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Trump hits back at Jay-Z by touting black unemployment numbers

Denis Balibouse | Reuters President Donald Trump gestures as he delivers a speech during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland January 26, 2018. For his part, Trump has denied using the vulgar term, and on Saturday sent a letter to African leaders expressing “profound respect.” On …

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Getty, Google examine VR history with London Stereoscopic Company

Roger Fenton | Hulton Archive | Getty Images A stereoscopic card depicting a still life with fruit and flowers, circa 1865. “Through the ages we’ve watched it develop. Disney filmed in 360-video very early. It takes you on a tour across America, which is amazing to view.” Lucas Studios points …

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Florida Sen. Marco Rubio fires chief of staff after reports of ‘improper conduct’

Getty Images Republican presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) speaks during a campaign rally at theTampa Convention Center on March 7, 2016 in Tampa, Florida. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said Saturday that he has fired his chief of staff after getting reports of “improper conduct” with subordinate staffers. “By …

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Supermoon, blue moon and lunar eclipse all coming to a sky near you

Skywatchers will get a rare triple treat Jan. 31: a supermoon, a blue moon and a total lunar eclipse. How rare is the event? Even without the supermoon, it’s the first blue moon total lunar eclipse in the U.S. since March 1866, less than a year after the Civil War …

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Russian police seek forced entry to opposition leader Navalny’s office, opposition spokeswoman says

Mikhail Svetlov | Getty Images Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at a mass march on the one-year anniversary of dissident Boris Nemtsov’s killing on Feb. 27, 2016 in Moscow, Russia. Russian police arrived at the Moscow headquarters of opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Sunday morning and started to try to …

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NSA updates core values on its website, but deletes references to ‘honesty’ and ‘transparency’

Brooks Kraft | Corbis | Getty Images The logo of the US National Security Agency at the agency’s installation on January 25, 2006. The National Security Agency deleted a number of references to honesty and transparency from its website in an update, The Intercept reported on Saturday. Previously, the agency’s …

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I took a long break from Facebook, here’s why I’m coming back COMMENTARY

Rick Friedman | Corbis | Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg (L) and Chris Hughes (R) of ‘Facebook’ photographed at Eliot House at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. on May 14, 2004. On February 4th, Facebook celebrates 14 years of coming online. For me, I’ll celebrate 11 years on the network, and take …

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Trump sends letter to African leaders

Denis Balibouse | Reuters President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives for the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland January 25, 2018. President Donald Trump in a new letter to African leaders says he “deeply respects” the people of Africa and that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson …

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Japan wary of US push for fewer curbs on beef, auto shipments, sources say

Mario Tama | Getty Images President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the White House on February 10, 2017 in Washington, DC. Japan’s government has expressed reluctance to meet U.S. demands for fewer restrictions on shipments of beef and cars into the Asian nation during preparations for …

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Canadian pharmaceutical billionaires were murdered, police say

Chris Helgren | Reuters One of two bodies is removed from the home of billionaire founder of Canadian pharmaceutical firm Apotex Inc., Barry Sherman and his wife Honey, who were found dead under circumstances that police described as “suspicious” in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, December 15, 2017. Canadian pharmaceutical billionaires Barry …

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