Facebook takes steps to slow spread of extremist content after EU leaders threaten new fines

Facebook says it will hire more workers with law-enforcement experience and academics who study terrorism to help fight the spread of extremist content on its services. The statement from the company comes the same week after the leaders of France and the U.K. said...

Alphabet downgraded after reaching $1,000 due to ‘expensive’ valuation

Wall Street is getting jittery over FANG stocks. Canaccord Genuity analyst Michael Graham told investors he is growing increasingly concerned about the valuations of the large-cap tech bellwethers in a note to clients Thursday.As a result, he lowered his rating for...

Leader of Polygamous Breakaway Sect is Arrested After a Year on the Run

By CHRISTINE HAUSER June 15, 2017 Lyle Jeffs, the leader of a polygamous breakaway sect of the Mormon Church, has been arrested nearly a year after he slipped out of home confinement in Salt Lake City where he is facing fraud and money laundering charges,...