City votes $13 minimum wage – now seeks exceptions
‘No longer sustainable’: Change would affect 30 employees, save $40,000.
Author: Adan
This guy’s homemade hoverboard flight set a Guinness World Record
Video shows Catalin Alexandru Duru setting a Guinness World Record for longest hoverboard flight by traveling almost a thousand feet.
Senate blocks House surveillance bill, 2-month extension
“My filibuster continues to end NSA illegal spying,” Rand Paul declared.
Virginia Cop Resigns After Tasering and Pepper Spraying Man Having Medical Emergency
A Virginia cop tasered a man sitting in the driver’s seat of his car, following it with a ten-second blast of pepper spray into the man’s face.
Cleveland Officer Found Not Guilty in the Shooting Deaths of Two Unarmed Suspects
Community and city leaders braced for the possibility of unrest in response to the verdict.
Facebook status updates indicates whether a user is narcissistic or neurotic, research finds
Study examined more than 500 surveys from Facebook users.
Peru Orders Troops Into Mining Region After Pro-Farmer Protests
Protesters concerned new open-pit mine project will pollute local streams and damage crops.
Pentagon plans long-range missile defense radar in Alaska
Would help the U.S. missile defense system better discern potential enemy missiles launched by Iran or North Korea.
March against Monsanto: World rallies in protest
Campaigners are urging those who can’t attend one of the marches around the globe, to make their own protest by buying local organic food.
Two NYPD Cops Seen Shooting… Hoops!
Caught on camera: anonymous NYPD cops beat kids… at basketball!
Suit: City allowed Rikers officers to rape and sexually abuse inmates
Officer allegedly told his other victim that he had “observed her family from his parked car,” implicitly threatening her, the suit says.
EU dropped pesticide laws due to US pressure over TTIP, documents reveal
US trade officials pushed EU to shelve action on endocrine-disrupting chemicals linked to cancer and male infertility to facilitate TTIP free trade deal.
Brightest Galaxy in the Universe Found
Blazing more brightly than 300 trillion suns…
Video: Man Holds Alleged Carjacker at Gunpoint Until Cops Arrive
“You picked the wrong mother fu*ker to try to rob today.”
Washington State Police Officer Shoots Two Men Accused of Stealing Beer
Officer told authorities the men had no weapons but attacked him with a skateboard…