Articles filed under Washington Post
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Survey: 45% of teens are online 'almost constantly.' But is it good for them?Jun 02, 2018 1:00 am - Forty-five percent of teens say they are online "almost constantly," according to a new Pew Research Center study on teens and social media use. That percentage has near...
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How spies can use your cellphone to find you - and eavesdrop on your calls, textsJun 02, 2018 1:00 am - Surveillance systems that track the locations of cellphone users and spy on their calls, texts and data streams are being turned against Americans as they roam the count...
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Scratch that: Consumer Reports now recommends Tesla's Model 3Jun 02, 2018 1:00 am - Consumer Reports now recommends the Tesla Model 3. Surprised? As recently as last week the nonprofit product tester reported that Tesla's highly regarded mass-market sed...
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Analysis: Hey Alexa, come clean about how much you're really recording usJun 02, 2018 1:00 am - We're learning an important lesson about cutting-edge voice technology: Amazon's Alexa is always listening. So are Google's Assistant and Apple's Siri. Putting live micr...
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Thousands of South Carolinians thought they won the lottery on Christmas. Now there's a lawsuit.Jun 01, 2018 1:00 am - It was Christmas Day in South Carolina and plenty of people were feeling lucky. For just $1, they could buy a ticket for Holiday Cash Add-A-Play at their local convenien...
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Polls: Most Americans say teachers are underpaid - and many would pay higher taxes to fix itJun 01, 2018 1:00 am - Teachers seeking higher pay and more school funding walked out of classrooms in half a dozen states this year. Now, three national polls report that most Americans agree...
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LeBron James can't save Cavaliers from stupidJun 01, 2018 1:00 am - OAKLAND, Calif. - Head cocked, jaw dropped, arms extended, LeBron James stared at J.R. Smith for a few seconds. Then came the scolding, animated and intense. What was Sm...
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Trump breaks protocol, sends markets clear signal on jobs report before numbers releasedJun 01, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Friday broke with decades of protocol and commented publicly about the highly anticipated jobs report data 69 minutes before they ...
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Analysis: The surprising way gun violence is dividing AmericaMay 31, 2018 1:00 am - On average, there are 276 gun homicides a week in America. There are 439 gun suicides. All told, there are, on average, nearly 1,200 incidents involving gun violence, ev...
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Charlotte Fox, survivor of 1996 Everest disaster, dies after an apparent fall at homeMay 31, 2018 1:00 am - Charlotte Fox's eyes were frozen behind her contact lenses. The snow had begun falling as Fox and her fellow climbers descended from the top of the world, the peak of Mo...