MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin Republicans passed a pair of bills Tuesday that would outlaw so-called sanctuary cities and prohibit local governments from issuing identification cards despite Democrats' complaints that both measures target immigrants.
The first bill would block local governments from prohibiting police from inquiring about immigration status of ...
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"Am I not a conservative because I think human beings affect the climate?"
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"We had a whole bunch of guys on that one."
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Amazon will acquire startup Emvantage to develop its Indian e-commerce site's payment platform. In a press announcement, Amazon said the Noida-based company's employees will start working for Amazon's payment team after the transaction is completed. Read More
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After Monday night's audio travesty, Adele treated herself to a West Coast delicacy.
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Early-stage venture firm First Round Capital has brought aboard Birchbox cofounder and former co-CEO Hayley Barna as a venture partner. Barna, who is expected to spend a couple of years at the firm while she decides her next moves, will be based in New York and focus largely on e-commerce opportunities. Recode had the news earlier today; First Round partner Phin Barnes has also posted news… Read More 
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U.S. military analysts reportedly made complaints to the office of the Director of National Intelligence last year that their superiors were skewing intelligence estimates on ISIS, which resulted in a more positive assessment of the U.S. campaign against the terror group.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The state Senate is set to approve a bill that would dramatically boost compensation for the wrongly convicted.
Right now, payouts for the wrongly convicted are capped at $5,000 for each year spent behind bars with a maximum payout of $25,000. The bill would raise the ...
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"It's just starting to come out now."
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"Most of these cases are such big public policy cases that they can wait until there is a ninth member."
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Vive, the Classpass for hair blowouts, has announced the close of a $2.3 million seed round, led by Deep Fork Capital with participation by Y Combinator, Crunchfund, Ludlow Ventures, Vayner RSE, Maveron, Expansion Venture Capital, T5 Capital, Kosinski Ventures, Haystack Fund, and angel investors Pascal Levy-Garboua, Paul Buchheit and Scooter Braun's SB Projects. Vive offers on-demand… Read More 
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Three Americans kidnapped in Baghdad have reportedly been freed.
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In his latest Twitter ran, West extended his outrage to "white" publications that review "black music."
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There were also children present.
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With the emerging ecosystem of connected devices – often dubbed the "Internet of Things" – consumers are rightly worried about the security and privacy implications associated with always-on hardware in their homes that listen, watch, observe and then store data in the cloud. Today, a company called Silk Labs, co-founded by former Mozilla CTO Andreas Gal, is launching… Read More 
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans united behind Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in insisting that President Barack Obama's successor fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Antonin Scalia's death. Democrats looking to reclaim the Senate majority immediately accused them of putting politics ahead of their constitutional responsibility.
Vulnerable GOP incumbents ...
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"I believe this was a hate crime and I was targeted because of my skin color."
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"The Constitution doesn't say…"
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Apple Pay is about to launch in China. An ICBC representative said that it was launching on February 18 on WeChat. But you don't have to look that far as Apple itself details Apple Pay's launch on its Chinese website. Read More 
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"Thank you very much."
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Online real estate listings have undoubtedly changed how people search for houses. Never before, after all, did buyers have this much information available. But while most real estate agents are now savvy enough to ensure that they have beautiful images for their listings, most of these glamour shots don't reveal all that much about a home's layout (and occasionally do their best… Read More 
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Charleston, S.C. — The man who is speaking on stage in Exhibit Hall A of the Charleston Convention Center right now could win the South Carolina primary and, probably, the Republican nomination and the White House too. He is the most fluid and engaging retail politician I have ever heard. He does not rattle off a list of his qualifications or accomplishments, the names of bills he sponsored or economic growth statistics from the years he was governor. Instead he talks about helping our children and giving the poor what they need and reaching out to the disenfranchised and keeping America safe.
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There's less than a week to go until LG's pre-MWC press conference, where the company is expected to lift the veil on a new flagship smartphone, the LG G5. But the South Korean mobile maker has another handset to show off in Barcelona — which it's just announced today. Read More 
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