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Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes: Time to break up company

Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes says it’s time to break up the social media behemoth. In a New York Times opinion piece published Thursday, Hughes said CEO Mark Zuckerberg has turned Facebook into an innovation-suffocating monopoly. Hughes called Zuckerberg’s power “unprecedented and un-American” and said his co-founder’s focus on growth “led him to sacrifice security and […]

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Red Sox Players Of Color Skip White House Visit

Sports / En Sound Media

President Donald Trump invited the Boston Red Sox to visit the White House on Thursday, but the 2018 World Series team showed up missing nearly all of its black and brown players. “Congratulations on your incredible victory,” Trump said to the group of mostly white baseball players, whose team the White House’s website misspelled as

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On Politics: Trump Increases Tariffs on China

Politics / En Sound Media

Good Friday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today. _____________________ • Tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods increased after a pivotal round of trade talks on Thursday between the United States and China failed to produce an agreement. The talks are set to continue Friday. •

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Trump Says China Tariffs Will Increase as Trade Deal Hangs in the Balance

Finance / En Sound Media

It remains unclear whether the talks can get back on track. An administration official described Mr. Xi’s letter to Mr. Trump as conveying a nice, diplomatic tone, but noted that the word “equality” was included, suggesting that China believes the United States is demanding too much and that a trade agreement must be more equitable.

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The Latest: Trump proposes end to ‘surprise medical bills’

Lifestyle / En Sound Media

The Latest on President Donald Trump‘s effort to limit “surprise medical bills” (all times local): 1 p.m. President Donald Trump is ratcheting up pressure on the pharmaceutical industry to lower prices and announcing a new effort to end “surprise medical bills” for patients with health insurance. At a White House event Thursday on medical billing

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How the Children’s Laureate championed young literature

Entertainment / En Sound Media

Image copyright Google Netflix, Spotify, iPads, YouTube and Instagram are just a few things that didn’t exist when the Children’s Laureate was set up 20 years ago. In 1999, the main obstacle in getting children interested in reading was their own attention spans. The printed page may now have far more competition than it used

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Jeff Bezos unveils Moon lander concept

Business / En Sound Media

Image copyright Reuters Amazon entrepreneur Jeff Bezos has unveiled a mock-up of a new lunar lander spacecraft that aims to take equipment and humans to the Moon by 2024. The unmanned, reusable Blue Moon vehicle will carry scientific instruments, satellites and rovers. It will feature a new rocket engine called BE-7 that can blast 10,000

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Syria war: Toddler ‘only one left’ after air strike

World / En Sound Media

Dozens of people have reportedly been killed after government and Russian air strikes were stepped up in north-western Syria. Two-year-old Khadija al-Hamdan was pulled out of the rubble in Idlib after one such assault. She was the only member of her immediate family to survive. Idlib, northern Hama and western Aleppo make up the last

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Vacation Ideas Even a Teenager Will Love

Travel / En Sound Media

Children are a tough crowd to please, especially when it comes to keeping tweens and teens entertained on vacation. Tour operators, hotels and cruises have responded by creating customized programs and activities specifically catering to these age groups. According to a recent study conducted by MMGY Global researching Americans’ travel habits, nearly 70 percent of

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Chris Hughes Essay on Breakup Draws an Objection From Facebook

Technology / En Sound Media

Facebook pushed back Thursday after Chris Hughes, a billionaire co-founder of the company, argued in a New York Times Op-Ed essay that the company should be broken up and regulated. “Facebook accepts that with success comes accountability,” Nick Clegg, Facebook’s vice president for global affairs and communication, wrote in a statement. “But you don’t enforce

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