Facebook's emotion study reveals it is hopelessly disconnected from emotional reality: that people get upset when people they care about are unhappy

• Alex Hern: The final straw for Facebook?

This weekend we learned that Facebook had deliberately manipulated the emotional content of 689,003 users' news feeds as part of an experiment to see what kind of psychological impact it would have. For one week in January 2012, some users saw chiefly positive stories (kitten videos, brownie recipes and assorted LOLs), while others were force-fed despair (breakups, health woes and seal-clubbing holiday snaps). And guess what happened?

"The results show emotional contagion," decided the scientists.

For somebody who did less for Britain than, say, Olly Murs, we’re making a dreadful fuss of our late monarch

Who’s your favourite dead king? For me it’s a toss-up between King Henry VIII (likes: Greensleeves, beheadings) and Nat King Cole (likes: chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose). Those are definitely my top two.

Below them, there’s King Kong, King George III, Good King Wenceslas, and about 500 other assorted types of king before you get to Richard III. Never warmed to him. Don’t know why. I’ve just never really been into Richard III. Maybe it’s his Savile-esque haircut, or the fact that his name is widely used as rhyming slang for fecal matter, or just the way he’s routinely depicted as a murderous, scheming cross between Mr Punch and Quasimodo; a panto villain with nephews’ blood on his hands.

Elon Musk is cruising toward another major payday.

A California dad allegedly tossed his baby daughter off a “steep cliff” to her death after he stabbed the child’s mom and a bystander who tried to help, relatives and police said.

He’ll need a better defense than the one his favorite team managed against LSU last year.

Brya Bishop was arrested days before her 25th birthday and charged with three felonies.

A day after a father and son were charged in the February killing of unarmed jogger Ahmaud Arbery, a Georgia official promised a thorough probe into the case and said the man who filmed the horrific incident is also under investigation. In a news conference Friday morning, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Vic Reynolds said “every stone will be turned over" and if the facts lead agents to make another arrest “they will do that.”

The desperate search for two teens who vanished while tubing in Utah continued on Saturday, days after the pair were swept up in an intense storm.

The monster who started it, Hitler, was dead, with a coward’s bullet to the head. Also gone was FDR, the man who mobilized a nation and built a worldwide coalition to defeat Germany. As were millions of men who fought in the second war to end all wars to crush an insane regime that had murdered millions of civilian men, women and children, Jew and gentile. Churchill, who stood sometimes alone against the threat, would soon be turned out by the voters.

Most buyers, understandably, would want to know if a violent death occurred in the houses they are considering.

Jahvier Perez, 26, faces attempted murder, assault and child endangerment charges in the grisly Saturday morning attack, which may have left the two-year-old brain-damaged, police sources said.

A Brooklyn woman was slashed in the face with a knife by an enraged passenger after her child threw up on a city bus.

The last suspect in the grisly gang-related Brooklyn murders of two men whose bodies were burned after they were tortured and killed pleaded guilty Friday.

Emmanuelle Cooper, 54, spent 27 years in prison for the 1992 murder of MTA employee Andres Barretto, who was fatally shot in an East New York subway station after two men forced their way into a booth and robbed the token clerks inside.

Ruthie Ann Miles, a Tony winner who is now a regular on the CBS series “All Rise,” shared the happy news on Instagram.

Rona Phillips, the principal of KAPPA V High School in Brownsville, is in intensive care with pneumonia, officials said. “Our thoughts are with Principal Phillips and her family for a speedy recovery, and we’ll support the school community in every way we can,” said Education Department spokeswoman Miranda Barbot.

The hefty payout comes after the federal Justice Department filed a lawsuit against the city Education Department in 2016 for allowing a “pattern and practice of discrimination” to flourish at Pan American High School during the 2012-13 school year.

Nearly 20 groups representing New York City foster kids pleaded with officials to finally guarantee school buses to students in foster care so they no longer have to switch schools because they can’t get to class.

Rona Phillips, the principal of KAPPA V High School in Brownsville, is in intensive care with pneumonia, officials said. “Our thoughts are with Principal Phillips and her family for a speedy recovery, and we’ll support the school community in every way we can,” said Education Department spokeswoman Miranda Barbot.

A day after a father and son were charged in the February killing of unarmed jogger Ahmaud Arbery, a Georgia official promised a thorough probe into the case and said the man who filmed the horrific incident is also under investigation. In a news conference Friday morning, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Vic Reynolds said “every stone will be turned over" and if the facts lead agents to make another arrest “they will do that.”

Two men born without arms showcase the brain’s extraordinary flexibility.

This month, NOVA is hosting three events that will dive into how autonomous vehicles work, how they may change the way we live, and whether we will ever be able to entrust them with our lives.

If this coronavirus pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that we must prepare for the next one, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned Wednesday.

Between 83,000 and 190,000 people could die of COVID-19 in Africa, with 29 million to 44 million infected, in the coronavirus pandemic’s first year if containment measures do not work, the African regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday.

The Supreme Court makes it easier for states to convict mentally ill defendants.

Trump isn't wrong to question the World Health Organization's early responses to the coronavirus. But he is wrong to abandon funding in the middle of a pandemic.

The federal stimulus checks go to people with Social Security numbers, leaving out millions who work in the U.S. without permission, but who pay taxes.

In America, the healthiest are by no coincidence also the wealthiest. The poor, the disabled and people of color get the short end of the stick.

The Clippers will soon feature a new lineup with Marcus Morris, but on Saturday it was new-look Minnesota that dominated from the start to win 142-115.

Kobe Bryant "walked the walk," as WNBA star Nneka Ogwumike said, in supporting women's sports, particularly basketball. Can his void be filled?

Which school has the most No. 1 NFL draft picks of all-time? This is where the rivalry between USC and Notre Dame flares up once again.

In all, 46.89% of registered voters cast ballots in the March 3 primary, which was moved up from June with hopes that turnout would be high and presidential candidates would be forced to address issues mattering most to Californians.

The Kings are transitioning from their veteran Stanley Cup-winning teams to a faster group whose young players must take scoring and leadership roles.

Oakland A's pitcher Mike Fiers is a hero to some, but others believe he waited too long to go public with the Astros' sign-stealing scheme.

Ross Stripling, who hopes to start this season but seems likely to return to a swingman bullpen role, gave up one run in three innings Friday night.

The Dodgers and Angels haven't said how they will distribute the $1 million each MLB team pledged to pay stadium workers during the coronavirus shutdown.

Paul Martinez loved his L.A. sports teams. His death due to complications related to coronavirus is a loss that extends beyond his family and friends.

The music industry mavericks, who sold their Beats Electronics company to Apple for $3 billion in 2014, are looking towards the future and trying to identify new captains of industry through their education-based philanthropic initiatives.

Elon Musk is cruising toward another major payday.

A California dad allegedly tossed his baby daughter off a “steep cliff” to her death after he stabbed the child’s mom and a bystander who tried to help, relatives and police said.

He’ll need a better defense than the one his favorite team managed against LSU last year.

Brya Bishop was arrested days before her 25th birthday and charged with three felonies.

If this coronavirus pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that we must prepare for the next one, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned Wednesday.

Between 83,000 and 190,000 people could die of COVID-19 in Africa, with 29 million to 44 million infected, in the coronavirus pandemic’s first year if containment measures do not work, the African regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday.

A day after a father and son were charged in the February killing of unarmed jogger Ahmaud Arbery, a Georgia official promised a thorough probe into the case and said the man who filmed the horrific incident is also under investigation. In a news conference Friday morning, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Vic Reynolds said “every stone will be turned over" and if the facts lead agents to make another arrest “they will do that.”

The desperate search for two teens who vanished while tubing in Utah continued on Saturday, days after the pair were swept up in an intense storm.