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Lawyers for Facebook, Twitter and Google balked Wednesday when asked by a senator if in the future their companies would consider notifying users who had seen advertising posted by fake accounts tied to foreign governments, primarily Russian operatives. The idea, posed by Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, came after nearly […]

Lawmakers on Wednesday released a trove of Facebook ads linked to a Russian effort to disrupt the American political process and whip up tensions around divisive social issues. The ads, dozens of which were disclosed for the first time, were released as representatives of leading social media companies faced criticism […]

ATLANTA — It doesn’t take a firearm or a bomb to wreak havoc. All it takes is a driver’s license, a valid credit card, some proof of insurance — and as little as $19.  The attack on a riverfront bike path in New York City was carried out with a […]

Some 2,000 years ago, the body of a girl who was around 5 years old was mummified and laid to rest somewhere in Egypt. Many of her internal organs were removed, and she was wrapped in fine linen with round earrings, a necklace and an amulet. Now, a new technique […]

After nearly a decade of decline, the U.S. rate of preterm birth — the largest contributor to infant death in the country — increased again in 2016 for the second year in a row, according to a new report from the March of Dimes. More than 380,000 babies are born […]

Dustin Hoffman has apologized after a woman accused him of groping and sexually harassing her when she was 17.  Anna Graham Hunter wrote a guest column for The Hollywood Reporter, in which she claimed Hoffman groped her buttocks and made numerous lewd comments toward her when she was a teenage […]

For the first time in over a decade, the progress toward women’s equality worldwide has slipped. Since 2006, the World Economic Forum has been tracking the global gender gap, as measured in the difference between men’s and women’s lifespans, access to education, economic participation and representation in government. “Every year, […]

NEW YORK — The man who police say transformed a New York City bike path into a terror scene was an Uzbekistan native who made 1,400 trips as an Uber driver and formed two commercial truck businesses. A family friend described the suspect, 29-year-old Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, as hard-working and neighbors […]

By Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus, Kabir Khanna and Anthony Salvanto As President Donald Trump prepares for his first presidential trip to Asia, Americans are more likely than they were in September to think North Korea can be contained without resorting to military action. Meanwhile President Trump gets strong approval […]

STRONGSVILLE, Ohio — A man charged with fatally stabbing and shooting a popular middle school teacher was engaged to her daughter, police said Tuesday. Authorities arrested and charged 20-year-old Jeffrey Scullin Jr. with aggravated murder. Strongsville Police Chief Mark Fender said the suspect had been living in the home where […]