Facebook is facing a fine and new limits on the way it does business as part of a settlement over allegations that the social media giant failed to properly protect the privacy of millions of users’ personal data. Here’s a look at the key elements of the settlement, in which Facebook does not admit to […]
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The Chicago Cubs have optioned shortstop Addison Russell to Triple-A Iowa about two months after he completed a suspension for violating Major League Baseball‘s domestic violence policy. Russell was sent down to make room for catcher Willson Contreras, who was activated from the 10-day injured list. Chicago also scratched left-hander Jon Lester from his scheduled
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WASHINGTON — The Senate, on party lines on Wednesday, confirmed Stephen Dickson, a former Delta Air Lines executive, to head the Federal Aviation Administration for a five-year term, giving permanent leadership to an agency embattled over the deadly crashes of two Boeing jets. The 52-to-40 vote was unusually divided for the agency, which has not
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The Latest on court filings and data on the opioid crisis (all times local): 2:20 p.m. An Associated Press analysis of prescription opioid data shows enough drugs were shipped in 2012 for every man, woman and child in the U.S. to have nearly a 20-day supply even as a national overdose and addiction crisis deepened.
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Rapper Meek Mill will get a new judge and trial for his 2008 drug and gun conviction, a Philadelphia appeals court ruled on Wednesday. Three judges unanimously granted the retrial based on new evidence of alleged police corruption, according to the Associated Press. The court also overturned the trial judge’s parole violation findings that sent the
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Tesla surprised many analysts and investors last month when it said it delivered a record 95,200 cars in the second quarter, a roughly 50 percent increase from the first three months of the year. The news lifted its sagging stock price as well as the spirits of its customers and many fans. On Wednesday afternoon,
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The New York Jets are setting up camp without their top rookie. Defensive lineman Quinnen Williams, the No. 3 overall pick in April, remained unsigned Wednesday morning and was not among the players who arrived at the team’s training facility to report for training camp. “This is part of the end of the draft process,”
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Theresa May has carried out her final duties as prime minister, before heading to Buckingham Palace to tender her resignation to the Queen. She attended her last Prime Minister’s Questions, with lengthy applause as she left, and later delivered her final speech outside 10 Downing Street. The outgoing leader said she hoped that seeing a
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Caterpillar posted higher earnings per share and revenue in the second quarter but still missed estimates as the energy sector cools. The construction equipment company on Wednesday reported earnings of $1.62 billion, or $2.83 per share. A year earlier it earned $1.71 billion, or $2.82 per share. The performance is well short of the $3.12
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The unlikely rise of “Schitt’s Creek” shows no signs of stopping. Debuting on the little-known American station Pop in 2015, “Schitt’s Creek” went widely unnoticed for its first few seasons. The comedy series, created by father-son duo Daniel Levy and Eugene Levy, then began amassing a following after joining Netflix in 2017. This show about
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