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Rep. Rashida Tlaib Calls For $20 An Hour Minimum Wage

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Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib called for a federal minimum wage of up to $20 an hour at a “One Fair Wage” event in Detroit on Sunday.“Big fights like this one, $15. When we started it, it should have been $15. Now I think it should be $20 … It should be $20 an hour. $18-20 an hour,” Tlaib said in a video posted by America Rising on Monday.Tlaib and Michigan Democrat Debbie Dingell participated in an event called “Server for an Hour” to support the Raise the Wage Act that passed the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives Thursday.Tlaib brought up the common counter-argument that raising the minimum wage will not actually feel like more money in the wallets of workers.> Fighting for our working families sometimes means walking in their shoes. It was only for an hour, but it was hard work. @HouseDemocrats passed Fightfor15 OneFairWage & now the Senate needs to. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Z6eYrJ via Latest News

India launches 'historic' flight bound for the moon

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Days after the U.S. celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first human steps on the moon, India launched an unmanned flight bound for the far side. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2JIvtEY via Latest News

U.S. to expand rapid deportation nationwide with sweeping new rule

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Monday it will order more speedy deportations of immigrants who crossed illegally and are caught anywhere in the United States, expanding a program typically applied only along the southern border with Mexico. The rule set to be published in the Federal Register on Tuesday would apply "expedited removal" to any illegal crossers who cannot prove to immigration agents that they have been living in the country for two years. Legal experts said it was a dramatic expansion of a program that cuts out review by an immigration judge. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Gpk5Mf via Latest News

Lawmaker, conservative group seek ethics probes of Rep. Omar

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A Minnesota state legislator and a conservative group announced Tuesday that they are seeking ethics investigations into U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar for a range of alleged offenses. Steve Drazkowski, a Republican, and Judicial Watch both say Omar may have committed immigration fraud by marrying someone they say is her brother. Omar, a Minnesota Democrat who came to the U.S. as a refugee from Somalia, previously denied the allegation and called such claims "disgusting lies." A spokesman didn't immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Gq0lZ1 via Latest News

House Democrats Unveil Climate Goal Short of Ocasio-Cortez’s

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(Bloomberg) -- House Democrats unveiled a target to stave off climate change Tuesday, one that is a far cry from the controversial Green New Deal being championed by New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other progressives.Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee announced they would pursue legislation this year that calls for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, a less ambitious but politically, and technologically, achievable alternative to Ocasio-Cortez’s sweeping Green New Deal that called for hitting that target by 2030.“We just think that target is more realistic,” said Representative Frank Pallone, a New Jersey Democrat and chairman of the committee.“If we don’t go down to net-zero carbon pollution by then we have a catastrophic situation,” Pallone said, citing scientific reports on the issue by the United Nations and others.The announcement comes as some Democrats worry the Green New Deal could cost them at the polls. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ha

Vallejo woman identified as Tesla driver in San Francisco crash that killed tourist from Central Valley

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A date that a couple marked as their wedding anniversary has now turned into a tragedy. The two, who were visiting from the Central Valley, were crossing the street in San Francisco when they were hit by a car. Here's how a 21-year-old was able to rent the Tesla involved in this crash. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2OfNLld via Latest News

CEO: Schools reject offer to pay students' late lunch bills

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The president of a Pennsylvania school board whose district had warned parents behind on lunch bills that their children could end up in foster care has rejected a CEO's offer to cover the cost, the businessman said Tuesday. Todd Carmichael, chief executive and co-founder of Philadelphia-based La Colombe Coffee, said he offered to give Wyoming Valley West School District $22,000 to wipe out bills that generated the recent warning letter to parents. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2OgSdAi via Latest News

Samsung Galaxy Note10 to be powered by the Snapdragon 855 Plus chipset, full specs outed

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Yesterday a rumor claimed to shed light on the Galaxy Note10 family's battery capacities, but today famed leakster Evan Blass (aka @evleaks) has shared some information that is slightly contradictory to that. According to what he knows from his sources at this time, the Note10's battery capacity will be 3,600 mAh. That's 100 mAh more than yesterday's rumor said, which should be good news for future owners of this smartphone. Blass confirms the 6.3" screen size, alongside the unsurprising revelations that it's an AMOLED panel with 60Hz refresh rate. The Note10 will apparently be offered... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2XY4KNm via IFTTT

Real-life images of possible Huawei Mate 30 Pro leaked - Notebookcheck.net

Real-life images of possible Huawei Mate 30 Pro leaked    Notebookcheck.net New pictures of the Huawei Mate 30 Pro with its unique waterfall screen leak    MSPoweruser The Huawei Mate 30 Pro has been spotted in public for the first time    Phone Arena Chinese actress posts selfies shot with Huawei nova 5i Pro (Mate 30 Lite) - GSMArena.com news    GSMArena.com Huawei Mate 20 X 5G edition will go on sale in August    gizmochina View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2ZhlNqc via Technology

AWS launches a new tool to help you optimize your EC2 resources - TechCrunch

AWS launches a new tool to help you optimize your EC2 resources    TechCrunch Here is a small but potentially handy update if you're an AWS EC2 user. The company today launched a new feature called “EC2 Resource Optimization ... from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2YuxT2s via Technology

Republicans Aren’t Happy: Mueller Makes Last-Minute Request Ahead Of Testimony

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Former special counsel Robert Mueller asked Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee to swear in his longtime deputy as a witness at a congressional hearing Wednesday, according to multiple reports.Mueller asked that Aaron Zebley, who served as deputy on the special counsel’s probe, be sworn in as a witness in order to address any questions that he is not able to answer, according to sources familiar with the matter, The New York Times and CNN reported.Mueller is scheduled to testify before the House Judiciary Committee for three hours and before the House Intelligence Committee for two hours Wednesday. He will be pressed for details of his 22-month investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia and whether President Donald Trump attempted to obstruct the probe.In a report of the investigation, Mueller said that his team was unable to establish that any Trump associates conspired with the Russian government to influence the election. But the report was vague on ob

Mother: Family will sue cruise company over toddler's death

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There are "a million things" the cruise company could have done to prevent the death of an 18-month-old Indiana girl who fell to her death from an open window on a cruise ship in Puerto Rico, the toddler's mother said in an interview broadcast Monday. Michael Winkleman, the family's attorney, has challenged a Puerto Rico police report that says Chloe Wiegand's grandfather dropped the toddler out of a window July 7th when the Freedom of the Seas was docked in Puerto Rico. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2LyeBTL via Latest News

UPDATE 1-Iran observes all U.S. ships in Gulf region: Iran navy chief

Iran observes all U.S. ships in the Gulf region and has an archive of images of their daily movements, the head of Iran's navy, Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, said on Tuesday, according to the Young Journalists Club news site. Iran and the United States came to the brink of war last month after the Islamic Republic shot down a U.S. drone, nearly prompting a retaliatory attack which U.S. President Donald Trump called off at the last minute. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2LAdaE7 via Latest News

Trump administration tells Mueller to limit what he tells congress about Russia investigation

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The US justice department has demanded that Robert Mueller limit his congressional testimony to “the boundaries of [his] public report”, ahead of the former special counsel’s appearance before two House of Representatives’ committees.Mr Mueller will appear at the highly anticipated hearings, in front of the judiciary and intelligence committees, on Wednesday.Bradley Weinsheimer, the US assistant deputy attorney general, warned the 74-year-old that his testimony “must remain within the boundaries of your public report because matters within the scope of your investigation were covered by executive privilege.”“These privileges would include discussion about investigative steps or decisions made during your investigation not otherwise described in the public version of your report,” Mr Weinsheimer added, in a letter sent to Mr Mueller.The department’s letter comes just weeks after Mr Trump issued a similar warning on Twitter.“Robert Mueller is being asked to testify yet again,” the presid

South Bend police warn of 'mass exodus' under Mayor Pete Buttigieg

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The South Bend Fraternal Order of Police says morale has tanked over the 2020 hopeful's handling of an officer-involved shooting. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2YukE1K via Latest News

UPDATE 1-U.S. may have brought down second Iranian drone last week -U.S. general

A U.S. Navy ship may have brought down a second Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz last week, the head of U.S. Central Command said on Tuesday. The United States said on Thursday that a Navy ship had "destroyed" an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz after the aircraft threatened the vessel, but Iran said it had no information about losing a drone. "We are confident we brought down one drone, we may have brought down a second," General Kenneth McKenzie told CBS News in an interview. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/32J9iGp via Latest News

Budget deal on track despite grumbling on the left and right

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Steven Mnuchin said that Trump 'absolutely' supports the $1.37 trillion budget deal. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Y9AI4r via Latest News

NASA Finally Completes the Orion Crew Capsule

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NASA hopes the capsule will take astronauts back to the Moon, and Mars after that. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/30QB6a0 via Latest News

Airbus designed a plane prototype to look like a 'bird of prey' – take a look

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Airbus is working to inspire the latest and greatest in flight innovation – and using a "bird of prey" conceptual design to do so. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/32LFFUN via Latest News

China says it will 'not tolerate foreign forces' in Hong Kong

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China on Tuesday slammed the US and Britain for interfering in Hong Kong affairs after the two countries voiced concerns about a vicious assault on pro-democracy protesters. The savage beating of the Hong Kong protesters by a mob of suspected gangsters on Sunday has deepened fears about the use of shadowy hired muscle to defend China's interests. "China will not tolerate any foreign forces intervening in Hong Kong affairs, nor will it allow any foreign forces to disrupt Hong Kong," foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a regular briefing. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2SzrEVw via Latest News

America's Own Decepticon "Starscream" F-15 Is Ready to Do Battle with Iran

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The escalating tensions follow an announcement last month by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of new sanctions against any country, including U.S. allies, that imports Iranian oil, the country’s top source of income. The White House also designated the Revolutionary Guards Corps as a foreign terrorist organization, part of a hardening stance toward Iran.Taken on May 8, 2019 the interesting photos in this post show U.S. Air Force (USAF) F-15C Eagle fighter jets belonging to 48th Fighter Wing (FW) from RAF Lakenheath, taxing on a runway in Southwest Asia. U.S. Air Forces Central Command Airmen, Joint personnel, and Coalition partners stand ready to provide defense from any threat. These aircraft were moved within the theater to be best positioned to defend U.S. forces and interests in the region. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2GqeB3K via Latest News

Georgia mother allegedly drops, kills her 3-month-old baby during a fight

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A Georgia mother is accused of dropping and killing her baby during a fight ata beauty supplies store on Friday from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2y4p4NZ via Latest News