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Walmart faces backlash for 'brutally unfair' system that punishes sick employees

RT
Sat, 03 Jun 2017 13:00 UTC

Walmart is facing a battery of bad news about its treatment of employees, just in time for its annual shareholder meeting. A labor rights group says the company has an illegal sick leave policy, while workers wonder if racism plays a role in scheduling.

As America's largest private employer, with 1.5 million employees, Walmart has long been criticized for its policy of placing profit above all else, especially its workers. A new report about Walmart's "absence control program" described the company's sick leave policy as "brutally unfair" and "often against the law."

A Better Balance, a work and family legal center, surveyed more than 1,000 current and former Walmart employees about the policy. The group found that the company routinely refuses to accept doctors' notes, punishes workers who need time off to care for a sick family member and otherwise penalizes lawful absences covered under the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), as well as other worker protections.

Florida drops felony charges against two antiwar protesters accused of battery on police

RT
Sat, 03 Jun 2017 13:09 UTC

The State Attorney's Office has dropped all charges against two protesters who were arrested during an anti-war rally in Jacksonville, Florida. Three others have been offered pleas with reduced sentences.

In a 45-page report obtained by WJXT on Thursday, State Attorney Melissa Nelson declined to prosecute Connell Crooms and Dave Schneider, two protesters who were arrested during the April 7 incident in Jacksonville's Hemming Park, where 200 people protested US actions in Syria. When a small group of counter-protesters showed up, a fight broke out.

Up to 18 dead after massive explosions at funeral in Kabul

RT
Sat, 03 Jun 2017 12:41 UTC

© Mohammad Ismail / Reuters
Protesters carry the wrapped body of a person killed during a protest in Kabul, Afghanistan June 2, 2017.

Up to 18 people have been killed in three explosions centered around a funeral in downtown Kabul Saturday, Afghanistan's TOLO news network reports. Multiple injuries have also been reported, according to local officials cited by TOLO.

Security forces have set up a cordon around the Khair Khana area of Kabul where the explosions took place. The Taliban have denied responsibility for the attack according to local media.

The funeral was reportedly for Salim Izadyar, a protester and son of an Afghan senator, who was shot dead in violent anti-government protests which took place in Kabul Friday.

Christie Blatchford: We should remember the horror of Karla Homolka's past

Christie Blatchford
Ottawa Citizen
Fri, 02 Jun 2017 12:30 UTC

Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka

Back in the day, when Karla Homolka was testifying at the murder trial of her former husband Paul Bernardo, I fantasized that if I were independently wealthy, I would spend the rest of my life documenting the rest of hers.

It would be called Karla Watch, and sometimes there'd be nothing to report — just a recent picture of her and maybe a line saying "status quo" — but sometimes, there'd be lots.

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US Postal worker charged with feeding dog nail-laced meatballs suspended

RT
Sat, 03 Jun 2017 12:29 UTC

A US Postal worker in Alabama has been charged with aggravated animal cruelty for allegedly giving at least one dog meatballs with nails inside. Police fear more dogs may have been harmed. The mail carrier is now on off-duty status.

Susanna Dawn Burhans, 47, was arrested Thursday after a joint investigation by the Madison County Sheriff's Office and the US Postal Service (USPS) alleged that she fed nail-laced meatballs to at least one dog in New Hope, Alabama.

"We gathered intelligence from the Postal Service and put everything together," said Mike Salomonsky, the Sheriff's Captain, according to the Alabama Media Group. "Right now, we know for sure there's one dog. But there's another neighbor that had a complaint, so there might be two or more."

Over 30 injured as massive explosion hits local supermarket in Shiraz, Iran

RT
Sat, 03 Jun 2017 08:28 UTC

Over 30 people were reportedly injured after a powerful blast rocked a mall in the southwest Iranian city of Shiraz, causing it to erupt in flames, damaging nearby buildings and shattering glasses within 30 meters from the site.

Footage posted on social media shows an enormous blaze raging inside a local supermarket. The fire was reportedly sparked by an explosion that struck the ground floor of the shopping mall located on Nasr Boulevard in Shiraz, IRNA news agency reported. The incident occurred at about 1:30am local time.

The nature of the blast was not immediately clear, with preliminary reports pointing to a likely gas leak.

While no casualties have been reported, at least 35 people caught in the blast suffered injuries, including 16 who required hospitalization, the head of Fars province's medical emergency center told Tasnim news agency, adding that many were suffering from burns. Another 19 people were provided with medical assistance at the site of the blast.

Ex-nurse admits killing 8 seniors in her care with insulin

CBS News
Sat, 03 Jun 2017 02:54 UTC

© Geoff Robins / Getty Images
Elizabeth Tracey Mae Wettlaufer, a nurse accused in the murder of 8 elderly patients in Southern Ontario, leaves the courthouse in Woodstock, Ontario,Canada October 25, 2016.

A Canadian former nurse accused of killing eight seniors in her care pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree murder.

Elizabeth Wettlaufer also pleaded guilty to four counts of attempted murder and two counts of aggravated assault.

The 49-year-old, who appeared in a Woodstock, Ontario, courtroom, acknowledged under questioning from the judge that she injected the eight people who died with insulin for no medical reason.

Indian minister fails to show at 'No tobacco, No Taliban' event

DNA India
Thu, 01 Jun 2017 07:50 UTC

Minister of State for External Affairs, VK Singh, failed to turn up for an event at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), where he was invited as the chief guest by RSS-affiliated student group Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), on Wednesday.

The event, titled 'Na Tobacco, Na Taliban, Naye Bharat ki Nayi Pehchan', was organised on the occasion of World Tobacco Day. The event was held amid a demonstration by members of the Ambedkarite student group Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students Association (BAPSA), who were protesting against the invitation to Singh.

"How could they invite such an inhuman and anti-Dalit minister to our campus, who once compared Dalit children to street dogs?" asked BAPSA member Rahul Sonpimple. In October, 2015, Singh had triggered a controversy when he said: "If somebody throws a stone on a dog, is the government responsible?", in the backdrop of an incident in which two Dalit children were burnt alive in Faridabad.

ISIS sex slave survivor Nadia Murad demands recognition of Yazidi genocide in tearful homecoming

RT
Fri, 02 Jun 2017 21:34 UTC

Yazidi survivor and United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human trafficking Nadia Murad, Kojo, Iraq

© Alkis Konstantinidis / Reuters
Yazidi survivor and United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human trafficking Nadia Murad, Kojo, Iraq June 1, 2017.

Nadia Murad made an emotional return to her home village of Kocho in Iraq on Thursday for the first time since she was kidnapped by Islamic State militants (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) in 2014.

"I am a daughter of this village," Murad, who wailed and shed tears, told Reuters upon her return. Surrounded by Yazidi fighters, who reclaimed the village from IS last week, the 24-year-old spoke from the roof of her old school.

"We hoped that our destiny would be like the men and be killed, but instead Europeans, Saudis and Tunisians and other fighters came and raped us and sold us," she said.

Bomb squad called in after police seal off car considered 'significant' to Manchester attack

RT
Fri, 02 Jun 2017 21:20 UTC

Police investigating the Manchester terrorist attack have found a car which they believe might be "significant" to the inquiry. A bomb squad is reportedly at the scene.

Greater Manchester Police say there is a 100m cordon in place around the car on Devell House, in Rusholme, not far from where a police raid is ongoing in Banff Road.

A bomb disposal van and forensic officers were seen arriving at Devell House on Friday afternoon.

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Society's Child

Walmart faces backlash for 'brutally unfair' system that punishes sick employees

Florida drops felony charges against two antiwar protesters accused of battery on police

Up to 18 dead after massive explosions at funeral in Kabul

Christie Blatchford: We should remember the horror of Karla Homolka's past

US Postal worker charged with feeding dog nail-laced meatballs suspended

Over 30 injured as massive explosion hits local supermarket in Shiraz, Iran

Ex-nurse admits killing 8 seniors in her care with insulin

Indian minister fails to show at 'No tobacco, No Taliban' event

ISIS sex slave survivor Nadia Murad demands recognition of Yazidi genocide in tearful homecoming

Bomb squad called in after police seal off car considered 'significant' to Manchester attack

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