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Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith will be Mississippi's first woman in Congress when she takes over for Sen. Thad Cochran, leaving Vermont as the only state that has never sent a woman to Capitol Hill.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has broken his silence addressing the controversy over how a voter targeting firm harvested the personal data of some 50 million users. He acknowledged the company made mistakes.

It's the first major change in years to a key legal shield used by Internet companies to avoid liability for what people say and online.

Congressional staffers are slated to meet with Facebook officials this week. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and a member of the Commerce and Judiciary committees, about what action Congress could take to regulate how Facebook uses user data.

A New York judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed by a woman who alleges the president sexually assaulted and defamed her can go forward. On another front, a former Playboy model who claims she had an affair with Donald Trump is suing to be released from a legal agreement requiring her silence.

Critics say the Trump administration failed to properly vet Dr. Robert Redfield. Sen. Patty Murray says a past research controversy suggests a "pattern of ethically and morally questionable behavior."

Investigators are still trying to determine why a man in Austin, Texas built and detonated a series of deadly bombs over the past month. Authorities have continued trying to find the bomber's motives.

Republicans on the House intelligence committee, led by Devin Nunes, could release more from their secret 150-page report that cleared Trump's campaign on the allegation of collusion with Russia.

The scrunchie is a puffy fabric hair tie that was big in the 80s and 90s. As evidence of its longevity, the Journal points to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg who uses one almost daily.

A Gallup poll finds teachers support measures like background checks for gun buyers, but little enthusiasm for bearing arms.