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Facebook, Instagram to Reveal More on How Ads Target Users
Facebook parent Meta said it will start publicly providing more details about how advertisers target people with political ads just months ahead of the U.S. midterm elections. The announcement fol...
US Stocks Gain Ground Following 7 Straight Weeks of Losses
Stocks rallied in afternoon trading on Wall Street Monday, following seven weeks of declines that nearly ended the bull market that began in March 2020. The S&P 500 rose 1.8% as of 3:12 p.m. Eas...
US Says Seeking Ways to Include Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua Voices in Summit
The United States said Monday it was looking for ways to represent the people of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua in a summit next month following threats to boycott over their governments’ exclusi...
Pfizer-BioNTech Says 3 COVID Shots Protect Children Under 5
Pfizer-BioNTech announced Monday that three shots of their COVID-19 vaccine provided strong protection for children under the age of 5. “We are pleased that our formulation for the youngest chil...
Scott Dixon Blazes to Indy 500 Pole in Record 234 Mph Run
Scott Dixon used a breathtaking run of more than 234 mph to post the fastest Indianapolis 500 pole run in history. The New Zealander will lead the field to green in “The Greatest Spectacle in Ra...
Creator of ‘Star Wars’ X-Wing and Death Star Dies at 90
Colin Cantwell, the man who designed the spacecraft in the “Star Wars” films, has died. He was 90. The Hollywood Reporter reported Sunday that Sierra Dall, Cantwell’s partner, confir...
Biden in Japan for Economic Talks, New US-Asia Trade Deal
U.S. President Joe Biden has arrived in Japan on the second leg of his first trip to Asia as president. Biden will have a busy two days. On Monday, he is set to meet with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ...
Taiwan Not Included in Launch of New Biden Indo-Pacific Pact
President Joe Biden on Monday is expected to come out with a list of places that will join a long-anticipated Indo-Pacific trade pact, but Taiwan won’t be among them. White House national securi...
In Seoul, Biden Focuses on Economic, Safety Issues, Sends Message to Kim Jong Un
North Korea was not the only focus during U.S. President Joe Biden’s two-day visit to neighboring South Korea, but the nuclear-armed North did keep coming up in Biden’s discussions in the South Ko...
With Roe in Doubt, Some Fear Tech Surveillance of Pregnancy
When Chandler Jones realized she was pregnant during her junior year of college, she turned to a trusted source for information and advice. Her cellphone. “I couldn’t imagine before the in...
Green Options Transforming US Wedding Industry Prone to Waste
The wedding industry remains fraught with waste, but a growing contingent of brides and grooms is pushing for more sustainable changes, from the way they invite guests to the food they serve and the c...
With Public Camping Becoming a Felony, Tennessee Homeless Running out of Options
Miranda Atnip lost her home during the coronavirus pandemic after her boyfriend moved out and she fell behind on bills. Living in a car, the 34-year-old worries every day about getting money for food,...
Handling of Buffalo Suspect Spurs Talk of Uneven Restraint
When police confronted the white man suspected of killing 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket, he was the very poster boy for armed and dangerous, carrying an AR-15-style rifle and cloaked in bod...
US High Schoolers Design Low-Cost Filter to Remove Lead From Water
When the pandemic forced schools into remote learning, Washington-area science teacher Rebecca Bushway set her students an ambitious task: design and build a low-cost lead filter that attaches to fauc...
Longtime ‘New Yorker’ Writer, Editor Roger Angell Dies
Roger Angell, the celebrated baseball writer and reigning man of letters who during an unfaltering 70-plus years helped define The New Yorker’s urbane wit and style through his essays, humor pieces ...
Early Voting Holds off Epicenter to Win Preakness Stakes
Maybe extra rest isn’t such a bad thing for a racehorse after all. In the Preakness Stakes that was run without the Kentucky Derby winner because Rich Strike’s owner felt he needed more ti...
US Sees Risk of COVID Supply Rationing Without More Funds
The White House is planning for dire contingencies that could include rationing supplies of vaccines and treatments this fall if Congress doesn’t approve more money for fighting COVID-19. In pub...
Milley: West Point Cadets Should Be Ready for Robot, Drone-led Wars
The top U.S. military officer challenged the next generation of Army soldiers on Saturday to prepare America’s military to fight future wars that may look little like the wars of today. Army Gen...