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hocus-focus/iStock(NEW YORK) — Women are less aggressive than men when they apply for jobs — applying for fewer positions and asking for help less frequently — according to a new LinkedIn survey. The study builds on a benchmark internal report from Hewlett Packard that found women tend to apply for a new job only when …

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DOMINIC LIPINSKI/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has held true to a prediction royal watchers made about the role she would play as a member of Britain’s royal family. The mom-to-be, who is expecting her first child with Prince Harry, has made advocating for women a focus of her work. Since marrying Harry …

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FBI(WASHINGTON) — Maryland police officers responding to a call about a suspicious person ended up arresting one of the FBI’s Top 10 Most Wanted fugitives. Lamont Stephenson, who had been wanted since being identified as a suspect in a 2014 murder, was found sleeping in a rental truck at about 2 a.m. in Prince George’s …

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ABC News(CHICAGO) — The Chicago Police Department is conducting an internal investigation to determine who anonymously leaked information about the Jussie Smollett case to members of the press. Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesman for the police department, confirmed to ABC News that the probe was launched last month “during the interrogation of the brothers when information …

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bigtunaonline/iStock(NEW YORK) — Facebook is tackling rampant misinformation campaigns about vaccines on its platforms. The company will both fight the proliferation of false information about vaccines in its News Feed, ads, on Instagram or suggested content. It will also try to provide context and correct information about vaccine safety and public health, Facebook said in …

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Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The commander of U.S. troops in the Middle East warned against the “calculated” retreat of ISIS fighters from the last territory held by the group in eastern Syria. Gen. Joseph Votel, the head of U.S. Central Command, told Congress on Thursday that the exodus of thousands of …

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Bloomington IL Police Department(ROCKFORD, Ill.) — A manhunt for a suspect in the shooting of a sheriff’s deputy Thursday at a hotel in Rockford, Illinois, led to a wild high-speed police chase on an interstate — with the fleeing fugitive reportedly pointing a gun out his window at officers, according to police and media reports. …

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Tim Cook/Twitter(NEW YORK) — That’s Tim Apple to you, pal. One day after President Donald Trump slipped up and called Apple CEO Tim Cook “Tim Apple” during a meeting of the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board at the White House, the tech executive had a bit of fun at the president’s expense. Cook changed his …

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bmcent1/iStock(ROCKFORD, Ill.) — A manhunt for a suspect in the shooting of a sheriff’s deputy Thursday at a hotel in Rockford, Ill., led to a wild high-speed police chase on an interstate — with the fleeing fugitive reportedly pointing a gun out his window at officers, according to police and media reports. The shooting occurred …

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jeffhochstrasser/iStock(MOSCOW) — Two American Mormons arrested in southern Russia have been found guilty of visa violations and now face deportation, according to the lawyer for the men. The two U.S. citizens, David Gaaga and Cole Brodowski were detained since last Friday while inside a Mormon church in Novorossiysk, a city on Russia’s Black Sea coast. …

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