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PHOTO COURTESY OF PRESSDEMOCRAT.COM By BRANDON BAILEY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO – Silicon Valley’s biggest businesses could face tougher regulations following Britain’s decision to …

PHOTO COURTESY OF LEXPRESS.FR SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Jamaican sprinter Kemar Bailey-Cole says he has been infected with the Zika virus but will participate …

NEW YORK — In a surprise move, Microsoft said Mon- day that it is buying professional networking service site LinkedIn for about $26.2 billion. It …

PHOTOS COURTESY OF FINANCIALJUNETEENTH.COM AND TEXASLEFTIST.COM On this day 150 years ago, more than the two years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves …

By JEFFREY COLLINS and JONATHAN DREW Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C.- The names of Confederate generals still adorn street signs in Charleston’s public housing projects, and …

By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON – House Republican leaders have blocked a Democratic congressman from Mississippi from offering legislation to ban Confederate imagery from …

PHOTO COURTESY OF WESA.FM WASHINGTON – As news of the nightclub shooting in Orlando spread, Donald Trump revived the debate over what to call acts …

PHOTO COURTESY OF EVANGELICALSFORSOCIALACTION.ORG The first time I approached the Grand Canyon I walked to the rim expecting to look down, and instead looked over …

PHOTO COURTESY OF THEPAGEANTPLANET.COM LAS VEGAS (AP) — The newly crowned Miss USA is a 26-year-old Army officer from the District of Columbia who gave …

PHOTO COURTESY OF ACCESSWDUN.COM By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY Associated Press WASHINGTON – The Obama administration has added nine communities to its effort to ease access to …