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Ken Shepherd

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Ken Shepherd was a digital writer covering entertainment and social-media news developments for The Washington Times.

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WhatsApp and Facebook app icons on a smartphone in New York in this February 19, 2014 file photo. Global messaging service WhatsApp says it will start sharing the phone numbers of its users with Facebook, its parent company. That means WhatsApp users could soon start seeing more targeted ads on Facebook, although not on the messaging service itself. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

WhatsApp to share data with Facebook

Facebook is reportedly changing the privacy policy for the WhatsApp messaging-service app it acquired two years ago, claiming the move will help better tailor the platform's advertising, prevent spam and enhance the user's experience.

August 25, 2016
A guide from the Civil War Trust talks to a tour group participating in the Trust's June 30, 2016 Grand Review of the Armies: Tour & Pub Crawl, commemorating the victory parade route taken by Union Army soldiers in May 1865. On August 24, 2016, the Trust will lead a pub crawl tracing the route British soldiers took as they sacked the capital city during the war of 1812. Photo courtesy of Meg Martin of the Civil War Trust.

Civil War Trust to host ‘Burning of Washington’ pub crawl in Washington

Promising to "retrace the steps of the British soldiers," who burned the U.S. Capitol building and White House in the War of 1812, the Civil War Trust promised that Wednesday's educational pub crawl will recount "stories of bravery, destruction and humor as we stop in at various watering holes along the route."

August 23, 2016