ZUCKERBERG TAKES GRILLING IN D.C.
WASHINGTON — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg endured hours of prickly questioning from lawmakers Wednesday as he defended the company’s new globally ambitious project to create a digital currency, called Libra, while also dealing with widening scrutiny from U.S. regulators. Representatives also grilled Zuckerberg on Facebook’s track record on civil rights, hate speech, privacy and misinformation. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., who chairs the House Financial Services Committee, said the Libra project raises “many concerns relating to privacy, trading risks, discrimination . . . national security, monetary policy and the stability of the global financial system.” Waters also told Zuckerberg, “You have opened up a discussion about whether Facebook should be broken up.”
UAW workers in Flint OK contract
DETROIT — Workers at one of the largest General Motors factories have voted to ratify a contract with the company, an indication that a five-week strike could be ending. United Auto Workers Local 598 at a pickup truck plant in Flint, Michigan, approved the contract Wednesday. The local’s Facebook page said 60.9% voted in favor, while 39.1% were against.
3 weeks in college scandal
BOSTON — Jane Buckingham, 51, a California marketing executive, was sentenced Wednesday to three weeks in prison for paying $50,000 to cheat on her son’s college entrance exam. Prosecutors recommended six months in prison and a $40,000 fine.
Tarantino adds 10 minutes
NEW YORK — Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” is heading back into theaters with 10 minutes of added scenes, beginning Friday. The new running time will push Tarantino’s 1969 Los Angeles fable to nearly three hours.