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TD Ameritrade and CME are jumping into the burgeoning bitcoin futures market. The move comes on the heels of a slow, yet respectable start in the same market by the largest US options exchange company, the Cboe.
- Minimum wage hike will axe 400k jobs in California – study
A study conducted by the Employment Policies Institute states that a hike to a $15/hr minimum wage will cost California 400,000 private sector jobs. Workers in two industries in particular are purportedly the most vulnerable. - Woman accused of sexual harassment quits US House race, blames Democrats
A Kansas woman who quit a run for Congress blames her own party’s “zero tolerance” policy on sexual harassment. The Democrat was named in a 2005 lawsuit claiming she retaliated against a subordinate who rejected her advances. - To bot-ly go: VR robots will do space work & defuse bombs - where humans can’t venture (VIDEO)
New software by Brown University is allowing humans to virtually step into the shoes of their robot creations, boosting the snap decision-making of machines and helping to ensure they never get out of control. - New York woman uses bitcoin to launder money to ISIS
A woman allegedly converted $85,000 into bitcoin and other virtual currencies to support Islamic State, but was nabbed by authorities as she tried to board a flight out of the US.
- Minimum wage hike will axe 400k jobs in California – studyA study conducted by the Employment Policies Institute states that a hike to a $15/hr minimum wage will cost California 400,000 private sector jobs. Workers in two industries in particular are purportedly the most vulnerable.
- Woman accused of sexual harassment quits US House race, blames DemocratsA Kansas woman who quit a run for Congress blames her own party’s “zero tolerance” policy on sexual harassment. The Democrat was named in a 2005 lawsuit claiming she retaliated against a subordinate who rejected her advances.
- To bot-ly go: VR robots will do space work & defuse bombs - where humans can’t venture (VIDEO)New software by Brown University is allowing humans to virtually step into the shoes of their robot creations, boosting the snap decision-making of machines and helping to ensure they never get out of control.
- New York woman uses bitcoin to launder money to ISISA woman allegedly converted $85,000 into bitcoin and other virtual currencies to support Islamic State, but was nabbed by authorities as she tried to board a flight out of the US.
- Bitcoin futures to be traded on TD Ameritrade & CMETD Ameritrade and CME are jumping into the burgeoning bitcoin futures market. The move comes on the heels of a slow, yet respectable start in the same market by the largest US options exchange company, the Cboe.
- GOP releases final draft of tax reform bill
Congressional Republicans have released the finalized text of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, as determined in conference between the House and the Senate. The bill is now two floor votes away from President Donald Trump's desk. - N. Korea’s ICBM not yet ‘capable threat’ to US - Mattis
US Secretary of Defense James Mattis said that he did not believe North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) posed a serious threat to the US, but analysis is ongoing. - Ohio photojournalist sues sheriff’s deputy for shooting him (VIDEO)
A photojournalist who was shot twice by a sheriff’s deputy while photographing a traffic stop in New Carlisle, Ohio, has filed a civil rights lawsuit against him and the city, seeking damages. - Green light for much-protested Bayou Bridge pipeline across Louisiana wetlands
Protests are planned for the weekend after the US Army Corps of Engineers approved a permit for the build the 162-mile Bayou Bridge pipeline which will carry crude oil across the wetlands of Louisiana. - Glowing fireballs & mushroom clouds: Declassified footage shows Cold War US nuclear tests (VIDEOS)
Newly declassified footage of US nuclear tests has been published online, showing dramatic fireballs and mushroom clouds from experiments conducted between 1945 and 1962. - Trailblazer: SpaceX sends recycled rocket to dock with ISS in world first
SpaceX has completed the launch of a recycled spacecraft from Cape Canaveral in Florida – the first time the company has flown a Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule that have both been used before. - Trump blasts ‘dysfunctional’ immigration system and ‘fake news’ at FBI Academy
President Trump has bashed the US ‘dysfunctional’ immigration system and ‘fake news’ in an address at FBI’s National Academy, in which he refrained from disparaging the agency, though he had previously criticized it as “a shame.”
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