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News From the Tech World: Facebook announced that “most” of its users could have had their profile information scraped by “malicious actors” through a data-access loophole—the latest in a series of scandals that have raised questions about the company’s ability to balance business goals against users’ best interests. And authorities are investigating what might have motivated a shooter to injure three people and take her own life at YouTube’s headquarters on Tuesday. Rachel Gutman has the key details in the Science, Technology, and Health spotlight, below.

President Trump is a “subject”—but not a “target”—of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interferencereport. that distinction could mean. The House Intelligence Committee recently ended its own investigation into the interference—a probe marred by intense partisan infighting. Natasha Bertrand tells the story of

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