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Facebook vows improvements after moderators claim PTSD

Facebook is vowing to improve its system for reviewing and screening out violent and disturbing content after a report said some of its moderators are low-paid contractors who develop PTSD-like symptoms from the grueling work. The social media giant said…

The world's healthiest countries, ranked

Spain just surpassed Italy as the world's healthiest nation. That's according to this year's edition of the Bloomberg Healthiest Country Index, which ranks 169 countries on factors that contribute to overall health. Six of the top 10 countries were in…

U.S. stocks climb as investors cheer U.S.-China trade talks

Stocks marched higher on Wall Street Monday after President Donald Trump agreed to hold off on raising tariffs on Chinese goods, which would have escalated a damaging trade war between the world's two largest economies. Investors had been growing increasingly…

The average tax refund is down more than $500 this year

What's behind lower tax refunds? Three weeks into tax season, Americans' tax refunds are shrinking. The average refund issued through Feb. 15 was 16 percent smaller than this time last year, according to data released by the Internal Revenue Service.…

Deadly tornado destroys church, but can't stop baptism

Columbus, Miss. — Weekend storms raked parts of the Southeast, leaving deaths and injuries in their wake as a tornado smashed into a commercial district in a small Mississippi city and drenching rains fed a rising flood threat. The twister destroyed…

Trump speaks at meeting of nation's governors

President Trump is speaking at a business session with governors from around the country at the White House on Monday. Mr. trump's remarks come just hours before he is set to leave for Hanoi, Vietnam where he is expected to…

How Wall Street is driving up homelessness

Watch the new CBSN Originals documentary, "Priced Out: LA's Hidden Homeless," in the video player above. For many Americans, the housing crash of 2008 was just the start of a decade-long housing crisis. After the real estate bubble popped, taking the U.S.…

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