npr.org Article Reprint A town near Seattle may raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Massachusetts is debating raising the hourly minimum to $11. And in the nation’s capital, Senate Democrats are pushing a
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Utah could raise smoking age to 21
By Reid Wilson Article Reprint Utah legislators will vote next year on a measure that would raise the legal smoking age to 21, after an interim panel voted last week to advance the bill.
Read moreMother of five writes open letter after children were fired on by police
by Ruthie Hawkins Article Reprint After a routine traffic stop turned into a high speed chase, a mother of five children ages 6 to 18 has written an open letter to police after her children
Read moreInternet inventor slams UK, US for ‘appalling and foolish’ surveillance and censorship
rt.com Article Reprint The inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has said the US and UK must do more to protect internet users’ privacy as the US has fallen to fourth place
Read moreThousands protest in Japan against new state secrets bill
rt.com Article Reprint Thousands of people protested in Tokyo against a bill that would see whistleblowing civil servants jailed for up to 10 years. Activists claim the law would help the government to cover up
Read more‘Drone Strike’ In Pakistan Kill Militants
The strike, the first in Pakistan since a Taliban chief was killed this month, will likely stoke tensions between the two nations. sky.com Article Reprint A suspected US drone strike on an Islamic seminary in
Read moreCar bomb kills 25 near Iranian Embassy in Beirut
dailystar.com Article Reprint BEIRUT: Two suspected suicide bombers – one driving a rigged car and the other on a motorcycle – attacked the Iranian embassy in Beirut Tuesday, killing at least 25 people and wounding
Read moreNSA grapples with huge increase in records requests
The NSA will neither confirm nor deny that it has gathered information on anyone. By: Yamiche Alcindor Article Reprint Fueled by the Edward Snowden scandal, more Americans than ever are asking the National Security Agency
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