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Senate Democrats are proposing a broad federal data privacy law that would allow people to see what information companies have collected on them and demand that it be deleted.

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Prospect editor Tom Clark advises against over-interpreting the polls. Plus: Emma Graham-Harrison on the victory of pro-democracy candidates in Hong Kong’s local elections

When satellites break, which is surprisingly often, there isn't much you can do about them.

The financier Michael Milken is a major investor in a property that became eligible for a federal tax break — after his longtime friend, Steven Mnuchin, intervened.

The broadcaster John Sergeant has said the Netflix drama is damaging to the Windsors. Far from it

AggregateIQ, hired by Vote Leave in 2016, failed to ensure authorisation to disclose UK voter information

Disney+ is finally here and people are enjoying a host of content online. But, some users are [...]

Astronauts and patients with cancer are at risk for similar multisystem physiologic toxicities, and a new paper proposes a NASA based model to help mitigate these events in patients with the disease.

An ambitious "phase two" trade deal between the United States and China is looking less likely as the two countries struggle to strike a preliminary "phase one" agreement, according to U.S. and Beijing officials, lawmakers and trade experts.

Senate Democrats are proposing a broad federal data privacy law that would allow people to see what information companies have collected on them and demand that it be deleted.

When satellites break, which is surprisingly often, there isn't much you can do about them.

People with visual impairments use social media like everyone else, often with the help of screen reader software. But that technology falls short when it encounters memes, which don't include alternate text, or alt text, to describe what's depicted in the image.

Just hours before going out and posting a breakout performance in Chicago against the Bulls, Carmelo Anthony spoke with Shams Charania.

Exhibitors continue to thank the movie gods for Disney’s Frozen 2 after an awful month at the box office. Yesterday the Jennifer Lee-Chris Buck directed movie made an estimated $13.1M, bestin…

The problem: You want a Mac that doesn’t have a crappy keyboard, but you can’t afford (or don’t need) the brand-new 16-inch MacBook Pro. You can either go scrounging for a 2015 MacBook Pro—a Mac I grew quite fond of—or deal with a cheaper, less-powerful alternative: the 2017 MacBook Air, now on sale for $300 off.

AC Moore will shutter all of its arts-and-crafts stores, it was announced this week. The New Jersey-based retailer will close its more than 145 stores, which are largely scattered across the East C…

Participants in the U.K. experimental study dramatically reduced their average alcohol intake for months after the initial dose. Ketamine has also been used to treat severe depression.

A Texas teacher who lost her job after asking President Trump on Twitter to remove the “illegal students from Mexico” from her school has won an appeal to get her job back. Texas Education Agency C…

There's been a lot of media attention on the "mommy drinking phenomenon," but research shows it isn't substantiated.