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Whirlpool profits strangled by the tariffs it once supported

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“The U.S. company was a major advocate for legislation to protect against what Bitzer last year called a ‘long story of dumping’ by foreign competitors LG and Samsung in the washing machine business.  Now the company cites U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminium as contributing to the increased cost in Whirpool’s raw materials.”

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/24/whirlpool-stock-plunges-as-tariffs-hit-suppliers-steel-costs.html

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US breaks up phone scam where fake government agents believably extorted victims

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“The fraudulent calls came suddenly and frequently while the scam was active from 2012 to 2016, according to court documents. A person posing as an Internal Revenue Service or immigration official was on the phone, threatening arrest, deportation or other penalties if the victims did not immediately pay their debts with prepaid cards or wire transfers.”

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/23/business/irs-phone-scams-jeff-sessions.html

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Family of Australian woman killed by US police for calling 911 sues for $50M

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“The family of an Australian woman who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer last year after she called 911 to report a possible assault filed a lawsuit Monday alleging the officer conspired with his partner to hide what really happened.”

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/family-woman-killed-minneapolis-officer-sues-145242868.html

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What ICE Raids Really Look Like In NYC

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“The project offers a rare window into the day-to-day operations of a secretive domestic law enforcement agency at a moment of unprecedented criticism — and an eye-opening glimpse at what those operations look like from the perspective of the communities and households most impacted.”

Read more: https://theintercept.com/2018/07/23/ice-raids-in-new-york/

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How your data is used by police, and where it goes wrong

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“For fans of the 2002 Tom Cruise film ‘Minority Report,’ this will sound like life catching up with art.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/07/17/how-your-data-is-used-by-police-and-where-it-goes-wrong/

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New video shows officers standing by in hallway during Vegas mass shooting

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“Newly released body camera footage shows two Las Vegas police officers holding their position in a hallway one floor beneath the Oct. 1 gunman for nearly five minutes as rounds are continually fired into the Route 91 Harvest festival crowd below.”

Read more: https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/shootings/video-shows-officers-waiting-in-hallway-during-las-vegas-shooting/

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CEO: Tech companies should not permit governments to use face recognition

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“In the hands of government surveillance programs and law enforcement agencies, there’s simply no way that face recognition software will be not used to harm citizens.”

Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/25/facial-recognition-software-is-not-ready-for-use-by-law-enforcement/

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DEA’s Move to Restrict Opioid Prescriptions Pushed Users to the Dark Web

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“New research adds to an increasing body of evidence that restricting opioid prescribing has not solved the opioid crisis but instead worsened it.”

Read more: https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2018/jun/16/making_matters_worse_deas_move

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Mom Brings Coughing 10-Month-Old to the Hospital. Days Later, Cops Take the Baby.

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“This practice—overly suspicious government officials seizing children from their parents—isn’t confined to Minnesota.”

Read more: https://reason.com/blog/2018/06/18/cps-mom-baby-cops-kidnapping

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Foster parents of separated immigrant children ‘don’t know how much worse it could be’

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“‘Many kids are having nightmares, can’t eat, can’t sleep … don’t know where their parents are. The last image they have of their parents is shock and fear … the memory never goes away.'”

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/us-foster-parents-separated-immigrant-children-dont-worse/story?id=56000133

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