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Sean Hannity and Jimmy Kimmel are feuding after the late-night host cracked a joke at first lady Melania Trump‘s expense. Hannity has posted a string of tweets attacking Kimmel and calling him “Harvey Weinstein Jr.,” pointing at the vulgar antics of Kimmel’s previous show, “The Man Show.” It all started […]

Last Updated Apr 6, 2018 2:51 PM EDT Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced two more steps the company is taking to head off interference in the 2018 midterm elections. From now on, Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook blog post published at 2 p.m. ET, advertisers who want to run political […]

The threat Russia posed to our democratic process was deemed so great, the Obama Administration took the unprecedented step of using the cyber hotline – the cybersecurity equivalent of the nuclear hotline – to warn the Kremlin to stop its assault on state election systems. Russian operatives had launched a […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina debated seceding from the Union more than 150 years ago, a decision that ultimately led to the Civil War. Now, the topic has come up again, amid a national debate over firearms and gun rights. A trio of state House Republicans on Thursday quietly introduced […]

Last Updated Apr 6, 2018 3:03 PM EDT White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Friday said she doesn’t necessarily expect the new sanctions announced against some in Russian President Vladimir Putin to change Mr. Trump’s intent to meet with Putin at the White House soon. On Friday, the Trump […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Heavy rain is moving across Northern California, prompting at least one city to bring in additional emergency crews as authorities warn morning commuters to drive slowly. The spring storm is expected to dump several inches of rain on burn-scarred areas of wine country and could present the […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee teacher who set off a nationwide manhunt last year after he fled with a 15-year-old student broke down in court after pleading guilty to crossing state lines to have sex with a minor. Former forensics teacher Tad Cummins, 51, also pleaded guilty Thursday to obstruction of […]

With Facebook under fire following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, privacy groups are now taking aim at the other major data-collecting company that rules the digital advertising landscape: Google.  Consumer privacy experts allege Google (GOOG), through its YouTube division, is gathering data on kids in ways that violate privacy laws. YouTube’s […]

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C. — Generally speaking, bars are not bastions of grace and kindness. But at Jimmy’s in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, owner Jimmy Gilleece believes there’s a lot more to serving customers than a good pour. Just wait until you hear what he did for one patron, a total […]

Sunspots are dark areas on the surface of the Sun, formed where the magnetic field is particularly strong, blocking heat from rising to the surface. While the temperature of the Sun may be 6,000° Celsius (about 11,000° F), sunspots are about 1,500° Celsius cooler. Sunspot activity may appear in 11-year […]