Monthly Archive: April 2018

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Zuckerberg: Mistakes, yes. Solutions, yes. Resignation, no

WASHINGTON — Here’s what Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wanted 44 senators to know about the scandal in which Cambridge Analytica used the massive social platform to access 87 million users: He made mistakes. Facebook’s mission is to “help people connect.” And no, he’s not resigning. “Founded Facebook. My decisions. I made mistakes. Big challenge but […]

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Facebook sends privacy alerts to affected users

Facebook has begun alerting some users that their data was swept up in the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. Anthony Bagnetto was one of many people who woke up Tuesday morning to a notification on his Facebook feed informing him that “one of” his friends used Facebook to log into a now-banned personality quiz app called […]

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Horgan says Alberta legislation to raise gas prices in B.C. ‘provocative’

VICTORIA — Premier John Horgan says he’s surprised and concerned that Alberta is preparing to pass legislation that could drive up the price of gasoline in British Columbia over an escalating pipeline feud. Alberta’s New Democrat government introduced Bill 12 Tuesday, Preserving Canada’s Economic Prosperity Act. Premier Rachel Notley says the legislation gives her province […]

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Latest: California agency OKs $11B twin water tunnels plan

LOS ANGELES — The Latest on California’s proposal to build two giant water tunnels (all times local): 3:50 p.m. California’s largest water agency has approved a nearly $11 billion plan to help fund two enormous delivery tunnels, breathing new life into Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to remake the state’s water system. The board of the […]

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After FBI raids, Trump’s longtime fixer out of the shadows

NEW YORK — For more than a decade, Michael Cohen has been President Donald Trump’s private attorney — and so much more. Cohen is a street-wise New Yorker with a penchant for confrontation and a cultivated reputation as Trump’s outside-the-courtroom problem-solver. He’s Trump’s image-protector. He’s also says he personally paid porn actress Stormy Daniels $130,000 […]