Amazon bumps minimum wage for all US workers to $15 per hour before the end of the year
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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Elizabeth Englander, Bridgewater State University(THE CONVERSATION) Each year, more parents send their young child to elementary school equipped with a smartphone.For instance, the percentage of third-graders who reported having their own cellphone more than doubled from 19 percent in 2013 to 45 percent in 2017. Similar increases took place for fourth-graders and fifth-graders.
Thousands of disgruntled police, firefighters and other security services are marching through the Polish capital to demand higher pay and more favorable retirement conditions
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Joan Cook, Yale University(THE CONVERSATION) With at least three women accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, and the 81-year-old comedian Bill Cosby sentenced Sept. 25 to three to 10 years in prison for sexual assault, it might seem like predatory men are everywhere we turn. As a trauma psychologist, I applaud the #MeToo movement and hope it continues
He's not a member of the government and he's not speaking on the main stage, but Boris Johnson is a star at Britain's Conservative Party conference
Dubai court sentences Egyptian taxi driver to 6 months in prison, deportation for sexual assault on US Navy officer
Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for their work with lasers
Sierra Leone military truck flips, kills at least 10 in capital
Amazon is increasing the minimum wage for all US workers to $15 per hour, beginning in November
Syrian foreign minister: Iran coordinated its ballistic missile strikes on militants in eastern Syria with Damascus
A mistake that caused the name of New York City's Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge to be misspelled for more than 50 years has finally been corrected
The European Court of Human Rights has dismissed a challenge by soccer player Adrian Mutu and speedskater Claudia Pechstein claiming they were denied a fair trial by the Court of Arbitration for Sport
Prominent Israeli businessman Nochi Dankner enters prison to begin 3-year sentence for securities fraud
The drummer of acclaimed Icelandic rock band Sigur Ros has left the group after rape allegations against him surfaced
Three scientists from the United States, France and Canada have been awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for advances in laser physics
American, Canadian, French scientists win Nobel Prize for work in laser physics
Afghan official: Suicide bomber strikes election rally in eastern Nangarhar province, killing 13 people
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US military airstrike in southern Somalia kills 9 al-Shabab extremists; 24th strike this year
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