Florida lobbyists leaned on pols to get ban on local heat safety and wage laws across the finish line, records show As an added 'incentive,' the Chamber noted that lawmakers' votes would be double-weighted on their upcoming legislative report cards. 04/19/2024 - 1:13 pm | View Link
California McDonald’s franchisee says he's focused on ‘survival’ after new $20 minimum wage law It's now been a few weeks since California increased the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $20 an hour. The new law, which applies to restaurants part of a chain of at least 60 establishments ... 04/17/2024 - 11:22 pm | View Link
Celebrity Chef Declares California Has 'Opened the Gateways' to a Minimum Wage 'Problem' in America Celebrity chef Robert Irvine has stirred the pot with his take on California's new minimum wage law. "This is Robert Irvine predicting we're going to lose about 20-plus percent of our small, ... 04/17/2024 - 11:16 am | View Link
Gov. Newsom and California show why liberals can't be trusted with the economy The minimum wage increase is just the latest example of why California’s economy is starting to struggle and America shouldn’t count on Newsom to fix it. Because even California liberals can ... 04/16/2024 - 11:26 pm | View Link
Arkansas, Oklahoma among lowest-earning U.S. states Workers in Arkansas and Oklahoma are earning some of the lowest wages in America. According to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median annual wage for all U.S. 04/15/2024 - 3:35 pm | View Link
With The Jinx: Part Two coming to Max, you might be scratching your brain trying to recall all the relevant details unfurled in the groundbreaking true crime series' first half. So let's look back.
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On February 8, 2015, HBO released Andrew Jarecki's six-part documentary series entitled The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst, about the New York real estate scion and his suspected role in the disappearance of his first wife, Kathleen "Kathie" McCormack Durst; the death of his neighbor Morris Black; and the murder of his best friend Susan Berman.
When Taylor Swift drops 31 songs in one night, there's room for her to say, well anything. And The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology makes the Midnights' confession, "Sometimes I feel like everybody is a sexy baby / And I'm a monster on the hill," look like child's play. We listened to the entire 2-hour double album and chose some of our personal favorites.
iPhone users in China no longer have access to some of the most popular messaging and social media apps. Apple was ordered by the Chinese government on Friday to remove Meta's messaging app WhatsApp and its social media platform Threads from the official App Store in China. Along with Meta's apps, Apple was also forced to remove the Signal and Telegram messaging apps from the App Store, too."We are obligated to follow the laws in the countries where we operate, even when we disagree,” an Apple spokesperson said in a statement provided to the Wall Street Journal.
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TikTok ban passes the House, now heads to the Senate
China's internet censorship continuesGenerally, moves made by the Chinese government to control what can be accessed online in the country aren't too surprising.
Don't stalk your ex on Find My Friends — even if Taylor Swift does it. I don't know if you've heard, but Swift released a new album or two today that, in part, chronicles her breakup with her boyfriend of six years Joe Alwyn, and, in an even bigger part, her months-long situationship with the controversial 1975 frontman Matt Healy.
Just a week after her music returned to TikTok, Taylor Swift partnered with the social media platform to bring "exclusive in-app experiences to users" in promotion of her new album The Tortured Poets Department.
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The in-app experiences are par for the course for the billionaire songwriter.
AMC's astonishing Interview with the Vampire is almost back for its second season, and it looks like we've got some new vampire rules to learn before then. Season 2 sees vampires Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson) and Claudia (Delainey Hayles) journeying to Europe to find Old World vampires.