California Restaurants Shedding Jobs Amid Wage Hikes

(StraightNews.org) - California restaurants are shedding jobs as new laws mandating wages of $20 an hour loom. The legislation will take effect in April, and outlets, particularly pizza parlors, have begun reducing employee numbers to cover...

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Karaoke Inventor Dies at 100

(StraightNews.org) - Karaoke inventor Shigeichi Negishi has died at the age of 100. The 50-year-old party favorite began when Mr. Negishi produced the “Sparko Box,”...

Florida Republicans Insist Biden Declare Anticipated Haitian Migrant Wave

(StraightNews.org) - Republican lawmakers in Florida are calling on President Biden to declare “an anticipated mass migration” from violence-afflicted Haiti. GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz wrote to the President on March 18, asking him to deploy the US Navy to prevent a migrant wave. To do that, Biden must formally make the declaration, and Gaetz notes that the Navy can then help Floridian authorities repatriate migrants back to Haiti. During an Armed Services Committee meeting in Congress on March 19, Mr. Gaetz expressed “deep concern” about a potential influx from the troubled nation and asked what the United States is doing to prepare...

13 Miners Trapped in Remote Russian Gold Mine

(StraightNews.org) - More than a dozen men are trapped in a gold mine in eastern Russia, according to local officials. Part of the mine, located in the Zeysk district of the Amur region, collapsed, and the Emergencies Ministry subsequently reported that 13 men were trapped inside, but regional attorneys said the number may be higher. The men are contained at a depth of around 410 feet, and emergency and rescue personnel tried to reach them via a ventilation shaft, but officials warned that conditions were difficult and the rescue would be onerous. Writing on the Telegram social media platform, Amur Governor Vasily Orlov...

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Sham Election: Vladimir Putin Secures Another 6-Year Term

(StraightNews.org) - Russian leader Vladimir Putin has won Russia’s Presidential election with a convincing 88% of the vote. Putin’s 25-year leadership will now extend by six...

State May Soon Ban Flaming Hot Cheetos From Schools

(StraightNews.org) - California is considering a ban on snacks like Flaming Hot Cheetos and others in a move aimed at significantly enhancing the quality of school food. The state assembly is proposing eliminating snacks containing specific artificial ingredients such as titanium dioxide, Blue 1, and Red 40. This ban would cover items like Hot Cheetos, certain Doritos flavors, and cereals such as Fruity Pebbles and Froot Loops. Democrat Jesse Gabriel has called for amendments to regulations that require schools to provide healthy foods, including fruit and snacks made with vegetables, grains, dairy, and proteins. The current rules, however, do not prohibit artificial...

Senate Poised to Decide TikTok’s Fate After House OKs Ban

(StraightNews.org) - The US Senate will debate the future of the video-sharing platform TikTok after the House of Representatives passed a bill that could lead to nationwide prohibition. The bill passed with bipartisan support by 352-65 votes and demands that Chinese owner Bytedance sell the popular social media platform or face a US ban. Bytedance is the sole owner of TikTok, which has more than 170 million American users and is one of the world’s most popular social media sites. Despite its popularity, or perhaps because of it, many US lawmakers consider TikTok to be both a national security threat and hazardous to the...

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Teen Girl Arrested For Nearly Beating Another to Death

(StraightNews.org) - Police in Missouri arrested a 15-year-old girl for an assault that was filmed and went viral online. The St. Louis County Police Department said...

Expelled Congressman Set For Another Run for House

(StraightNews.org) - Disgraced Republican Congressman George Santos has announced he will challenge GOP Rep. Nick LaLota just months after his expulsion from the House of Representatives. Mr. Santos appeared on Capitol Hill for Joe Biden’s recent State of the Union speech after colleagues voted by 311 to 114 for his expulsion in December following a report that condemned him for “a complex web of unlawful activity.” Appearing to blame Mr. LaLota for his expulsion, Santos tweeted that New York has not had conservative representation since he “left office arbitrarily, thanks to RINO, empty suits like Nick LaLota.” Mr. LaLota was one of...

Biden Raises Corporate Tax to 28%

(StraightNews.org) - President Biden outlined a number of tax hikes during his recent State of the Union address, including a corporate tax and wealth tax increase. Lael Brainard, director of the White House National Economic Council, said Biden intends to contrast his tax proposals with Donald Trump’s and make the economy central to his White House campaign. The President will raise the corporate tax from 21% to 28% and proposes that corporations can no longer deduct employee pay above $1 million. This will raise $270 billion over ten years. Biden said he wants to reshape the tax system to benefit middle-class Americans and reduce living...

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