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Facebook block:

Facebook said Thursday it removed hundreds of Russia-linked pages, groups and accounts that it says were part of two big disinformation operations, in its latest effort to fight fake news. The social media company said it took action after finding two networks “that engaged in coordinated inauthentic behavior” on its Facebook and Instagram platforms.

Journalist killed:

Police in Ghana say an investigative journalist whose work exposing corruption in African soccer led to the downfall of a member of the sport’s high-powered FIFA Council was shot dead by gunmen on a motorbike.

Ali honored:

Louisville is naming its airport after Muhammad Ali, who famously hated flying. “I’m not afraid of the fight, ”he told reporters before a 1961 bout. “I’m afraid of the flight. ”As the Louisville Courier-Journal reported, Mayor Greg Fischer said Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport would serve as a reminder that while the boxer belonged to the world, the Kentucky city was his home.

Vanguard founder dies:

John C. “Jack” Bogle, who revolutionized American investment with his invention of the index fund, died Wednesday in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. He was 89. The announcement was made by the Malvern, Pennsylvania-based Vanguard Group, the $5 trillion mutual fund organization he founded in 1974. No cause of death was reported. He had been diagnosed with an erratic heartbeat as a young man, had his first of six heart attacks at 31 and underwent a heart transplant at 66.

pledge:

Microsoft pledged $500 million to address homelessness and develop affordable housing in response to the Seattle region’s widening affordability gap.