Critics say the tech giant was slow to take action over worries it might affect the company’s profits.
Josh Linehan
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Facebook profits rise amid Facebook Papers findings
Meanwhile, whistleblower Frances Haugen tells British lawmakers that the social media giant amplifies online hate.
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Florida’s top doctor refuses mask, is told to leave meeting
Democrats have opposed the appointment of Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, criticizing him for comments and actions related to the pandemic.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
‘Halloween Kills’ carves out $50.4 million at box office
The film picks up where the 2018 “Halloween” left off, on the same bloody night, with Jamie Lee Curtis back as Laurie Strode.
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Farmers, John Deere suppliers worry about strike’s impact
Farmers and Deere & Co. suppliers are worried about what the strike at the tractor maker’s factories will mean for their livelihoods.
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Bill Clinton released from Southern California hospital
Clinton, 75, was admitted Tuesday to the hospital southeast of Los Angeles with an infection unrelated to COVID-19.
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Advice shifting on aspirin use for preventing heart attacks
Older adults without heart disease shouldn’t take daily aspirin to prevent a first heart attack or stroke.
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Gas prices soar in northern New England
Gas prices have risen in all three New England states over the course of the past week.
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Nobel in chemistry honors ‘greener’ way to build molecules
The work of Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan has allowed scientists to produce molecules more cheaply, efficiently, safely and with significantly less hazardous waste.
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Physics Nobel rewards work finding order in disorder, such as with climate change
The prize goes to 2 fields of study that are opposite in many ways though they share the goal of making sense of what seems random and chaotic so that it can be predicted.