Tag: Online media
Black prep player told to sit near banana peels: ‘I’m fine’
MOLINE, Ill. — A Black football player at an Illinois high school captured on video sitting in a locker littered with banana peels after...
Joe West awarded $500,000 in damages against Paul Lo Duca
NEW YORK — Major league umpire Joe West was awarded $500,000 in damages plus interest dating to July 8 in a defamation suit against...
Facebook users can appeal harmful content to oversight board
LONDON — Facebook's quasi-independent Oversight Board said Tuesday that it will start letting users file appeals over posts, photos, and videos that they think...
Survey: Nearly 1 in 3 contribute to a crowdfunding drive
Nearly one in three Americans say they donate to a crowdfunding effort each year, according to a first-of its-kind study by the Lilly Family...
Lin-Manuel Miranda, mayor open new Times Square vaccine site
NEW YORK — “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda joined New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday at the grand opening of a Times...
Son racially abused online after Tottenham loses to Man U
LONDON — Tottenham forward Son Heung-min on Sunday became the latest Premier League player to be targeted with racist abuse on social media following...
Women fighting fires in Florida: Colleagues’ support crucial
Krystyna Krakowski became a firefighter in Florida at a time when there were very few women to work beside or guide her in the...
Loud debates, fun banter: Mideast finds outlet in Clubhouse
BEIRUT — They are boisterous, argumentative and at times downright hilarious.
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Pinterest establishes legal entity in Turkey to avoid bans
ANKARA, Turkey — The image-sharing platform Pinterest became the latest social media company to agree to set up a legal entity in Turkey to...
9 Texans sue state AG Paxton for blocking users on Twitter
AUSTIN, Texas — Nine Texans have sued state Attorney General Ken Paxton, claiming he blocked them on Twitter for criticizing him or his policies...