Drug dealers, scammers and white nationalists openly conduct business and spread toxic speech on the platform, according to a Times analysis of more than 3.2 million Telegram messages. Source link

Officers are limited in their response to a possible threat of violence, but they are being trained to identify and monitor worrisome behavior earlier. Source link

As wedding costs continue to increase, some couples are charging guests to attend their special day. Source link

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SAO PAULO — Saquon Barkley has been practicing the art of positive thinking since switching teams for the first time in his career. Yet he probably couldn’t have imagined making such a spectacular debut for the Philadelphia Eagles. Barkley scored three touchdowns Friday night in the first NFL game in …

Federal prosecutors say Russia paid an American media company to push pro-Kremlin messages from social media influencers including Benny Johnson, Tim Pool and Dave Rubin. Source link

The right-wing think tank has been pushing misinformation about voting into social media feeds. The Georgia secretary of state’s office called one video “a stunt.” Source link

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ISIS-affiliated news agency Amaq released a graphic video on Saturday that purports to show Friday’s attack at a concert hall in suburban Moscow recorded by one of the attackers, suggesting the perpetrators had a direct link to ISIS in order to be able to send the video. CNN has geolocated …

SAN DIEGO — Manny Machado homered twice to tie Nate Colbert for San Diego’s career record with 163 and lead the Padres to a 5-1 win against the San Francisco Giants on Friday night. Machado had a solo shot in the first and then matched Colbert’s record, which stood for …