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Meta issues a warning about increasing sextortion scams. Here’s how to stay safe. – CBS News Watch CBS News Social media giant Meta is issuing a warning over the increasing number of sextortion scams where fake profiles are used to get people to send nude photographs and then threaten to release them unless victims pay
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A selloff in technology stocks Wednesday drove the Nasdaq and S&P 500 indices to their worst performances since 2022. The slump in high-tech follows a year-long rally by the “Magnificent Seven,” a group of seven industry giants that have led markets into record terrain. The slump continued on Thursday, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq index slipping
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More than 30,000 ancient coins found More than 30,000 ancient coins found off the coast of Italy 00:50 Researchers studying an underwater city in Italy say they have found an ancient mosaic floor that was once the base of a Roman villa, a discovery that the local mayor called “stupendous.” The discovery was made in
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Washington — The House is set to vote Wednesday night to establish a bipartisan task force to investigate the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally. House Speaker Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced the panel earlier this week and said it will have the full investigative authority of
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Approximately a dozen individuals are being vetted as possible running mates for Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a source familiar with the process. That number is larger than previously reported, and is an indication that the campaign is casting a wide net at the start of this process and isn’t winnowing the list yet. Multiple
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Lisa Damour on impact of “Inside Out 2” Psychologist Lisa Damour on how “Inside Out 2” can help families talk about emotions 06:03 The makers of “Inside Out 2” presumably felt unbridled joy Wednesday after the hit movie surpassed “Frozen 2” to become the highest-grossing animated film of all time. Released June 10 by Disney’s
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The Canadian women’s soccer coach Bev Priestman said Wednesday that she will not appear at the team’s first game against New Zealand at the Paris Olympics, after two incidents where people affiliated with Canada’s team appeared to fly drones over the opponents’ practice sessions. Two staff members —Canada’s assistant coach Jasmine Mander and Canada Soccer
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Washington — FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before House lawmakers Wednesday about the investigation into the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, and he revealed new details about the gunman’s actions in the lead-up to the July 13 shooting in Pennsylvania. Wray told members of the House Judiciary Committee that the gunman, 20-year-old Thomas
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Police deployed pepper spray as demonstrations against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress swelled in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Thousands of protesters gathered near the Capitol, chanting “Free, Free Palestine,” and some tried to block streets ahead of Netanyahu’s speech, the Associated Press reported. Police wearing gas marks blocked the crowd — which
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The “Haley Voters for Harris” political action committee, which had been working with President Biden’s and rebranded to support Vice President’s Kamala Harris’ campaign, has gotten a cease and desist letter from former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley. In a letter sent Tuesday by a law firm representing Haley’s presidential campaign, they wrote the group
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