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Date: 05 August 2016
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Get recommendations from New York Times reporters and editors, highlighting great stories from around the web. Today, great reads from Patrick LaForge, KJ Dell’Antonia and others.
Der 4. August 2016 war ein Donnerstag unter dem Sternzeichen ♌. Es war der 216. Tag des Jahres. Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten war Barack Obama.
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Date: 05 August 2016
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Get recommendations from New York Times reporters and editors, highlighting great stories from around the web. Today, great reads from Patrick LaForge, KJ Dell’Antonia and others.
Date: 05 August 2016
By MIKE ISAAC and SYDNEY EMBER
Mike ISAAC
Facebook says it is aiming to eliminate what it calls 'clickbait,' or misleading news stories by changing its news feed algorithm so that these stories are ranked lower; move is designed to keep its 1.71 billion users regularly coming back to social network.
Date: 04 August 2016
By JIM RUTENBERG and BEN PROTESS
Jim RUTENBERG
Investigators overviewing sexual harassment accusations against former Fox News chairman Roger Ailes are also checking into whether other executives were aware of alleged inappropriate behavior by Ailes and did not act on it; almost 20 women have alleged improper behavior by him.
Date: 05 August 2016
By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr
James McKINLEY
Justice Bonnie G Wittner of State Supreme Court in Manhattan rules New York Times reporter Frances Robles must testify about jailhouse interview with Conrado Juarez; holds notes and testimony of reporter shed critical light on only public statement Juarez made about killing toddler Anjelica Castillo, known as Baby Hope, besides his confession to police; Robles's lawyer says she will appeal decision immediately.
Date: 05 August 2016
By MICHAEL POWELL
Michael POWELL
Michael Powell Sports of the Times column recounts how embattled International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has repeatedly fumbled in his response to World Anti-Doping Agency report on Russian state-sponsored doping program.
Date: 04 August 2016
By ASHLEY PARKER, NICK CORASANITI and ERICA BERENSTEIN
Ashley PARKER