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storytext Uber drivers in the U.K. won a landmark court case Friday that means they will qualify for the minimum wage, paid time off and other perks. An employment tribunal in London ruled that the drivers should be considered “workers” rather than self-employed contractors, dealing a major blow to Uber. “This is a monumental victory…
Ammon and Ryan Bundy, the right-wing militants who last winter engaged in an armed takeover of a federally owned wildlife sanctuary in Oregon, were acquitted Thursday. The militants, along with five co-defendants, were all found not guilty of federal conspiracy and weapons charges in their trial. Team Bundy had insisted that they were merely protesting the federal…
Story highlights The comment follows Trump’s repeated questioning of the legitimacy of the presidential election The Republican presidential nominee also came as he mocked Clinton as “low energy” “Just thinking to myself right now, we should just cancel the election and just give it to Trump,” the Republican presidential nominee said during a rally here…
Enlarge this image South Korean adoptee Adam Crapser poses with his 1-year-old daughter, Christal, in the family’s living room in Vancouver, Wash., in 2015. Crapser, who was flown to the U.S. 37 years ago and adopted by an American couple at age 3, has been ordered deported back to South Korea. Gosia Wozniacka/AP hide…
At least 150 armed white men have seized control of a federal building outside of Burns, Oregon. They are led by a cadre which includes Ammon and Ryan Bundy. They are the sons of Cliven Bundy, the rancher who led a successful armed rebellion against federal law enforcement officers in Nevada last year. Since that…
Clockwise from top left, Ammon Bundy, Ryan Bundy, Shawna Cox, Jeff Banta, Kenneth Medenbach, David Lee Fry and Neil Wampler. Credit Multnomah County Sheriff PORTLAND, Ore. — Armed antigovernment protesters led by Ammon and Ryan Bundy were acquitted Thursday of federal conspiracy and weapons charges stemming from the takeover of a federally owned wildlife sanctuary…
Photo Richard Yuengling Jr., the owner of the Yuengling brewery, with Donald J. Trump’s son Eric. Mr. Yuengling recently said he supported the elder Mr. Trump for president. Credit Jeremy Drey/Reading Eagle Throughout much of Pennsylvania, no one orders a Yuengling at the bar. People order a “lager,” and the server knows to bring a…
There have now been 107 cases of foodborne hepatitis A reported in Virginia linked to contaminated frozen strawberries sold at Tropical Smoothie Cafes, the Centers for Disease Control reported late last week. The total cases are at 134, with some cases reported in other states; of the total cases, 52 people have been hospitalized, the…
Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Oct 24, 2016 Make no mistake, Periscope is a dying live video network. Social media has made yet another victim.Subscribe here ► https://goo.gl/B2DEr0 Show more Show less Source: How Periscope is On Its…
Image by Jim Cooke/Photo courtesy Jody Goldstein Jennifer Frey drank herself to death. Frey’s obituary in the Washington Post, her last full-time employer, merely gave “multiple organ failure” as the cause of her March 26 death. But alcohol killed her as surely as a bullet killed Lincoln. She died abusing a drug that kills millions…