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The city should also dedicate resources to enforcing the temperature-threshold rules and to helping tenants afford their utility bills to lessen the burden, she added.

The firm, which is owned by India's Tata Motors, says it took immediate action to lessen the effect of the hack and is working quickly to restart operations.

"He viewed that as lessening the burden on his family. Donating his body was the last selfless thing he could do."

That has led to long-standing complaints from theater owners, who argue that streaming has lessened their business and trained audiences to wait until films are available at home.

Federal prosecutors, however, said in the plea agreement that, if she accepts responsibility, they could seek to lessen time served.