Jul 19 Zuckerberg clarifies statements on treatment of fake news By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press The goal of Facebook is not to prevent someone from saying something untrue, Zuckerberg said, but to stop fake news from spreading. Continue reading
Jul 19 Russian officials to meet suspected spy jailed in U.S. By Angela Charlton, Associated Press Russian Embassy officials were to meet Thursday with a Siberian gun rights activist jailed in Washington on charges of spying on the U.S. Continue reading
Jul 18 MGM’s lawsuit against Las Vegas shooting victims, explained By Joshua Barajas Here’s what we know about MGM's claims, victims' lawsuits and where the investigation into the mass shooting stands. Continue reading
Jul 18 Watch 4:54 News Wrap: Russian woman accused of being a foreign agent jailed without bond In our news wrap Wednesday, a federal judge ordered the Russian national charged as an unregistered foreign agent to be jailed without bond until her trial. Lawyers for Maria Butina say the charges are overblown. Also, the 12 boy soccer… Continue watching
Jul 18 Watch 7:20 Ethics questions swirl around Wilbur Ross’ calendar and financial interests The U.S. Office of Government Ethics sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross last week criticizing his failure to fully divest stocks by Jan. 15, 2017 -- 18 months after Ross agreed to do so. Amna Nawaz talks with… Continue watching
Jul 18 Popular National Parks experience as much ozone pollution as major cities By Daniel Ackerman, Scientific American A new study shows ozone levels in National Parks are similar to the levels in the largest U.S. cities. But most of this ozone may originate outside of the parks. Continue reading
Jul 18 Trump says he told Putin to end election hacking By Zeke Miller, Ken Thomas, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press President Donald Trump says in an interview with CBS News that he told Russian President Vladimir Putin that the United States won't tolerate election interference in the future. Continue reading
Jul 18 Soon, your soy milk may not be called ‘milk’ By Candice Choi, Associated Press The Food and Drug Administration signaled plans to start enforcing a federal standard that defines "milk" as coming from the "milking of one or more healthy cows."… Continue reading
Jul 18 Infants summoned for deportation under family separation, federal data shows By Christina Jewett, Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News The number of infants under age 1 involved has been rising — up threefold from 24 infants in the fiscal year that ended last Sept. 30, and 46 infants the year before. Continue reading
Jul 18 WATCH: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan testifies before Senate subcommittee By Joshua Barajas The commissioner is expected to testify before the Senate finance subcommittee, starting at 2:30 p.m. ET today. Watch his remarks here. Continue reading