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Dan Price, the founder and CEO of Gravity Payments in Seattle, broke the income gap between his employees and himself on Monday. The executive announced to all his employees at the beginning of the week, that he would cut his $1 million salary by 90 percent while raising the minimum salary for all of his 120 employees to $70,000.READ MORE
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On Tuesday, the bill to allow congressional influence and oversight for the nuclear deal with Iran was unanimously passed. After months of deliberation between Congress and the White House regarding negotiations with Iran, the White House said President Barrack Obama would be willing to accept a version of the deal that was unanimously passed by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee TuesdayREAD MORE
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Religion continues to pervade societies around the world while varying across spectrums of geography, age, income, and education. WIN/Gallup International published the results of a survey on Monday that revealed two-thirds of the global community still considers itself religious.READ MORE
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On Sunday Pope Francis spoke on the 100th anniversary of the deaths of more than a million Armenians by the Ottoman Turks. The Pope described the actions of the Ottoman Turks as genocide, which was Turkish nationals took offensively.READ MORE
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On Thursday afternoon, deputies of the San Bernardino Police Department were caught beating a suspect after stopping him with a Taser during a chase in the desert hills. A video shot from a helicopter captured the image of police officers using force on the suspect after he was already face down on the floor. The San Bernardino County Sherriff issued an internal investigation on Thursday after he saw the footage.READ MORE
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The conflict in Yemen has affected all levels of society in the capital. Thousands of women and children are caught in the middle of the chaos in Yemen. UNICEF stated on Friday that the first shipment of medical supplies reached the Yemen capital of Sanaa.READ MORE
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A Florida State subcommittee voted on Wednesday to approve Senate Bill 1082, which calls for judges to decide whether or not children under the age of 18 should be charged as adults. READ MORE
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The White House expressed its support of banning therapy that attempts to change homosexual, transgender, and queer youth to a heterosexual orientation. A petition to enact Leelah’s Law, named after the teenager who committed suicide after being in conversion therapy, reached over 120,000 signatures.READ MORE
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The recent shooting of Walter Scott has brought immediate reaction from both the immediate community in North Charleston, South Carolina as well as the local law enforcement. Officer Michael T. Slager was arrested on Tuesday with murder charges and the police department announced his termination as an officer on Wednesday.READ MORE
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The prison system in Brazil is breeding gang activity both inside the institutions and outside on the streets. According to a report released on Wednesday by the Human Rights Watch, the prison systems in Brazil currently suffers from a lack of timely trials due to a lack of legal resourceREAD MORE
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Christians in Kenya and around the world mourned the loss of the 148 Garissa University students on Easter Sunday. According to the Christian Post, most of the murdered students were Christian.READ MORE
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On April 14 of last year, some 240 Nigerian schoolgirls from Chibok were taken by Boko Haram militants. Since that time, government organizations around the world have been unable to ensure their safe return. The UNHCR released a report recently that stated the Chibok schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram have most likely been killed.READ MORE
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The UNHCR released a report on Thursday that outlines the need for a global response to the dramatic Syrian refugee problem. The Syrian conflict has driven more than 10 million individuals out of their homes. The number of asylum applications for 2014 is the highest in 22 years.READ MORE
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After news of co-pilot Andreas Lubitz’s deliberate crash of the Germanwings Flight 9525 spread, airlines across the globe adopted new regulations to further ensure cockpit security.READ MORE
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French prosecutors claim that the co-pilot of the Germanwings aircraft intentionally crashed the plane into the French Alps. Investigators are searching for possible motives that 28-year-old Andreas Lubitz may have had for taking the lives of 150 individuals.READ MORE
The Sunday Assembly, also known as the “Atheist Church”, based in the United Kingdom is scheduled to have its first global assembly. The “church” is also known to have a branch and ...
World May 06, 2014 02:34 AM EDTThe leaders of the DPRK have been making very strong statements regarding human rights. A representative from the North Korean government has stated in a speech that the U.S. is a ‘living ...
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