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Lawmakers in Australia passed new legislation on Thursday to hold social media companies accountable for the spread of hate content on their platforms. With its implementation, companies such as Facebook and YouTube could be subject to huge fines, and their

(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump says his administration is ensuring the country knows “this is an actual emergency” at the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump traveled Friday to Southern California to meet with local law enforcement officials and tour a section of

Bill Cosby has agreed to settle lawsuits filed by seven women who say he defamed them when he accused them of lying about sexual misconduct allegations, according to court documents filed Friday in Massachusetts. The papers in federal court in

President Donald Trump and Joe Biden both treated questions about the former vice president’s conduct around women as a joking matter in separate remarks Friday. After several women came forward to say that Biden had made them uncomfortable by doing

(Bloomberg) — Senior U.S. Treasury official David Malpass was appointed president of the World Bank Group, placing a loyalist of President Donald Trump at the helm of the development lender. Malpass was unanimously selected to serve a five-year term from

An American woman and a local guide were kidnapped from a popular tourist destination in Uganda on Tuesday evening by unknown gunmen who have demanded a $500,000 ransom, according to police. The woman was identified by Reuters as Kimberley Sue

(CHICAGO) — An attorney for Jussie Smollett has written a letter warning that if Chicago follows through on its vow to sue the “Empire” actor for the cost of the investigation into his claim that he was attacked, he’ll demand