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Today in History: July 18 07/18/2019 12:00am • Today is Thursday, July 18, the 199th day of 2019. There are 166 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 18, 1969, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., left a party on Chappaquiddick (chap-uh-KWIH'-dihk) Island near Martha's Vineyard with Mary Jo Kopechne (koh-PEHK'-nee), 28; Montgomery Co. home improvement fraud suspects caught on camera 07/12/2019 09:02am • The women suspected in a home improvement-store fraud scheme spanning Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania have been caught on camera — and Montgomery County police have released surveillance photos of them. Police believe they've hit about a dozen stores and have bilked those stores out of Experts tell Congress: Instagram, Snapchat need to do more to protect kids from predators 07/09/2019 02:30pm • Sexual predators are increasingly going after children on popular online platforms, including Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube, and tech companies need to do more to protect kids from being exploited, experts told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. "Young people, particularly young girls, Details for President Trump’s July 4th National Mall event released 06/28/2019 05:41pm • The details and schedule of President Donald Trump's Fourth of July event on the National Mall, "Salute to America," were released June 19 — just a day after he officially kicked off his 2020 reelection campaign. The 6:30 p.m. July 4 event is set to include music, military demonstrations and fl With rise of robocalls, what's the future of caller ID? 06/28/2019 04:24pm • Q: When will the new caller ID authentication program go into effect? We’re all dealing with a noticeable increase in robocalls that often use a "spoofed" caller ID in hopes that we will take the call and engage with the scammer on the other end. One of the most common spoofs is referred to Va. woman who faked pregnancy pleads guilty in adoption case 06/27/2019 09:49am • LAKE FOREST, Calif. (AP) — A Virginia woman who faked being pregnant to dupe a California couple who hoped to adopt the baby has pleaded guilty and will serve two years in prison. The Orange County Register reports Elizabeth Jones' trial ended abruptly during jury selection Wednesday when she d TSA reminds travelers that REAL ID replacement deadline is approaching 06/26/2019 01:00pm • If you're traveling this summer, know that the Transportation Security Administration is preparing for what will be the busiest travel season in its history. "This week, leading up to July Fourth is probably going to be one of the busiest ones at all three area airports," TSA spokesperson Lisa F Japanese zoo staff chase furry fake lion in escape drill 06/24/2019 07:34am • A lion escapes from its zoo enclosure and charges into a net-wielding member of zoo staff before being tranquilized and captured. This scene, which unfolded on Saturday at the Tobe Zoological Park in Ehime Prefecture, Japan, would have been quite terrifying if it weren't a drill and the "lion" a Nationals hit 3 HRs, complete sweep of Phillies with 7-4 win 06/20/2019 10:55pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Anthony Rendon and Victor Robles homered in a four-run sixth inning, and the Washington Nationals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-4 Thursday night to complete a sweep of their rain-shortened series. Rendon led off the sixth with a tiebreaking drive against Nick Pivetta (4-2), Column: Reviewing Yelp and other online review sites 06/14/2019 04:53am • Q: Why do the reviews for my business on Yelp seem to be more negative than all the other review sites? Am I imagining things? A: Online reviews can make a big difference in any business, so keeping tabs on what your customers are saying is critical. Just think about how you make decisions almos Congress raises privacy concerns with airport security pictures 06/04/2019 02:37pm • Lawmakers on a Congressional committee that’s often sharply divided shared major privacy concerns Tuesday as they grilled representatives of the FBI and TSA about the expanding use of facial recognition technology at the nation’s airports. Republican and Democratic members of the House Commit When the offer is fake: How scammers target job seekers 05/28/2019 12:47am • Job hunters, beware: Scammers are out impersonating would-be employers to get at your sensitive data and even your checking account. Here's how it works: A fake job ad is posted, either on social media or on a job-hunting site. The scammer might use a known organization's name and logo to lure 'Game of Thrones: The Last Watch' pays tribute to show's foot soldiers 05/27/2019 02:41am • "Game of Thrones: The Last Watch" could easily be dismissed as HBO's way of maximizing its ample investment in the series, a glorified electronic press kit to extend the program's run by one more week. Yet after many viewers spent the final season bashing the show, the two- Today in History: May 14 05/14/2019 12:10am • Today is Tuesday, May 14, the 134th day of 2019. There are 231 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 14, 1955, representatives from eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, signed the Warsaw Pact in Poland. (The Pact was dissolved in 1991.) On this d Stop the bleed, save more lives: Americans learn to act as first responders in case they're in a mass shooting 05/12/2019 05:34am • Yvonne Bubienko stands over a flesh-colored dummy leg that appears to have suffered a deep and severe laceration. She takes an unrolled length of gauze and packs it deeper and deeper into the wound, filling the empty space beneath the surface of the skin. Bubienko's not squeamish, she says, but t