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Dec 26, 2018 - Technology

Escaping the tech obsession

Illustration of pill bottle emptying out video game controllers
Dec 26, 2018 - Economy

Dow posts biggest single-day point gain in history

Girl statue in front of New York Stock Exchange

Reid Hoffman apologizes for funding disinformation in Alabama special election

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Trump makes unannounced visit to troops in Iraq

Trump with U.S. troops
Dec 26, 2018 - Economy

U.S. sales rose to more than $850 billion during holiday season

Amazon racks up "tens of millions" of new Prime subscribers over holiday

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U.S. Customs orders medical checks after second immigrant child dies

customs and border protection at the border fence
Dec 26, 2018 - Economy

The rise of the American bear

An illustration of a teddy bear with a downward arrow painted on its chest.
Dec 26, 2018 - Technology

Why privacy regulations are no longer a pipe dream

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Dec 25, 2018 - Politics & Policy

Syria airstrikes continue despite Trump withdrawal announcement

Israeli soldiers in the Golan Heights watch explosions from Syrian fighting

Guatemalan boy dies in U.S. custody

Boy runs near border wall.
Dec 25, 2018 - World

The security consequences of Brexit

Pro Brexit campaigners standing with signs outside the Houses of Parliament

Trump: "I can’t tell you when" shutdown will end

Trump makes a video call to service members from the Oval Office
Dec 25, 2018 - Science

50 years ago today

Apollo 8 photo of the earth rising over the moon

Fortnite: The hot, new social network

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Dec 25, 2018

Indonesia tsunami death toll reaches 429

Men carrying a stretcher with a body bag
Dec 25, 2018 - Economy

Japanese stocks, other Asian markets down

Pedestrians walk past a board showing the share price of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Dec 25, 2018 - Economy

Everyone's favorite Christmas movie that isn't Die Hard

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