Category Archives: World
AP FACT CHECK: Facebook makes shaky data and privacy claims
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made several assertions about Facebook’s data collection and privacy controls during two days of hearings on Capitol Hill. Those included claims that Facebook lets y...
Apr 12, 2018
Zuckerberg faces 'Grandpa' questions from lawmakers
NEW YORK - Mark Zuckerberg faced two days of grilling before House and Senate committees Tuesday and Wednesday to address Facebook’s privacy issues and the need for more regulation for the socia...
Apr 12, 2018
Ryan retirement sends new ripples of uncertainty through GOP
WASHINGTON - House Speaker Paul Ryan’s abrupt announcement that he will retire rather than seek another term in Congress as the steady if reluctant wingman for President Donald Trump sent new ri...
Apr 12, 2018
Zuckerberg: Regulation 'inevitable' for social media firms
WASHINGTON - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged that regulation of social media companies is “inevitable” and disclosed that his own personal information has been compromised by mal...
Apr 12, 2018
Anti-extremism efforts falter 5 years after Boston bombing
BOSTON - Five years after two brothers who had been living in America for about a decade bombed the Boston Marathon, federally funded community programs to prevent attacks by homegrown extremists are ...
Apr 12, 2018
Former US House speaker to promote legalizing marijuana
CINCINNATI - Former U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday he has had a change of heart on marijuana and will promote its nationwide legalization as a way to help veterans and the nation’...
Apr 12, 2018
Trump tweets about conspiracies he sees behind challenges
WASHINGTON - The Russia collusion probe. The Stormy Daniels allegations. Escalating tension with Moscow. The tempests that have buffeted the White House for months merged into a maelstrom this week an...
Apr 12, 2018
$30,000 rumour? Tabloid paid for, spiked, salacious Trump tip
NEW YORK - Eight months before the company that owns the National Enquirer paid $150,000 to a former Playboy Playmate who claimed she’d had an affair with Donald Trump, the tabloid’s paren...
Apr 12, 2018
Consumer agency spends $6,000 on frosting windows in new HQ
NEW YORK - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau spent more than $6,000 frosting the windows on the offices of senior staff in recent months, according to receipts and documents obtained by The Ass...
Apr 12, 2018
Clarification: White House-Visitor Logs story
WASHINGTON - In a story April 13, The Associated Press reported that Marlo Lewis and Myron Ebell of the libertarian Competitive Enterprise Institute were challengers of the idea that climate change is...
Apr 12, 2018