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Conflict · World The Guardian 1 day ago

US Coast Guard suspends search for woman swept out to sea in California

Senah Park, 24, was last seen near Panther state beach on Sunday evening amid historic high tides and water levels The US Coast Guard announced that it has suspended its search for a 24-year-old woman who is believed to have been swept out to sea in California . The woman, identified as 24-year-old Senah Park, was last seen near Panther state beach in Santa Cruz county at about 8.30pm local time on Sunday, authorities said earlier this week. Continue reading...
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Crime & Justice · US The Guardian 2 days ago

Thomas Markle, Meghan’s father, jailed after cutting off ankle monitor, DoJ says

Estranged father of Duchess of Sussex was arrested for keeping child sexual abuse material, authorities say The estranged father of Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has been jailed after US authorities said he cut an electronic monitoring device off his ankle, days after his arrest for keeping child sexual abuse material in storage units in California. Thomas Markle, 82, was in custody awaiting a hearing in federal court in Tampa, Florida, first assistant US attorney Bill Essayli said. H...
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Markets · UK The Guardian 2 days ago

US justice department sues Lyft over alleged refusal to serve passengers with disabilities

Lawsuit filed in California claims drivers routinely refuse to transport individuals with service animals or mobility devices The Department of Justice sued Lyft on Monday, accusing the ride-share giant of discrimination for denying service to passengers with disabilities. The federal lawsuit, which was filed in the US district court for the northern district of California, said Lyft drivers have routinely refused to transport individuals who depend on service animals or use mobility devices,...
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Markets · UK The Guardian 2 days ago

Tech’s biggest names sank a tax on billionaires’ wealth with $425m and a familiar playbook

California saw the most expensive opposition campaign in its history as funding of political campaigns broke records in the US midterms In the hours after polls closed on election day, tech industry players began praising Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google, on social media. “Huge thanks to Sergey Brin here,” wrote Garry Tan, the CEO of Y Combinator. Venture capitalist Ilya Sukhar posted : “God bless Sergey Brin.” And David Marcus, a crypto entrepreneur, simply wrote : “Hero.” Continue read...
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Business · US Silicon Republic 3 days ago

California rejects billionaire wealth tax after major tech-backed campaign

Proposition 40 would have imposed a one-time 5pc levy on fortunes above $1bn, but the ‘no’ side, backed by the likes of Sergey Brin and Patrick Collison, raised roughly 10 times more than supporters. Read more: California rejects billionaire wealth tax after major tech-backed campaign
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Politics · US RTÉ 3 days ago

California billionaire tax defeated - US media projection

California voters have rejected a one-time tax on billionaires, US media projected, despite growing anger over global wealth disparity.
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Markets · India Economic Times 2058 days ago

Apple faces Indian engineer’s bias lawsuit

Apple Inc. lost an early round in a discrimination lawsuit brought in the U.S. by a female engineer from India who says her two managers -- one from her country, the other from Pakistan -- treated her as they would in their own countries: as a subservient.The woman’s case in California state court is the latest to allege workplace bias in Silicon Valley that focuses on cultural prejudices of some tech workers from South Asia. Cisco Systems Inc. is fighting a suit brought by California’s civil...