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Philadelphia Police Chief Stands By Cops Who Arrested Black Men At Starbucks
Friday, almost eight hours after the initial 911 call. The employees said the men were trespassing and had refused to leave the restaurant. According to Wimmer, the men said they were waiting to meet someone, and the manager called the police.
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Pro-Assad official says targeted bases were evacuated on Russian warning
State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said Moscow was laying out "tit for tat" retaliatory measures against Donald Trump . On Tuesday , Macron said any French action would target Syria's chemical weapons abilities. However, Russia has said its experts have found no trace of "chlorine or any other chemical substance used against civilians". A senior Russian military official said on Saturday that Syria's air defences, which mostly consist of systems made in the Soviet Union, had ...
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Uber Breach Exposed Personal Data of Over 25 Million Americans
The legal classification of workers has been a major issue for "gig economy" companies that rely on independent contractors. In a statement given to this news organization, Uber said it was pleased with Judge Baylson's decision. Florida ruled that Uber drivers aren't employees. The new settlement confirms details of that incident, well understood by now, in which hackers accessed an Amazon Web Services account "access key" stored on code sharing site GitHub, allowing them to download ...
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Stocks rise as attention turns to earnings season
Smith Chas P & Associates PA Cpas now owns 282,482 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $25,819,000 after acquiring an additional 1,220 shares during the last quarter. Analysts also cited optimism over the forthcoming earnings period, which begins in earnest on Friday with reports from JPMorgan Chase and other large banks.
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Donald Trump promises to protect states with legalized marijuana
Attorney General Jeff Sessions . Sessions on January 4 rescinded a policy begun under Democratic former President Barack Obama that had eased enforcement of federal marijuana laws in states that legalized it. In retaliation, Gardner used his power as a senator to prevent consideration of any nominees for the Department of Justice - an extraordinary step for a senator to use against an administration run by another member of his party.
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Tesla issues statement on fatal Model X collision, withdraws from NTSB agreement
It seems that Tesla and the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board haven't been seeing eye to eye lately, following the fatal crash of a Model X in California last month. The company said the "only" explanation for the crash was "if Mr. Huang was not paying attention to the road, despite the auto providing multiple warnings to do so".