PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Some Rhode Island lawmakers are backing legislation that would allow them to post their photos on official state websites and social media accounts during their re-election...

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — FIFA is backing a 24-hour social media boycott by professional players in England in a protest against racial abuse and revealed plans for a new global campaign to...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A powerful New Mexico regulatory authority is requiring the state's largest utility to bill Facebook $39 million for a new transmission line construction for its data...

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's presidential runoff Sunday is a battle between a billionaire tycoon who rode anti-Russian protests to the nation's top office five years ago and a comedian who plays...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian electoral authorities have for the first time set up a cybersecurity task force and are working with social media companies to tackle misinformation in the...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The New South Wales Waratahs will have their first taste of life without Israel Folau when they play the Melbourne Rebels in Super Rugby on Saturday, not yet knowing...

WAYNESBORO, Miss. (AP) — Two Mississippi men admit they took part in a beating captured on video and shared on social media.

WDAM-TV reports 32-year-old Landon McCaa and 28-year-old Tomas...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two Saudi sisters appealed for help Wednesday from the former Soviet republic of Georgia after fleeing their country, in the latest case of runaways from the...

SYDNEY (AP) — Rugby Australia said Wednesday that Wallabies and New South Wales fullback Israel Folau has requested a Code of Conduct hearing over his possible dismissal for making anti-gay...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A crowdfunding campaign for three African American churches in Louisiana recently gutted by arson was climbing Tuesday after social media posts urging the public not to forget...

WAYNESBORO, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi sheriff says two men have been arrested in an assault captured on video and shared on social media.

Wayne County Sheriff Jody Ashley tells WDAM-TV that...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — As foreign leaders expressed solidarity with France as it mourned the damage at Notre Dame Cathedral, people around the world shared their grief on social media along with...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Operations have resumed at a Columbia library after it was evacuated because of a threatening message on social media.

Columbia Police Sgt. Chad Gooch says patrons and...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The Cuomo administration has launched a survey to give New Yorkers an opportunity to provide feedback about online data privacy issues.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A high school sports governing board is considering canceling next year's State Spirit Competition following death threats and inflammatory social media posts, the...

LONDON (AP) — England No. 8 Billy Vunipola was formally warned about his future conduct by his club side Saracens on Monday after defending an anti-gay post published on Instagram by Australia...

LONDON (AP) — Britain's privacy regulator wants to stop kids from being able to "like" posts on Facebook and other social media sites as part of tough new rules it's proposing to protect...

SYDNEY (AP) — Coach Michael Cheika said on Monday he would not have been able to select fullback Israel Folau for the Wallabies after his latest "disrespectful" social media posts attacking gay...

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were temporarily down early Sunday.

All three social media platforms, including Facebook Messenger, were affected by the outage.

COON RAPIDS, Minn. (AP) — For a suburban Minnesota police department, the idea of an electric police car is so far-fetched it was the punchline of an April Fools' Day prank on social...

PINE ISLAND, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota dairy farmer frustrated by the industry's rising financial pressures has taken to social media to voice his concerns in an emotional video that's been viewed...

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press...

SYDNEY (AP) — Israel Folau is still likely to have his Australian national team contract terminated after meeting with the country's top rugby officials about his anti-gay post on social...

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — A college gymnast is asking social media to stop sharing the video of her devastating leg injuries because "my pain is not your entertainment."

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas sheriff's department said Thursday it had "security concerns" over social media posts targeting a Republican lawmaker, who has come under fire by some conservative...

PRAGUE (AP) — Three Chelsea fans were turned away from the team's Europa League quarterfinal at Slavia Prague on Thursday after the Premier League club identified them in a video appearing to sing...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito is running for reelection.

The West Virginia Republican announced the 2020 bid Thursday in a radio interview and on social...

Israel Folau and his anti-gay sentiments appear to have gone too far this time.

Rugby Australia said Thursday it plans to terminate the fullback's contract with the national team after he...

MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Facebook said Wednesday it is rolling out a wide range of updates aimed at combatting the spread of false and harmful information on the social media site — stepping up...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a 50-year-old Tigard man to 15 years in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for contacting, grooming and sexually exploiting...

RAYMOND, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire school district superintendent says a middle school student will be disciplined for posting a threat on social media.

NEWTON, N.J. (AP) — The former youth pastor of a northern New Jersey church has admitted having sexually explicit chats with juvenile girls on social media and possessing more than 100 images of...

NEW DELHI (AP) — New Delhi shop owner Ram Shankar Rai spends at least two hours a day going through political news and videos shared with him on social media.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. refugee chief said Tuesday he has never seen "such toxicity, such poison" in politics, the media, social media and every day conversation focused on refugees,...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 47-year-old St. Louis woman has admitted that she used social media to threaten to "blow up" Planned Parenthood facilities and injure staff.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the House Judiciary Committee hearing on white nationalism and social media (all times local):

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man who said he acted in self-defense when he fatally stabbed another man who had insulted his girlfriend on social media has been convicted of...

There's almost always a reason for photographs — an engagement , wedding, graduation, pregnancy, you name it.

For many of these occasions, you'll want a professional on hand who can do more...

LONDON (AP) — Facebook has changed the fine print in its terms of service to clearly explain to users that it makes money by using their data, the European Commission said Tuesday.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The executive director of the state human rights commission says she will resign, after being suspended for posting on social media about a "Black Rifles Matter" sticker...

LONDON (AP) — Tech giants like Facebook and Google came under increasing pressure in Europe on Monday when countries proposed stricter rules to force them to block extreme material such as...

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Tre Jones is returning to Duke for his sophomore season.

The point guard announced his decision Monday via the school's social media accounts after hinting at the...

LONDON (AP) — Watford captain Troy Deeney was targeted with racial abuse on social media after scoring in the FA Cup semifinal win over Wolverhampton.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Bill Moos has rolled with the punches. Now he is just on a roll.

Nebraska's 68-year-old athletic director has pulled off two of the splashiest hires in college athletics...

ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri man has been arrested after authorities say he threatened Republican Sen. Josh Hawley in a social media message.

HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio schools superintendent is the first in the state to receive a national award for the creative use of communication technology.