finale, Delilah is Tim McGee's (Sean Murray) girlfriend. She works for the Department of Defense, specializing in web and information security. A recurring character on the show, an incident in Season 10 left her paralyzed and she's been in a wheelchair ever since. She eventually married McGee, and the two are parents to twins. Delilah still sporadically shows up on episodes, with her most recent appearance in Season 20, Episode 9, and McGee is always excited when he gets to share the screen with her. "I love Margo Harshman," McGee told TVInsider. "She's fantastic. I've always loved the dynamic because it doesn't exist outside of their relationship."

Harshman has also had roles on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and "How I Met Your Father," and co-starred in the 2015 film Toxin, and the 2017 TV movie "Love on the Vines." Her next project is Peter Cannon's "Exposure," a film about obsessive-compulsive disorder and exposure therapy.

Compared to other actors, Harshman prefers to stay out of the spotlight. She hasn't posted on Twitter in a decade, and she keeps her Instagram private.

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Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey will speak at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Dean Leadership Institute at Dean College in Franklin. There will also be a livestream available. There is no cost to attend. Morrissey will discuss crime scene investigation along with First Assistant District Attorney Lynn Beland and Lt. Brian Tully, a State Police detective. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. There will be parking available behind the Rooney Student Center at 109 West Central St.

The Attleboro Public Library will present a free writing workshop for students in grades 5-12 from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the library, 74 North Main St. Students will be invited to write in responses to various prompts, story cubes and other fun activities inspired by the 2022 Big Read selection, Sitting Pretty: The View From My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body, by Rebecca Taussig. Register to participate at attleborolibrary.org, or contact Meghan Witherell at 508-222-7820 or at mwitherell@sailsinc.org for more information.

Thursday Night at the Museum continues this week at the Attleboro Area Industrial Museum, 42 Union St., Attleboro. The museum will be open from 4 to 8 p.m. and host a presentation by Marc Forbes at 6:30. The presentation was postponed from its original date on Feb. 23 due to weather concerns. Forbes is the director of Masters Sales and Marketing, a company specializing in custom products and programs including sports awards and custom jewelry. His presentation is expected to last 30-45 minutes. Admission is free. For more information call 508-222-3918 or email info@industrialmuseum.org.

Friends of the Attleboro Public Library is accepting donations for its third annual Library Giving Day fundraiser. Donations will be taken through April 4, recognized as Library Giving Day by libraries across the country. Contributions will support library programs such as workshops, visiting speakers and the Childrens Summer Reading Program. This years fundraising goal is $8,000. The Torrey Co. and Bristol County Savings Bank have already made match donations of $1,000 and $4,000. Visit aplfriends.org any time from now until April 4 to make a donation, or drop off or mail a check to the Attleboro Public Library, 74 North Main St., Attleboro 02703.

Have an interesting bit of news youd like to see mentioned in the Along the Way column? Email it to Natasha Connolly at news@thesunchronicle.com.

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ARLINGTON, Va. Due to the popularity of last years inaugural Teen Police Academy, the Community Engagement Divisions Youth Outreach Unit (YOU) is pleased to announce the expansion of the Summer Teen Police Academy for Summer 2023. The application has opened for two sessions being held in the months of July and August focused on education, relationship-building and positive youth development.

Program Overview

The Teen Police Academy is for rising 10th 12th grade students who want to explore a career in law enforcement. Through classroom presentations, hands-on learning, scenario training, and field trips, the Teen Police Academy will educate participants about a career in law enforcement, while also giving them a better understanding of how the police department operates and its role in the community. Participants can ask questions of presenters and share their insights throughout the program. Topics covered in the Teen Police Academy curriculum include, but are not limited to, crime scene investigation, traffic stops, K9 demonstrations, and criminal investigations.

Academy Schedule

The following two week-long sessions of the Teen Police Academy will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Long Bridge Aquatics and Fitness Center (333 Long Bridge Drive).

Session 1: Monday, July 10 Friday, July 14

Session 2: Monday, July 31 Friday, August 4

Applicants

Interested applicants must be rising 10th - 12th grade students who live in or attend school in Arlington County. There is no cost for students to attend. Every effort will be made to maintain a balanced enrollment reflective of Arlington's diverse community. Online applications are due no later than Sunday, May 14, 2023 at 11:59 p.m.

Contact Information

For more information about the Teen Police Academy, contact Corporal A. Brown or Corporal P. Malone of the Departments Community Engagement Division.

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The latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence could lead to the automation of a quarter of the work done in the US and eurozone, according to research by Goldman Sachs.

The investment bank said on Monday that generative AI systems such as ChatGPT, which can create content that is indistinguishable from human output, could spark a productivity boom that would eventually raise annual global gross domestic product by 7 percent over a 10-year period.

But if the technology lived up to its promise, it would also bring significant disruption to the labor market, exposing the equivalent of 300 million full-time workers across big economies to automation, according to Joseph Briggs and Devesh Kodnani, the papers authors. Lawyers and administrative staff would be among those at greatest risk of becoming redundant.

They calculate that roughly two-thirds of jobs in the US and Europe are exposed to some degree of AI automation, based on data on the tasks typically performed in thousands of occupations.

Most people would see less than half of their workload automated and would probably continue in their jobs, with some of their time freed up for more productive activities.

In the US, this should apply to 63 percent of the workforce, they calculated. A further 30 percent working in physical or outdoor jobs would be unaffected, although their work might be susceptible to other forms of automation.

But about 7 percent of US workers are in jobs where at least half of their tasks could be done by generative AI and are vulnerable to replacement.

Goldman said its research pointed to a similar impact in Europe. At a global level, since manual jobs are a bigger share of employment in the developing world, it estimates about a fifth of work could be done by AIor about 300 million full-time jobs across big economies.

The report will stoke debate over the potential of AI technologies both to revive the rich worlds flagging productivity growth and to create a new class of dispossessed white-collar workers, who risk suffering a similar fate to that of manufacturing workers in the 1980s.

Goldmans estimates of the impact are more conservative than those of some academic studies, which included the effects of a wider range of related technologies.

A paper published last week by OpenAI, the creator of GPT-4, found that 80 percent of the US workforce could see at least 10 percent of their tasks performed by generative AI, based on analysis by human researchers and the companys machine large language model (LLM).

Europol, the law enforcement agency, also warned this week that rapid advances in generative AI could aid online fraudsters and cyber criminals, so that dark LLMs may become a key criminal business model of the future.

Goldman said that if corporate investment in AI continued to grow at a similar pace to software investment in the 1990s, US investment alone could approach 1 percent of US GDP by 2030.

The Goldman estimates are based on an analysis of US and European data on the tasks typically performed in thousands of different occupations. The researchers assumed that AI would be capable of tasks such as completing tax returns for a small business; evaluating a complex insurance claim; or documenting the results of a crime scene investigation.

They did not envisage AI being adopted for more sensitive tasks such as making a court ruling, checking the status of a patient in critical care, or studying international tax laws.

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