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Vaughn Cockayne

Vaughn Cockayne is a Foreign Affairs Correspondent for The Washington Times. He is an Ohio native and holds a bachelor's degree in Multi-Platform Journalism from Bowling Green State University. Vaughn previously worked as a freelance writer, covering data security and privacy issues before joining The Washington Times. He can be reached at vcockayne@washingtontimes.com.

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Musk sleeps at Twitter headquarters, believes it motivates his workers

Twitter CEO Elon Musk said he sometimes sleeps at the company's headquarters in San Francisco.

April 12, 2023

HBO Max on verge of redesign as part of Discovery merger

Warner Bros. Discovery is set to combine its HBO Max and Discovery+ streaming services this year.

April 12, 2023

Texas county may close library after judge orders banned books returned

A county in Texas may close its public library system after a federal judge ruled a children's book ban unconstitutional.

April 12, 2023

Opening arguments in Vallow Daybell murder trial paints picture of conspiracy

Opening arguments began in the Boise, Idaho, trial of Lori Vallow Daybell, who is charged with conspiracy, murder and grand theft in the deaths of her two children.

April 11, 2023

FTC fines supplement maker $600K for misleading consumers with ‘review hijacking’

The Federal Trade Commission has ordered a supplement maker to pay $600,000 for deceiving Amazon customers by merging the reviews of different products to inflate the review scores of its unpopular products.

April 11, 2023

San Francisco Whole Foods closes amid crime wave

A Whole Foods Market in downtown San Francisco closed its doors Monday, citing safety concerns due to crime in the area.

April 11, 2023

Former Twitter CEO sues company over unpaid legal expenses

Twitter's ex-CEO Parag Agarwal and two other former executives are suing the company for refusing to reimburse them for legal expenses.

April 11, 2023

Metro plans to install ticketing cameras on D.C. buses

A new Metro plan will install cameras and license plate readers on D.C. buses to ticket drivers who park in bus lanes or block bus stops.

April 11, 2023

Maryland police rescue hiker and his dog stranded on a cliff at Harpers Ferry

Maryland State Police rescued a hiker and his dog on Sunday after learning the two were stuck on a cliff above the Shenandoah River in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

April 11, 2023

Elon Musk unveils Tesla’s $10 trillion plan to eliminate fossil fuels

Tech mogul Elon Musk and his company Tesla released the full text of the company's Master Plan 3 this week, a little over a month after the highlights were unveiled at a Tesla investor meeting.

April 6, 2023

Twitter Blue users will see 50% fewer ads

New features are coming for Twitter Blue users that will display 50% fewer advertisements on their timelines and give them a visibility boost.

April 6, 2023

Students walk out of classes nationwide in protest, urge new gun laws

Students from around the country walked out of class Wednesday in protest following a deadly mass shooting at a Nashville, Tennessee, elementary school last week.

April 6, 2023

More play, less labor: Americans cut average work hours post-pandemic

Americans are working fewer hours weekly versus before the pandemic, according to a new study from Brookings Papers on Economic Activity.

April 6, 2023

Texas sinkhole expands to over 1,000 feet wide

Residents of a southeastern Texas town woke up Monday to find a local sinkhole expanded by 150 feet in width and depth.

April 6, 2023

Jury selection begins in Idaho doomsday-sect murder trial

Jury selection began this week in an Idaho murder case that authorities say was related to a religious doomsday sect.

April 5, 2023

Twitter tags NPR as state-affiliated media

Twitter flagged NPR as state-affiliated media on Tuesday, a label that is usually saved for media outlets representing foreign governments like Russia's RT and China's Xinhua.

April 5, 2023

D.C. Council approves long-sought overhaul of street vendor laws

The D.C. Council voted Tuesday to approve measures to reduce regulations of street vendors Tuesday, a long-sought overhaul by one of the city's most visible industries.

April 5, 2023

Elon Musk ordered to delete tweet threatening pro-union workers

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Elon Musk violated federal labor laws when he tweeted that employees who joined a union would not receive stock options.

April 4, 2023