Thursday 27 October 2016

Evening Edition: FCC passes sweeping rules to protect online privacy

'War on women' flares anew — only this time it's inside the GOP; Part of Trump's comeback plan: Building a 'psychographic' profile of every American adult; America loves a celebrity candidate. So who will it be next?; Woman says Justice Clarence Thomas groped her at a party in 1999, according to report; Islamic State is kidnapping thousands of villagers near Mosul to use as human shields; New technique may prevent the gruesome deaths of billions of male chicks; Dozens charged in massive Indian call center scheme; Inside 'Bill Clinton Inc.': Hacked memo reveals intersection of charity and personal income; Clinton warns supporters against overconfidence as Trump focuses on tight race in Ohio; The Fix: Trump's risky plan to use the Internet to suppress Clinton's turnout; What the Internet loses when Vine shuts down; Apple unveils redesigned, more expensive MacBook Pro; Two-thirds of the world's vertebrate wildlife could be gone by 2020, report warns; 'Good Girls Revolt' is a much-needed dose of forthright feminism; Another parent’s overdose, another child in the back seat: A ‘new norm’ for drug users?; A man cast a message in a bottle into the Atlantic. Decades later, it made it back to his daughter.;
 
Evening Edition
The day's most important stories
 
 
FCC passes sweeping rules to protect online privacy
The rules, passed in a 3-2 vote by the Federal Communications Commission, require Internet providers, such as Comcast and Verizon, to obtain their customers' explicit consent before using or sharing that behavioral data with third parties, such as marketing firms.
'War on women' flares anew — only this time it's inside the GOP
A growing number of prominent Republican women are worried that party members stepping up to defend Donald Trump are causing irreparable damage to the GOP's deteriorating relationship with voters.
 
Part of Trump's comeback plan: Building a 'psychographic' profile of every American adult
The GOP nominee is paying millions to a little-known analytics company to find a way to target potential voters based on data from everyday life. Trump's campaign sees promise, but doubters abound.
 
America loves a celebrity candidate. So who will it be next?
Could it be someone who has stood shirtless in a wrestling ring, or pitched a playoff baseball game in a bloody sock? Or a billionaire shouting obscenities courtside? Donald Trump's candidacy has opened the door for them all.
 
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Woman says Justice Clarence Thomas groped her at a party in 1999, according to report
In a post on Facebook, the Alaska lawyer said Thomas fondled her when she was a 23-year-old Truman Foundation scholar, the National Law Journal reported.
 
Islamic State is kidnapping thousands of villagers near Mosul to use as human shields
Some people said they ran and hid in the desert to avoid being taken. Others were forced to walk toward Mosul but later managed to flee. Villagers also described mass executions of former policemen and army officers as the militants became increasingly paranoid about spies and collaborators.
 
New technique may prevent the gruesome deaths of billions of male chicks
A Texas company says it has a method of determining the sex of eggs when they're laid, which it hopes will be commercially available within a year.
 
Dozens charged in massive Indian call center scheme
Callers posing as IRS or other government officials extorted more than $250 million from people with threats of arrests and fines.
 
Inside 'Bill Clinton Inc.': Hacked memo reveals intersection of charity and personal income
The 2011 document, written by a top Bill Clinton aide, was disclosed by WikiLeaks.
 
Clinton warns supporters against overconfidence as Trump focuses on tight race in Ohio
Hillary Clinton on Thursday campaigned for the first time alongside Michelle Obama, probably the Democrats' most powerful and effective voice in opposition to Trump.
 
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The Fix: Trump's risky plan to use the Internet to suppress Clinton's turnout
Trump appears to be betting it all on online marketing.
 
What the Internet loses when Vine shuts down
Twitter is shuttering the beloved app that championed the art of the six-second video.
 
Apple unveils redesigned, more expensive MacBook Pro
The rising price of Apple's notebooks is unusual in the consumer electronics world where products such as big-screen TVs and computers become cheaper over time.
 
Two-thirds of the world's vertebrate wildlife could be gone by 2020, report warns
A new report from the World Wide Fund for Nature says vertebrate populations have already plunged by 58 percent overall since 1970.
 
'Good Girls Revolt' is a much-needed dose of forthright feminism
Amazon's instantly addictive drama about women's rights complements this moment in history.
 
Another parent’s overdose, another child in the back seat: A ‘new norm’ for drug users?
Erika Hurt was found unconscious in her car in an Indiana parking lot while her 10-month-old son was in the back seat.
 
A man cast a message in a bottle into the Atlantic. Decades later, it made it back to his daughter.
After finding the bottle on the beach in Turks and Caicos, a man was able to trace it to a woman whose family owned a New Hampshire motel called the Beachcomber.
 
 
     
 
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