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Opinion
United Auto Workers: Reject the TPP
The U.A.W. president says “we should enact trade policies that raise wages and improve working conditions here and abroad.”The UAW is "Pushing on a string".
The proposed policies will not have the desired effect.
The price of automobiles will rise in the U.S.
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The Upshot
Promising Signs That Economies Can Rise as Carbon Emissions Decline
The question is whether what happened in 21 countries can be a model for the rest of the world.More careful analysis is called for.
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Science
NASA Is Facing a Climate Change Countdown
Kennedy Space Center and other NASA facilities near coastlines are facing the prospect of continually rising waters.Yes.
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U.S.
California Enacts $15 Minimum Wage
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill that would raise the minimum wage statewide to $15 an hour by 2022.yes
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N.Y. / Region
Big Question on New York State Tests: How Many Will Opt Out?
After changes were made to the exams, education officials and activists were waiting on Tuesday to see how many students would sit them out.Test.
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Fashion & Style
Flyboy Style: How to Wear a Bomber Jacket
Looks like the flight jacket is here to stay.It is easier to live with than a coat.
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Business Day
Ford, Building a Plant in Mexico, Draws Fire From Trump
Ford’s plans for the plant were not contested by the U.A.W. in contract talks, but Donald Trump calls the expansion “an absolute disgrace.”Cheaper cars.
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Opinion
A Better Way to Get to $15
California and New York are headed to a higher minimum wage, but they are taking different paths to get there.Faster is better.
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U.S.
California: Blackouts Possible After Leak Hobbles Gas Facility
A natural gas well blowout last year that crippled a major energy supply for Southern California could lead to blackouts over 14 days this summer, state officials said Tuesday.Blackouts are always possible. Prices might rise.
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U.S.
Medicare Is Often Overbilled by Hospices, and Pays Twice for Some Drugs
Medicare has been overpaying more than $260 million a year, including bills from hospices for inpatient care that patients did not need, investigators said.Hospice is end of life comfort.
It is cheap compared to a "full court press".
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N.Y. / Region
Lawyers for Peter Liang Allege Jury Misconduct in Manslaughter Trial
The defense for the former New York City police officer asked that his conviction be set aside, saying a juror lied about his father’s criminal past."It might work."
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N.Y. / Region
Nordic Food Court Rises at Grand Central, With an Order to Leave No Trace
The terminal’s former waiting room will soon be home to the Great Northern Food Hall, a restaurant called Agern and a hot-dog stand."All the traffic will bear."
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U.S.
Ferguson Voters Give Split Result on Funding Police Overhaul
Voters in the St. Louis suburb turned down part of a tax increase package that city leaders had described as essential for carrying out a legal settlement with the Justice Department.The whole population must vote.
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N.Y. / Region
Brooklyn Man Charged in Shooting and Robbery of Knicks’ Cleanthony Early
The suspect, Delvon Dowling, 22, was accused of being part of a group of masked men who surrounded Mr. Early’s Uber car when he left a strip club in Queens last year.It happened.
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The Upshot
Sicker Patients Signal a Drawback of Medicare Advantage
The private insurance plans offer some benefits not available with traditional Medicare, but research shows they may not serve some people well.Private is the problem.
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Opinion
Teenage Sexting Is Not Child Porn
Decriminalize consensual behavior. That way we can focus on real digital harm.Action must be taken.
Social stigma may be enough.
Any such solution will cost a generation or two of changed names and plastic surgery.
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Opinion
Mosquito vs. Mosquito in the Battle Over the Zika Virus
A genetically modified mosquito might eradicate the mosquito species that carries the Zika virus but must first survive a cumbersome approval process.I would look for a disease of mosquitoes.
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Business Day
Judge Approves $20 Billion Settlement in BP Oil Spill
Judge Carl J. Barbier of Federal District Court in New Orleans gave final approval to a settlement over the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.People want their money.
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U.S.
Global Warming Linked to Public Health Risks, White House Says
The surgeon general and other administration officials say a study adds to evidence that a warming planet could exacerbate health problems like asthma and insect-borne diseases.yes.
U.S.
As Pennsylvania Confronts Clergy Sex Abuse, Victims and Lawmakers Act
Residents say they have been stunned to read evidence that priests they knew were secretly violating children — findings a grand jury report called “staggering and sobering.”Let us have an end to it.
Allow suits on stale cases and make Rome liable.
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