Facebook said Tuesday that it expects to name the first members of a new quasi-independent oversight board by year-end. The oversight panel is intended to rule on thorny content issues, such as when Facebook or Instagram posts constitute hate speech. It will be empowered to make binding rulings on whether posts or ads violate the […]
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Jalen Ramsey arrived for the season in the back of an armored truck , sending a clear message to the Jacksonville Jaguars about his worth. It would be fitting if he departed in a dump truck, assuming the Jaguars (0-2) unload their disgruntled defender. Without saying why or providing much insight, Ramsey confirmed Tuesday that
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Sander Vanocur, the television newsman who became familiar to American viewers as a prominent White House correspondent during the Kennedy administration and as a tough questioner in presidential debates, died on Monday night in a hospice facility in Santa Barbara, Calif. He was 91. His son Christopher said the cause was complications of dementia. Mr.
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The West Coast is home to some of the healthiest cities in America. According to a study from WalletHub, San Francisco is the healthiest city in the U.S., followed by Seattle, San Diego, Portland, and Washington, D.C. WalletHub calculated the data by comparing 174 cities across four weighted dimensions: health care, food, fitness, and green
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As soon as the “Downton Abbey” theme hits the speakers in your local movie theater, patrons will visibly relax in their seats. Some may even clap. For two hours, viewers will be transported to the early-20th-century world of the Crawleys and the close-knit tribe of servants working for the aristocratic family. They are a cast of
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General Motors workers will be losing their company-sponsored health care two days into a strike that has shut down more than 50 facilities across the country. The company’s decision will force the United Auto Workers to dip into its strike fund in order to provide health coverage to the nearly 50,000 workers involved in the
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The new television season hasn’t begun yet, but the season has, and it’s carrying the networks in the interim. Four NFL games finished among the Nielsen company’s top 12 shows last week, led by the Sunday night matchup of Philadelphia against Atlanta. ABC devoted its entire prime-time lineup to the third Democratic presidential debate last
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“Our parents did not have the children go away when the grown-ups came,” Ms. Roberts said. “In retrospect, I’ve sometimes wondered, ‘What did those people think to have all these children around all the time?’ But we were around, and it was great for us.” Although her father had considerable influence on her, so did
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Profit at FedEx fell 11% in its fiscal first quarter, as the package delivery company was buffeted by slower economic growth and the loss of business from retail giant Amazon. The results fell short of Wall Street expectations, and the company lowered its forecast of earnings through next spring. FedEx Corp. shares dropped sharply in
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A judge cleared the way Tuesday for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to stay in business while it pursues bankruptcy protection and settlement of more than 2,600 lawsuits filed against it in a reckoning over the opioid crisis. At the first court hearing since the Chapter 11 filing late Sunday, Purdue lawyers secured permission for the
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