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Meta late Wednesday debuted a social media app called Threads that the social media giant describes as “Instagram’s text-based conversation app.” The new service, which looks set to compete with Twitter, launched a day early in Apple’s App Store. Originally, the app had been scheduled for release on July 6. …

A North Carolina state trooper who stopped to help a motorist stranded on an interstate Monday evening was shot by the driver but returned fire and killed him, authorities said. The state highway patrol said Trooper Jeffrey Dunlap was aiding Wesley Scott Taylor, 57, of Leicester, N.C. on I-26 in …

As the operator of a tourist submersible designed to dive 4,000 meters below the sea’s surface, OceanGate asked its customers to sign liability waivers before stepping inside the 21-foot vessel — paperwork that outlined their risks in stark terms, including the possibility of death, emotional trauma or physical injury.  That …