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Despite the reprieve, May faces a monumental struggle to find a way out of her country's Brexit impasse. She has until Monday to come up with a new blueprint for Britain's EU exit after the deal she reached with the EU went down to a crushing defeat in Parliament on Tuesday.

Investors might not be able to ignore a partial U.S. government shutdown if it continues much longer, analysts say.

Elizabeth Drew, Vanity Fair

How "starstruck" Aaron Wainwright went from a football coaching session with Patrick Vieira to Wales' Six Nations squad.

ARKANSAS (KTHV) — An Arkansas legislator has proposed a bill that would add exceptions to the newly implemented minimum wage increase. The increase, which was passed in November with 68 percent of the vote, would move up the minimum wage to $11 per hour by 2021. At the start of 2019, it was increased to $9.25 per hour. State Senator Bob Ballinger’s (R-Berryville) bill would amend the Minimum Wage Act to allow exclusions from the definitions of employee and employer. According to the […]

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Roger Kimball, The Spectator

"Biggie was the first guest star that we had on the show who literally had everyone in awe. Like all of us were there with our mouths open, total fans."

Tinder is experimenting with allowing daters to share music via Spotify right inside their conversations. The feature, first spotted by the blog MSPowerUser and confirmed by TechCrunch, is taking place in a number of markets around the world and Spot...

Proposals are due by April 15 for a public work to be installed in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden or on the Walker grounds.

Karin McQuillan, AG
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The Port and Fisheries Department has sought environment clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) for dredging commercial navigat

The court heard five days of arguments last month, during which Norman’s lawyers accused the government of hiding key documents, preventing access to witnesses and cherry-picking what information is made public.

Thomas Friedman, New York Times

New year, new Slack.

The popular workplace chat app redesigned its logo, ditching the hashtag symbol and replacing it with, well, whatever this is.

Slack's new logo.

Image: slack

The new design is rolling out now on all the service's platforms. The company says it will also be redesigning other elements of its website, marketing materials, and "some places in the product" in the coming months to align with the new design.

While Slack's previous hashtag-shaped logo was an iconic part of the brand... Читать дальше...

Walter Williams, Townhall
Democrats have long taken stances against both legal and illegal immigration.

Rising heavyweight contender and Polish fan-favorite Adam Kownacki held a fan meet-and-greet Tuesday in Brooklyn as he nears his showdown against former title challenger Gerald Washington Saturday, January 26 in Premier Boxing Champions on FOX and FOX Deportes action from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™. (Photo credit: BROOKLYN BOXING™) PBC on FOX and […]

Art Cullen, Guardian

A Canadian national has been kidnapped by suspected militants in Burkina Faso near its border with Niger, the West African nation's security ministry said Wednesday.

Nate Silver, 538

Andy Puzder, FOX News
The $15 minimum wage is an increasingly irrelevant policy initiative. President Trump's capitalist economic policies are reducing income disparity for working-class Americans.

Wales number eight Taulupe Faletau is set to miss the Six Nations after suffering another broken arm.

Alex Shephard, The New Republic

AMMAN — Yemen's warring sides started talks on Wednesday in the Amman about a deal to free thousands of prisoners as part of UN-led peace efforts, two UN sources said.