SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook has been targeted by lawmakers over its treatment of political ads and has been misused by Russians to spread disinformation. But on Wednesday, the social network showed those challenges had little effect on its business. The Silicon Valley company said its revenue in the third quarter rose 29 percent from a […]
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Down two goals late, Jonathan Huberdeau and the Florida Panthers didn’t play desperate. They just played determined. Huberdeau scored 29 seconds into overtime after he tied the game late in regulation, and the Panthers beat the injury-riddled Colorado Avalanche 4-3 on Wednesday night. “We don’t need to panic, even if we’re down two goals,” Huberdeau
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George Papadopoulos, a former Trump campaign adviser who pleaded guilty two years ago to lying to the F.B.I. about his Russian contacts during the 2016 presidential election, has filed paperwork signaling that he will run for Congress in California as a Republican to replace Representative Katie Hill. Mr. Papadopoulos, 32, filed his statement of candidacy
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Most Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Thursday after the Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate. Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul advanced. Shanghai retreated 0.1% after Chinese factory activity weakened more than expected in October. Investors welcomed the Fed’s third rate cut this year to shore up economic growth amid a bruising
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“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert has a burning question about the White House document detailing President Donald Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Trump infamously pressed Zelensky during the call to investigate his political rivals, an action now at the center of the House impeachment inquiry. When Zelensky asked to purchase U.S.
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AT&T said Tuesday that its HBO Max streaming service will launch in May for $15 a month, joining a crowded field. The company has said HBO Max will become the “workhorse” for its video business as cord-cutting of traditional TV expands. It hopes to migrate people who pay for HBO in different ways today to
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Stephen Curry broke his left hand and became the latest injured Warriors player when he fell hard in the third quarter of another embarrassing defeat by Golden State, 121-110 to the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night. The two-time MVP drove to his left defended by Kelly Oubre Jr. and with big man Aron Baynes standing
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WASHINGTON — President Bill Clinton, who put Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court in 1993, joined the justice on Wednesday for a public conversation. So did Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state, who might have named Justice Ginsburg’s eventual successor had she won the 2016 presidential election. The conversation, at Georgetown University
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More Americans are going without health insurance, and stable premiums plus greater choice next year under the Obama health law aren’t likely to reverse that. As sign-up season starts Friday, the Affordable Care Act has shown remarkable resiliency, but it has also fallen short of expectations. Even many Democrats want to move on. President Donald
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Banksy’s former art dealer is publishing a new photo book that chronicles his time working with the elusive street artist. “Banksy Captured” contains hundreds of previously unseen images that Steve Lazarides snapped of Banksy and his art from 1997 to 2008. Some of the pictures — obtained ahead of publication by HuffPost ― feature Banksy
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