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  • Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today that the company will give congressional investigators thousands of social and political ads from accounts associated with a Russian organization known as the Internet Research Agency. And while Zuckerberg was busy detailing that decision, Facebook’s chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, has been dealing with another tricky issue. ProPublica recently […]

  • Europa Allee, a broad avenue in the center of the city, is one likely destination for the Brexit bankers. Luxury apartment blocks, hotels, shops and leisure centers have been springing up there for more than five years.
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    Frankfurt hopes to draw London bankers post-Brexit but some residents have concerns.

  • Filmgoers queueing to see Fritz Lang's film 'Man Hunt' in 1941.
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    Photographer Amy Davis talks about her photo book on the fate of historic movie theaters.

  • "We could be seeing the beginning of the end of pumpkin spice everything"
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    A reporter from The Washington Post decided to try every pumpkin spice product she came across. She shares her verdict.

  • How do you get an already beaten-down economy back up and running when there’s literally no electricity? By mid-day Wednesday the entire island of Puerto Rico was without power in the wake of Hurricane Maria. There’s massive flooding and damage to buildings, public infrastructure and the power grid. And the ramifications are going to play […]

  • Along with releasing its new iOS 11 operating system, Apple also has redesigned the App Store. The new look is meant to make it easier for users to find new apps and increase what is already a big part of Apple’s business. In fact, the service part of Apple’s model — which is dominated by […]

  • Senator Lindsey Graham (2nd from right), stands with Senator Bill Cassidy (left), Senator Dean Heller (second from left), and Senator Ron Johnson (right), to announce their legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare through block grants on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2017.
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    The Graham-Cassidy health care bill means less funding for states, according to a new analysis.

  • Sundai Riggins is one of 20 school principals enrolled in an executive masters in leadership program at Georgetown University.
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    A university program arms school leaders with business skills.

  • Checking in with Syrian refugees one year later
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    A family of six adjusts to life in the Connecticut suburbs.

  • Members of the Franklin Church of Christ from Franklin, Texas cook hotdogs for the congregation of the Fifth Ward Church of Christ in Houston on September 3, 2017.
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    Monica Pope, a Houston chef, has seen the food community in her town unite in recent years.