As a disabled woman, the world can often feel like an inaccessible and hostile place. For example, I’ve been made to feel like an inconvenience at concerts where accessibility was promised, and called ableist slurs for suggesting people with mobility issues should be able to attend large-scale events. As a result, I’m seriously excited about…
Taiepi, Taiwan – On a bright morning last month, three sea drones skimmed across Su’ao Bay, off of Taiwan’s rugged northeast coast. The tiny “stealth” Carbon Voyager 1, fast-moving Black Tide I, and explosives-carrying Sea Shark 800 were the highlight of an expo for companies vying to help Taiwan build up a maritime drone force….
Jul. 30—AUSTIN, Minn. — The union representing Hormel workers in Austin, Minnesota has filed a class action lawsuit alleging the meat packing company violated the state’s earned sick and safe time law the first year it was in effect. UFCW Local 663, the Hormel workers’ union representing about 1,600 employees at the Austin Hormel plant,…
Until last Thursday, the team behind the app Tea Dating Advice was having an extraordinary week. They claimed to have amassed more than 2 million new users, making Tea the most popular free app in Apple’s App Store, after it stirred discussion on TikTok and Reddit. Women were using Tea, whose tagline is “Helping women…
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday slapped a 50% tariff on most Brazilian goods to fight what he has called a “witch hunt” against former President Jair Bolsonaro, but softened the blow by excluding sectors such as aircraft, energy and orange juice from heavier levies. Source link
One thing is for certain following the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate decision: September could be one for the books. “We have made no decisions about September. We don’t do that in advance,” Chair Jerome Powell told a reporter during the question-and-answer portion of his post-meeting conference. “We’ll be taking that information into consideration and…
Washington — Former Vice President Kamala Harris won’t run for California governor next year, she announced Wednesday afternoon in a statement. “In recent months, I have given serious thought to asking the people of California for the privilege to serve as their governor,” the 60-year-old Oakland native and 2024 Democratic presidential nominee said. “I love…
The budget-friendly grocery chain claims to be the first UK supermarket to introduce the new minimum rate. The change will see store assistants being paid a minimum of £13 an hour nationwide from September 1, up from a current £12.75. Within the M25, this rises to £14.33 from the current £14.05. Based on the length…
LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) – Axel is a 20-year-old fashion designer with autism taking his broccoli theme to the Big Apple. For the past three years he has designed clothes to showcase in New York Fashion Week. Last year his theme was bugs and this year his theme is broccoli, his favorite vegetable. Axel took an…
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