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May 18, 2017

FILE PHOTO: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during a news conference at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, California May 26, 2010. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith/File Photo

Facebook to show Major League Baseball games live on Fridays

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook Inc has struck a deal with Major League Baseball to show 20 of the league's games live this season in an agreement that...

sports May 18, 2017 - 2:15pm

May 16, 2017

Facebook adds Snapchat-like camera filters to Instagram

Facebook Inc's Instagram has souped up its camera tool with quirky face-tracking filters, adding another feature similar to that offered by social...

May 16, 2017 - 3:17pm

May 5, 2017

Weapons confiscated from the attack in San Bernardino, California are shown in this San Bernardino County Sheriff Department handout photo from their Twitter account released to Reuters December 3, 2015. REUTERS/San Bernardino County Sheriffs Department/Handout/File Photo

Families of San Bernardino shooting victims sue social networks, say they've helped ISIS grow

LOS ANGELES - Family members of three victims of the December 2015 shooting rampage in San Bernardino, California, have sued Facebook, Google...

News May 5, 2017 - 8:17am

April 26, 2017

Canadian police investigate Facebook beating video in murder case near Winnipeg

WINNIPEG, Manitoba - Canadian police said on Wednesday, April 26, they are investigating whether a beating captured on video, reported to have...

News April 26, 2017 - 2:35pm

April 18, 2017

An attendee waits to try the newly announced Facebook Spaces virtual reality platform during the annual Facebook F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, U.S., April 18, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam

VIDEO: A closer look at 'Facebook Spaces,' the company's first social, virtual reality app

LOS ANGELES - Facebook unveiled its first foray into social VR at its f8 developer conference in San Jose, Calif. Tuesday, giving users of the...

News April 18, 2017 - 4:23pm

A man who identified himself as Stevie Steve in a video he broadcast of himself on Facebook. Stevie Steve/Social Media

Officials: Suspect in Facebook video murder kills self in Pennsylvania

The man who police said posted a video of himself on Facebook killing an elderly man shot and killed himself after a "brief pursuit" by Pennsylvania...

News April 18, 2017 - 11:19am

February 28, 2017

Charges: Man befriends ex's family, friends on fake Facebook page before posting nudes of her

ANOKA, Minn.—First he created a fake Facebook page under his ex's new boyfriend's name. Next he started "friending" people, including the...

News February 28, 2017 - 1:10pm

February 14, 2017

Facebook's campus is seen on the edge of the San Francisco Bay in Menlo Park, Calif., in this aerial photo taken Jan. 13, 2017. Noah Berger / Reuters

Facebook launches app for watching its videos on TV

Facebook is launching an app for smart TVs that will help the social network's users enjoy its videos on a bigger screen. The app will roll out...

News February 14, 2017 - 3:10pm

February 10, 2017

Facebook to provide ad data for independent audit

Facebook said it would provide information about ads displayed on its platform for an audit, months after the social network admitted to overstating...

News February 10, 2017 - 9:30am

February 8, 2017

Facebook creates 'Community Help' feature for disaster assistance

Facebook plans to add a feature on Wednesday, Feb. 8, to make it easier for people affected by disasters to find each other locally to provide...

News February 8, 2017 - 8:38am

November 22, 2016

Facebook and Google announced plans to crack down on the websites that traffic in fake news by banning them from using online advertising services that are a key source of revenue. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Can you tell the difference between real and fake news?

Let’s start with a news quiz: Which of the following stories is true? A. Donald Trump once told a magazine reporter if he ever ran for president...

News/region November 22, 2016 - 4:21pm

August 8, 2016

COMMUNITY: New Facebook group aims to prevent drunken driving

BEMIDJI--Two years after losing her parents to a drunk driver, one local woman is working to keep intoxicated individuals from getting behind the wheel. Alicia Collins, who lives between Bemidji and Cass Lake, created the Facebook group “Bemidji Area Designated Drivers 4 You”...

News/local August 8, 2016 - 5:40pm

July 17, 2015

Brag on Facebook about robbery with sword leads to Thief River Falls man's arrest

THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. – A man here was busted for an armed robbery after bragging about it on Facebook. Investigators say a masked 37-year-old Adrian Staples walked into a convenience store earlier this month, threatened the clerk with a sword and stole cash and cigarettes. A...

News/region July 17, 2015 - 10:06am

February 18, 2015

Alleged Moorhead burglar outed by Facebook photo of stolen hat

MOORHEAD – A 25-year-old man is facing felony charges after the victim of a home burglary here told police she saw someone wearing her stolen baseball cap in a photo posted on Facebook, court documents say. According to charges filed Friday in Clay County District Court, owners...

News/region February 18, 2015 - 8:54am

March 8, 2014

Mychal Stittsworth of Stittsworth Meats in Bemidji multitasks Thursday afternoon by communicating with more than 16,000 people as he helps a customer with thick cut bacon. The shop’s Facebook page, seen on the screen to the left, has attracted an enormous following. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Bemidji’s Stittsworth Meats finds success using Facebook to say hello rather than delivering sales pitch

BEMIDJI — Stittsworth Meats of Bemidji has found a cutting edge in the high-stakes game of small business: Facebook. As of Friday morning,...

News/business March 8, 2014 - 12:31am