Month: February 2021
Progressives push to squash Senate filibuster after minimum wage defeat – POLITICO
Progressives push to squash Senate filibuster after minimum wage defeat POLITICO Senate parliamentarian strikes down minimum wage hike in latest COVID-19 relief bill CBS This Morning Democrats Move to Salvage Minimum Wage Hike The New York Times A $15 minimum wage isn’t just
Read MoreMyanmar police deploy early to crank up pressure on protests – The Associated Press
Myanmar police deploy early to crank up pressure on protests The Associated Press Myanmar police crank up pressure on protests after envoy calls for international action NBC News Myanmar’s UN envoy dramatically opposes coup in his country The Associated Press Western powers’ empty
Read MoreHouse Passes President Biden’s $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Bill
WASHINGTON — The House approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill in a win for President Joe Biden, even as top Democrats tried assuring agitated progressives that they’d revive their derailed drive to boost the minimum wage. The new president’s
Read MoreThis Week in Apps: Twitter targets creators, Clubhouse security, Spotify’s plans for paid podcasts
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in
Read MoreAt Least 25 Dead After Prison Break In Haiti In Which Hundreds Of Inmates Escaped
As of late Friday, more than 200 inmates were still on the run, according to authorities. The outbreak is another setback for a country gripped by political turmoil and gang violence. (Image credit: Dieu Nalio Chery/AP)
Read MoreReporters Without Borders wants clarification after Khashoggi report
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends the first working session of the G20 summit. Bin Salman approved a 2018 operation that resulted in the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a declassified
Read MoreMore illegal Purim partying Saturday as hundreds converge on Jaffa Flea Market
Few reports of police enforcement as throngs ignore pleas of health officials and take to the streets to celebrate the costume holiday
Read MoreHow a medical student helped discover lifesaving insulin
Dr. Charles H. Best made his most important discovery before he turned 23.
Read MoreHow a medical student helped discover lifesaving insulin
Dr. Charles H. Best made his most important discovery before he turned 23.
Read MoreCold War-Era Defense System to Get Upgrade to Counter Russia, China
President Biden asked Canada to ramp up its spending on defense, including an upgrade of Norad, a network of defense satellites and radar in the Arctic, in a bid to counter a growing military presence in the north from Russia
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