On Tuesday, the Los Angeles City Council voted 14-1 to raise of the city’s minimum wage, which will increase from $9 an hour to $15 an hour by 2020, The Washington Post reports. Similar legislation has recently passed in places like Seattle and San Francisco, but Los Angeles will be the largest city by far to adopt the $15 per hour base wage.
Say you’re an elite thief who just pulled off a brazen $388 million diamond heist. Now I get the logic of hiding in plain sight. But hell, you’re allegedly holding something north of $54 million. What makes you decide not to, say, move to a nice island somewhere with no extradition treaties? A real mystery for the ages.
It’s been a busy Tuesday for Bill Murray.
Looks like someone else got my Christmas wish this year :(
An art show at Westfield High School in Westfield, N.J. asked students to create images that commented on one of three hot-button issues: “Modern Technology Advances,” “Gender Equality,” and “Law Enforcement - Police Brutality.” That last option got a few local parents really riled up.
“Hi, I am a reality show producer looking for an assistant for a Real Superman Show.” Simple, yes? No. This is “high concept” metaphysical stuff, and you, potential assistant, need to grasp the tenuous connection between phenomenal celebreality and literary fiction, so please bear with this producer for 5,500 words.
“Prince Charles is to meet Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams today to promote ‘reconciliation and healing,’” according to an article published on the Washington Post website today. The article did its part to promote reconciliation and healing by noting that Charles “has always denied he’s a member of the IRA.” Come again?
Federal officials are in the process of reaching a settlement with a Tennessee family who allegedly operated several fraudulent charities and used the funds to live large. The Associated Press reports that the family would “buy themselves cars, gym memberships and take luxury cruise vacations, pay for college tuition and employ family members with six-figure salaries.”
Hey Jeff—great meal. Just great. Well, it’s all done. What’s that? Did you say it’s time to “load the dishwasher?” Sorry Jeff—I now think you’re not very smart at all.
Jessica Greaney, a student at University of Nottingham, was suffering from a swollen eye this past March. She thought she had an eye infection. Nope! Just a parasite trying to burrow its way through her eyeball and into her spine to kill her.
Walmart’s gotten a lot of heat recently for suddenly shutting down five stores in four different states—supposedly to fix five simultaneous sets of “plumbing problems,” which makes a lot of sense if “plumbing” actually means “unions.” Because as you can see in the video above, Walmart really hates plumbing.
