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An Important Message to Yahoo Users on Security — SUNNYVALE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—A recent investigation by Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) has confirmed that a copy of certain user account information was stolen from the company's network in late 2014 by what it believes is a state-sponsored actor.
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Bob Lord / Yahoo:
An Important Message About Yahoo User Security — We have confirmed that a copy of certain user account information was stolen from the company's network in late 2014 by what we believe is a state-sponsored actor. The account information may have included names, email addresses …
Kara Swisher / Recode:
Yahoo is expected to confirm massive data breach, impacting hundreds of millions of users — A hacker named “Peace” is bringing chaos to the Internet giant just as its sale to Verizon is pending. — Kimberly White/Getty Images for Fortune — Yahoo is poised to confirm a massive data breach …
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Statement from Glenn Reynolds — 'I didn't live up to my own standards, and I didn't meet USA TODAY's standards. For that I apologize.' — Wednesday night one of my 580,000 tweets blew up. I didn't live up to my own standards, and I didn't meet USA TODAY's standards.
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
OPENED UP TWITTER TO SEE THIS: — Can't imagine why they'd do that, except that it seems to be happening to a lot of people for no obvious reason. It's as if, despite assurances to the contrary, Twitter is out to silence voices it disagrees with or something. — UPDATE: Ah, it was about this tweet.
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Glenn Reynolds / Knoxville News-Sentinel:
UT professor's Twitter account suspended over Charlotte post
UT professor's Twitter account suspended over Charlotte post
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Margaret Newkirk / Bloomberg:
Rioting May Tip Presidential Scales in Crucial North Carolina — Chaos after police killing culminate years of rising tension — 'You've got passions that are stirred up and running high' — Riots threaten to sway a deadlocked presidential race in race-riven North Carolina …
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Ryan James / The Daily Beast:
Video: I Saw a Protester Get Shot Over Nothing in Charlotte
Video: I Saw a Protester Get Shot Over Nothing in Charlotte
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Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Donald Trump: Drugs a ‘Very, Very Big Factor’ in Charlotte Protests
Donald Trump: Drugs a ‘Very, Very Big Factor’ in Charlotte Protests
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Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
Police Say Video Shows Keith Lamont Scott Had Gun in Hand
Police Say Video Shows Keith Lamont Scott Had Gun in Hand
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Guardian:
Ohio Trump campaign chair Kathy Miller says there was ‘no racism’ before Obama — Kathy Miller called the Black Lives Matter movement ‘a stupid waste of time’ and said low African American voter turnout could be due to 'the way they're raised' … Donald Trump's campaign chair …
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Julia Jacobo / ABC News:
Tulsa Police Officer Shares Her Side of the Story in Terence Crutcher's Shooting — Tulsa Police Officer Betty Shelby, identified as the officer who shot 40-year-old Terence Crutcher on Friday night, has offered her side of the story in the fatal encounter.
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Tulsa Police Officer Charged With Manslaughter In Terrence Crutcher Death — BY: NEWSON6.COM — The Tulsa County District Attorney Stephen Kunzweiler announced he charged Officer Betty Shelby with first-degree manslaughter in the death of Terence Crutcher.
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Arturo Garcia / Raw Story:
Tulsa cop Betty Shelby charged with manslaughter for killing Terence Crutcher
Tulsa cop Betty Shelby charged with manslaughter for killing Terence Crutcher
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David Lightman / Press Association:
Young voters to Clinton: We can't stand you — Students all over Penn State University agree on this much about Hillary Clinton: “She's slimy,” said Anay Pope. — And Pope, 25, is a Clinton supporter. For the moment. — Clinton's poll numbers are sagging, and the biggest reason is that she's plunging among young voters.
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Jonathan Cohn / The Huffington Post:
THE FUTURE OF AMERICA IS BEING WRITTEN IN THIS TINY OFFICE — Back in the comparatively innocent days of 2015, before Donald Trump completed his hostile takeover of the Republican Party, before the Bernie Sanders juggernaut really got going, Hillary Clinton's campaign thought it could get ahead through well-crafted policy proposals.
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TMZ.com:
Brad Pitt — Under Investigation for Child Abuse — EXCLUSIVE — Brad Pitt is under investigation by the LAPD and L.A. County Dept. of Children and Family Services for allegedly getting verbally abusive and physical with his children, and that's what triggered the divorce ... TMZ has learned.
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Peter Montgomery / Right Wing Watch:
Trump Campaign's New Catholic Liaison Has Called Him ‘Manifestly Unfit’ To Be President — There's eating your words, and there's eating your words. Here are some words about Donald Trump that Joseph Cella, reportedly the new “chief liaison to the campaign for Catholic affairs,” has apparently decided he is willing to choke down:
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Trump received $1.6 million from Secret Service — Donald Trump's campaign isn't alone in patronizing his own businesses: taxpayers are indirectly doing so, too. — Federal Election Commission records show that the U.S. Secret Service has paid the Trump campaign about $1.6 million to cover …
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Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
Trump's campaign paid his businesses $8.2 million
Trump's campaign paid his businesses $8.2 million
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Dalai Lama does Trump impression — Add the Dalai Lama to the list of Donald Trump — impressionists. — The Buddhist spiritual leader laughed at the mention of Trump during an interview broadcast Thursday on ITV's “Good Morning Britain,” saying he hasn't met him.
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Dalai Lama does impression of Donald Trump - video
Dalai Lama does impression of Donald Trump - video
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New York Post:
NYPD investigating Weiner's sexting relationship with teen — More On: — Prosecutors in US Attorney Preet Bharara's office have issued a subpoena for Anthony Weiner's cell phone and other records, according to CNN. — NYPD detectives and the Manhattan DA's office are also “looking into” …
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John Judis / Talking Points Memo:
Why Hillary Clinton hasn't been able to leave Donald Trump in the Dust — If I had to bet on this election, I'd still put my money on Hillary Clinton. But there is a big question about why she is not doing better. When presidential candidates face opponents who can't even command the support …
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
A conservative intellectual explains why the GOP has fallen to Donald Trump — Samuel Goldman is one of America's most thoughtful conservatives. A professor of political theory at George Washington University and the executive director of its Loeb Institute for Religious Freedom …
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Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Overestimated Key Video Metric For Two Years — Social network miscalculated the average time users spent watching videos on its platform — Big ad buyers and marketers are upset with Facebook Inc. after learning the tech giant vastly overestimated average viewing time for video ads …
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Sean Gregory / TIME:
All Across the Country, Athletes Are Fueling a Debate About How America Defines Patriotism — Home - U.S. - Politics - World - Business - Tech - Health - Science - Entertainment - Newsfeed - Living - Ideas - Parents - Sports - History - The TIME Vault - Magazine - Subscribe - Give a Gift …
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Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton Proposes 65% Top Rate for Estate Tax — Tax plan changed to increase top rate for wealthiest households — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton would impose a 65% tax on the largest estates and make it harder for wealthy households to pass appreciated assets …
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Pence: There's too much talk of police department ‘racism’ — COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Mike Pence said there is too much talk of “institutional racism and institutional bias” in the wake of unrest following police shootings in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Olivia Nuzzi / The Daily Beast:
Spiritual Healing with Marla Maples, Trump's Ex-Wife — Marla Maples was taking Angelina Jolie's side. — Sitting outside Boulud Sud across from Lincoln Center on Wednesday afternoon, amid news of Brangelina's divorce, the woman who famously broke up Donald Trump's first marriage and went …
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