Like Yelp For Labor Rights: This App Rates How Restaurants Treat Workers
Want to know if your favorite restaurant pays its servers a living wage? An app encourages diners to ask before they dig in.
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From Facebook To A Virtual You: Planning Your Digital Afterlife
Whether you appoint a postmortem account manager or opt for "virtual immortality," new online tools help us navigate how we will preserve our digital footprint after death.
With New Moves, Russia's Parliament Looks To Rewrite History
Russia's seizure of Crimea has been widely criticized. But what if Crimea was given away illegally to Ukraine back in 1954? Russian lawmakers are hard at work on their own version of history.
More Scrutiny Coming For Medicare Advantage, Obamacare
The Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General said it would review Medicare Advantage billing practices with an eye toward curbing overcharges.
Los Angeles Residents Divided Over Proposed $15 Minimum Wage
Los Angeles is considering raising its minimum wage from $9 to $15 an hour in order to help its 800,000 residents in poverty. But no major city has yet raised its wage this dramatically or this fast.
As Commodity Prices Plunge, Groceries May Be Next
Oil prices aren't the only thing that's dropped. The prices of everything from corn to sugar have fallen, too. So some economists predict lower prices at the grocery store later this year.
'Community' Actor Ken Jeong Might Be Getting His Own Show
ABC recently green lighted a sitcom starring the doctor-turned-actor Ken Jeong, who will play a frustrated MD in Dr. Ken.
Couples Who Choose Not To Have Children Are 'Selfish,' Pope Says
Francis spoke of a "greedy generation" that is opting not to procreate. His remarks come less than two weeks after he said Catholics do not need to breed "like rabbits."
Nicaragua's New Canal Could Be Environmental Disaster, Report Says
Scientists believe the project, which is reportedly underway already, could destroy a million acres of rainforest and contaminate Central America's largest source of drinking water.
U.N. Calls On EU To Expand Rescue Of Migrants In Mediterranean
The High Commissioner for Refugees wants the European Union to expand its Operation Triton to intercept and rescue would-be migrants, most of them trying to reach Italy.