Here's how Amazon could dethrone UPS and FedEx in the US last-mile delivery market (AMZN)

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Outside of the US Postal Service (USPS), FedEx and UPS have dominated the domestic logistics industry — and in particular, the last-mile of the delivery — for decades. On a quarterly earnings call in 2016, FedEx estimated that itself, UPS, and USPS executed a whopping 95% of all e-commerce orders.

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An Instagram model has been granted probation for stomping on her tiny dog

• A 26-year-old Instagram model was granted probation after facing trial for a in September 2017 incident where she was seen beating her dog.
• Keevonna Wilson was caught on her apartment building's security system repeatedly kicking the Shih-Tzu Yorkie mix in an elevator.
• Wilson originally faced felony charges, but a Florida court ruled this week that she would receive a four-year probation term and pay $600.

A 26-year-old Instagram model was reportedly granted probation by a Florida court for a September 2017 incident where she was seen beating her dog.

After Keevonna Wilson was seen on her apartment's security system repeatedly kicking Chastity, her Shih Tzu-Yorkie crossbreed in an elevator, she was reportedly charged with felony animal cruelty and initially pleaded not guilty, the Miami Herald reported.

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'Lawmakers often tell me we have too much power over speech, and frankly I agree': Mark Zuckerberg calls for more outside regulation over the internet

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• Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg urged in a Washington Post op-ed for more regulation over the internet.
• He said Facebook has run into problems in four main areas: harmful content, election integrity, privacy, and data portability.
• He said privacy rules such as those in Europe should be adopted around the world.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is calling for more outside regulation in several areas in which the social media site has run into problems over the past few years: harmful content, election integrity, privacy and data portability.

In an opinion piece Saturday in The Washington Post, Zuckerberg says governments and regulators rather than private companies like Facebook should be more active in policing the Internet. He says privacy rules such as the General Data Protection Regulation, which took effect in Europe last year, should be adopted elsewhere in the world.

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AI 101: How learning computers are becoming smarter

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Many companies use the term artificial intelligence, or AI, as a way to generate excitement for their products and to present themselves as on the cutting edge of tech development.

But what exactly is artificial intelligence? What does it involve? And how will it help the development of future generations?

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US reportedly cutting off aid to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras after Trump claims countries 'set up' migrant caravans

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• The US State Department is cutting funding to three South American countries — El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala — reports CNN.
• The move comes two months after President Trump threatened to cut funding to the three countries. 
• "Honduras is doing nothing for us. Guatemala is doing nothing for us. El Salvador is doing nothing for us. And we pay them hundreds of millions of dollars a year, but we're going to be stopping pretty soon," Trump said in January.
• The State Department, in a statement to CNN, said it is ending aid to the three countries on behalf of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo "carrying out the President's direction."

According to a report from CNN quoting a State Department representative, The United States will no longer provide aid to three South American countries: El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala.

The move comes less than a day after President Trump proposed to cut funding on Twitter.

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Democrats strike the same chord on new allegation of inappropriate behavior against Joe Biden: 'I believe Lucy Flores'

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• Former Vice President Joe Biden has come under fire after Lucy Flores wrote an op-ed about a time he allegedly kissed her head and made her feel uncomfortable.
• Democratic presidential candidates have begun to weigh in on the controversy as Biden mulls jumping into the 2020 race.

More Democrats are weighing in on allegations that former Vice President Joe Biden inappropriately kissed the back of a former Nevada state assemblywoman's head and made her feel uncomfortable in 2014.

While Democrats are calling on Biden to directly address the allegations, they have so far withheld from saying he should not run for president in 2020, an endeavor he is currently considering and mulling over with advisers.

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Struggling Roberto Cavalli to Seek Deal with Creditors

The label has been struggling for years to reboot sales and regain momentum and visibility in an industry increasingly dominated by big cash-rich conglomerates.

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