Articles filed under Washington Post
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Amazon Alexa user receives 1,700 audio recordings of a stranger through 'human error'Dec 20, 2018 12:00 am - When a person using Amazon.com's voice assistant in Germany requested to listen to his archive of recordings, he got much more than he was expecting. Along with receivin...
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She spent 2 years building a tiny house. Thieves wheeled it away when she wasn't watching.Dec 20, 2018 12:00 am - Only stray bricks and wooden boards remained where Meghan Panu's house once stood. This was odd, because there hadn't been a fire. Or an earthquake. No, the young woman'...
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U.S. stocks extend losses as traders digest Fed plans, potential government shutdownDec 20, 2018 12:00 am - Trailing on a global rout Thursday, U.S. stocks dropped deeper into the red as investors digested the Federal Reserve's rate increase and its softer outlook for 2019. Th...
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Trump administration plans to pull US troops out of Syria immediately, officials sayDec 19, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is planning to pull all U.S. troops out of Syria, a defense official said Wednesday, as President Donald Trump declared victory aga...
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Trump lashes out at New York AG who sued his foundationDec 19, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - A day after President Donald Trump agreed to shut down his personal charity - which the New York Attorney General has sued for "persistently illegal conduct...
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Lisa Madigan: 500 more sex allegations against Illinois priests 'have not been adequately investigated'Dec 19, 2018 12:00 am - Attorney General Lisa Madigan Wednesday accused the Catholic Church of dramatically underreporting the allegations of clergy sex abuse in Illinois, saying her investigat...
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Michael Flynn hoped cooperating would keep him out of prison. Here's why he may face 5 years.Dec 19, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - After months of cooperation and more than a dozen meetings, special counsel Robert Mueller argued this month that Michael Flynn should receive no prison tim...
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Start a post online, then delete it? Many websites save it anyway.Dec 18, 2018 12:00 am - When a Facebook user starts to post a photo, but decides not to and cancels, the social network still keeps a copy - saving a memory of something the person chose not to...
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2 Chicago cops killed by 60 mph commuter train while chasing armed suspect on footDec 18, 2018 12:00 am - Two Chicago police officers chasing an armed suspect were both fatally struck by a commuter train Monday evening in what officials are calling the latest "devastating tr...
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After Senate reports, Facebook and Twitter face wave of criticismDec 18, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Facebook and Twitter on Tuesday were under attack from an array of critics from the president to civil rights leaders, triggered by revelations from two rep...