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Dow closes above 36,000 for the first time

Investors had to wait only a little more than three months for the Dow to climb from its last thousand-point milestone —...

Facebook is shutting down its facial recognition software

Facebook, which changed its company name to Meta in late October, also said it plans to delete the data it had gathered...

Pence reveals why he broke with Trump over 2020 elections

Trump's continued quest to purge the Republican Party

Former President Donald Trump has continued his quest to purge the Republican party of those who speak out against him… starting with...

CIA Director Burns met with Russian security council chief in Moscow

“They are meeting with members of the Russian government to discuss a range of issues in the bilateral relationship,” the spokesman said,...

Analysis: Why 2024 is going to be *way* worse than 2020

1. Donald Trump is likely to run. 2. Donald Trump is likely to be the Republican nominee. 3. If he loses (again),...

Wine press dating back 2,700 years discovered in northern Iraq

Archaeologists have excavated the first, and what they believe is the oldest, industrial wine press in northern Mesopotamia dating back more than...

Virginia governors race is first ‘test of Biden’s presidency’

A Republican challenger in the race for Virginia governor is giving Democrats a scare in the state’s November 2 election that is...

Why election night has turned into election nights

Each week on my “Margins of Error” podcast, we discuss topics that seem to be on the margins at first glance but...

‘We all bear a burden’: How gun violence costs America $280 billion a year

In the debate about gun violence, advocates on all sides cite many statistics. One that is prominently mentioned is the number of...