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Is Facebook Really Changing?

Lost amid a flurry of Facebook announcements about privacy settings and data access is a much more fundamental question: Is Facebook really changing its relationship with users, or just tinkering around the edges of a deeper problem — its insatiable appetite for the data it uses to sell ads?
President Donald Trump speaks in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Monday. Photo: Susan Walsh / Associated Press

Trump Says US Has Many Options to Strike Syria

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is threatening an imminent military strike against Syria, vowing to respond "forcefully" to Saturday's apparent chemical weapons attack on civilians and warning that Russia or any other nation found to share responsibility will "pay a price."
Fleetwood Mac band members appear at the 2018 MusiCares Person of the Year tribute honoring Fleetwood Mac in New York. .Photo: Evan Agostini / Associated Press

Lindsey Buckingham Leaves Fleetwood Mac

LOS ANGELES  — Lindsey Buckingham will have to go his own way. The singer-guitarist is out of Fleetwood Mac. The band said in a statement...
FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2018, file photo, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., speaks on Capitol Hill, in Washington. Photo: Alex Brandon / Associated Press

Half-Thai US Senator Becomes First to Give Birth in Office

BANGKOK — Thai-American US Senator Tammy Duckworth's new-born baby becomes the first baby born to a seated US senator.
Aftermath of the earthquake which struck Japan back in October 2013. Photo: Aavtar Singh / Flickr

Earthquake hits Western Japan, 5 injured

TOKYO — A strong earthquake in western Japan has cracked streets, cut water and power to a number of homes and caused slight injuries to five people.
This image released by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, shows a child receiving oxygen through respirators following an alleged poison gas attack in the rebel-held town of Douma, near Damascus, Syria. Photo: Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets / Associated Press

Trump: ‘Big Price to Pay’ for Syria Attack

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Sunday condemned a "mindless CHEMICAL attack" in Syria that killed women and children, called Syrian President Bashar Assad an "animal" and said there would be a "big price to pay" for resorting to outlawed weapons of mass destruction.
A man watches a TV screen showing file footages of U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: Lee Jin-man / Associated Press

N Korean Leader Ready to Discuss Nukes

WASHINGTON (AP) — North Korea's government has communicated with the United States to say that leader Kim Jong Un is ready to discuss his nuclear weapons program with President Donald Trump, officials said Sunday, increasing the likelihood that the unprecedented summit will actually occur.
Hollywood star Salman Khan poses wearing a Being Human T-shirt during the launch of Being Human's first flagship store in Mumbai, India. Photo: Rafiq Maqbool / Associated Press

Bollywood Star Charged For Poaching Granted Bail

NEW DELHI — A court on Saturday granted bail to Bollywood superstar Salman Khan while he appeals his conviction on charges of poaching rare deer in a wildlife preserve two decades ago, a welcome development for thousands of fans who greeted their hero with songs and firecrackers.
UFC star Conor McGregor heads to a vehicle to leave Brooklyn Criminal Court. Photo: Mary Altaffer / Associated Press

Chair Swinging McGregor UFC Future in Jeopardy

NEW YORK — Cocksure and uncouth, Conor McGregor was never afraid to defy authority. He dressed in fur coats and swung chairs at news conferences, reaped the riches of his dalliance with boxing, and demanded his boss cut him an ownership stake in the MMA promotion that made him one of the sport's most notorious names.
People gather for events commemorating the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on Wednesday in Memphis, Tennessee, where King was assassinated in 1968. Photo: Mark Humphrey / Associated Press

Admirers Mourn MLK, Pledge to Carry on Unfinished Work

MEMPHIS, Tennessee — Fifty years after a shot rang out in Memphis, killing the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., freedom rang from the balcony of the Lorraine Motel as a bell tolled 39 times to mark a life cut short by racism.

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