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Month: September 2023

Retailers Lost Billions of Dollars to Shoplifters in 2022, Survey Shows

Retailers lost more than $112 billion to crime in 2022, a roughly 19% increase in losses from 2021, a survey from the National Retail Federation (NRF) and the Loss Prevention Research Council found.
At least 28% of businesses who responded to the survey reported that they had closed locations because of organized retail theft, while 30% reduced or altered their in-store product selections. Out of the 177 retail brands surveyed, 88% said that shoplifters had become somewhat more or much more violent in 2022 compared to the previous year.
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California Gov. Newsom signs law to raise fast food worker wage to $20 per hour

California fast food workers are poised to earn a minimum wage of $20 per hour, thanks to a bill signed into law by Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday.
Effective from April 1st, this significant wage boost will make California’s fast food workers among the highest paid in their industry across the nation, according to data from the University of California-Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education.

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Sidney Powell Accuses Fulton DA of Prosecutorial Misconduct

Ms. Powell’s attorneys wrote that the ‘indictment represents troubling and unethical conduct by the prosecutors.’

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Impeachment Memo: Biden Family Collected $15 Million in Foreign Money, DOJ ‘Obstructed’ Probe

The three House chairmen leading the impeachment inquiry against Joe Biden told fellow lawmakers Wednesday night that the president’s family collected at least $15 million in foreign funds and that there is evidence the Justice Department “obstructed” federal agents from pursuing evidence leading to the White House.
“Department of Justice personnel blocked avenues of inquiry that could have led to evidence incriminating President Biden and impeded efforts to prosecute Hunter Biden for tax crimes relating to foreign business arrangements that could have implicated President Biden,” Reps. James Comer, Jim Jordan and Jason Smith wrote in a 30-page memo to colleagues on the eve of the first impeachment inquiry hearing in Congress.
The article Impeachment Memo: Biden Family Collected $15 Million in Foreign Money, DOJ ‘Obstructed’ Probe appeared first on Tennessee Star.

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‘Shame on you!’ Parents shut down school board meeting over ‘2SLGBTQIA+ Action Plan’ motion passing without their input

These Trustees faced vocal opposition and shouts as they left the meeting, having approved the controversial ‘2SLGBTQ+ Action Plan’ motion without addressing the concerns or voices of parents beforehand.
Some individuals suggest that this action plan is a response to the nationwide #1MillionMarch4Children rally, which drew tens of thousands of parents and children across Canada.

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