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China Acknowledges Re-Education Centers for Uighurs (#GotBitcoin?)
China has retroactively changed the law to legitimize its detention of hundreds of thousands of Muslim Uighurs amid an international outcry over human rights abuses against the ethnic minority. China Acknowledges Re-Education Centers for Uighurs (#GotBitcoin?) China has retroactively changed the law to legitimize its detention of hundreds of…
Hundreds of Police Killings Go Undocumented By Law Enforcement And FBI (#GotBitcoin)
When 24-year-old Albert Jermaine Payton wielded a knife in front of the police in this city’s southeast corner, officers opened fire and killed him. Hundreds of Police Killings Go Undocumented By Law Enforcement And FBI (#GotBitcoin) Yet according to national statistics intended to track police killings, Mr. Payton’s death in…
The FBI’s Crime Data: What Happens When States Don’t Fully Report (#GotBitcoin?)
Bureau’s decades-old method to account for missing data could use an upgrade, some experts say. The FBI’s Crime Data: What Happens When States Don’t Fully Report In any given year, more than 18,000 U.S. police agencies are asked to submit crime data to the FBI. But some don’t provide complete information…
New York Attorney General’s Probe Into Fake FCC Comments Deepens (#GotBitcoin)
Advocacy groups subpoenaed over comments posted to FCC from people who deny they made them. New York Attorney General’s Probe Into Fake FCC Comments Deepens (#GotBitcoin) The New York attorney general’s office has subpoenaed more than a dozen advocacy groups, lobbying firms and consultants as part of an investigation of…
Advertisers Allege Facebook Failed to Disclose Key Metric Error For More Than A Year (#GotBitcoin?)
Facebook knew of problems with how it measured viewership of video ads for more than a year before it revealed them in 2016, according to a complaint filed by advertisers. Advertisers Allege Facebook Failed to Disclose Key Metric Error For More Than A Year (#GotBitcoin?) The filing followed…
Warren Releases DNA Analysis Showing Evidence of Native American Heritage (#GotBitcoin?)
Democratic senator refutes President Trump’s assertion that she has been lying about family history. Warren Releases DNA Analysis Showing Evidence of Native American Heritage Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) released the results of a DNA analysis Monday indicating “strong evidence” she has Native American ancestry in a high-profile effort to refute…
Why Are Blacks Afraid To Push For Complete Police Reform? (#GotBitcoin)
Security Expert Says, "Confidence In Local Police Depts. Reaches A 30yr. Low" Why Are Blacks Afraid To Push For Complete Police Reform? (#GotBitcoin) The two largest issues with police in America is the "Qualified Immunity" protections combined with a militarized police force. The problem is so bad that even officers…
Companies Betting on Pot May Be Worse Off When the Smoke Clears (#GotBitcoin)
Beer and liquor companies are investing in marijuana in case customers imbibe less as legalization spreads, but their cannabis push might be a lose-lose proposition. Companies Betting on Pot May Be Worse Off When the Smoke Clears The cannabis investing frenzy has reached a fever pitch. With recreational marijuana use becoming…
Robots Head For The Fields
The agricultural industry is coping with a labor shortage. Can AI come to the rescue? Robots Head For The Fields Americans like their berries. They consume more than 8 pounds of fresh strawberries a year per person, almost twice as much as 15 years ago, according to 2017 data from the…
Food Banks Reap Unexpected Bounty From Trade Disputes (#GotBitcoin?)
Government set to deliver $1.2 billion in products bought from farmers as tariff relief. Food Banks Reap Unexpected Bounty From Trade Disputes Volunteer Francine Housier sorts donations at the Maryland Food Bank in Baltimore. Food banks across the U.S. are gearing up for an influx of pork, apples and cheese when…
Wells Fargo, Ford, JPMorgan Chase, Verizon, Etc. To Lay-off 100,000+ Employees (#GotBitcoin)
More than a quarter of carrier’s (Verizon) workforce affected in effort to cut $10 billion in costs. Wells Fargo, Ford, JPMorgan Chase, Verizon, Etc. To Lay-off 100,000+ Employees (#GotBitcoin) Verizon Communications Inc.’s offer of voluntary severance packages last month was made to roughly 44,000 employees, or more than a quarter of…
California Net-Neutrality Law And State’s Internet Privacy Rules (#GotBitcoin)
Justice Department contends state overstepped authority after Gov. Jerry Brown signed law Sunday. California Net-Neutrality Law And State's Internet Privacy Rules (#GotBitcoin) California Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday signed a bill reinstating Obama-era open-internet rules in the state, and the Justice Department responded almost immediately with a lawsuit seeking to…