Facebook paid contractors to transcribe Messenger audio clips

NEW YORK — Facebook has paid contractors to transcribe audio clips from users of its Messenger service, raising privacy concerns for a company with a history of privacy lapses.

Las Vegas man convicted of killing, dismembering wife dies

William Sites died while serving up to 15 years on charges of second-degree murder and theft after he pleaded guilty to killing his wife and dismembering her body in 2005.

Lowering earnings outlook, Macy’s sends ominous signal for retailers

Macy’s is lowering its annual earnings guidance after the department store struggled with a big earnings miss during the second quarter as it was forced to slash prices on unsold merchandise.

 
Gov. Sisolak says Nevada ‘moving the dial’ on opioid abuse

The governor opens a two-day summit in Las Vegas that aims to let stakeholders “review the successes and learn what partners are doing in this fight for Nevada communities.”

Mississippi River poses threat to New Orleans in hurricane season

The river that drains much of the flood-soaked U.S. is still running far higher than normal, menacing New Orleans in multiple ways just as the hurricane season intensifies.

SC deputy caught in sex sting by own department; ex-official also charged

A South Carolina sheriff’s department says it caught one of its own deputies last week in a child sex sting that netted over a dozen other people. A former state official was also charged, the day after pleading guilty in an unrelated federal case.

Democrats struggle with how tough to hit Trump on racism

As a new crop of Democrats competes for the chance to take on Donald Trump in 2020, they are going even further than Hillary Clinton did, with some saying the president is a white supremacist.

Protesters apologize, flights resume at Hong Kong airport

Flights resumed at Hong Kong’s airport Wednesday after two days of disruptions marked by outbursts of violence that highlight the hardening positions of pro-democracy protesters and the authorities.

A$AP Rocky, bodyguards found guilty of assault in Sweden

A Swedish court that found American rapper A$AP Rocky guilty of assault for his role in a June 30 street brawl in Stockholm says he and his two bodyguards “assaulted the victim by hitting and kicking him as he lay on the ground.”

LETTER: How would huge taxes affect Powerball players?

Most Powerball players hope to win big dollars, probably enough money to never work again. Under Sanders’ or de Blasio’s tax plans, only government would live the dream.

Epstein guards suspected of falsifying logs, source says

A person familiar with the probe of Jeffrey Epstein’s death at a federal jail says guards are suspected of falsifying log entries to show they were checking on inmates in his unit every half hour, when they actually weren’t.

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