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SANTIAGO, Chile, June 3 (UPI) — Students in Chile are scheduled to protest on Wednesday in the capital Santiago over educational reforms and government crackdowns on demonstrations. Protesters argue that educational reforms by Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet do not do
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NEW YORK (AP) — Allstate will start insuring drivers who pick up passengers through ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft. The insurer said Wednesday that the Ride for Hire policy will cost $15 to $20 a year on average and
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agencies are struggling to keep up with the growing number of requests for public information, raising questions in Congress about the Obama administration’s dedication to transparency. The backlog of unfulfilled requests for documents has doubled since
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The FinCEN action against XRP II LLC (Ripple) took many by surprise early last month, although many in the Bitcoin community were not shocked to see an organization with such close ties to a digital token face backlash for “willful violations” of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and failure to implement appropriate anti-money laundering (AML) procedures. The Chamber of Digital Commerce has been quick to gain an in-depth understanding of the action taken against Ripple Labs, and the Washington, D.C.-based trade association plans to discuss the implications of the regulatory action in a public briefing June 4th at 1 p.m. EDT. Before their briefing, the Chamber of Digital Commerce was willing to answer a few questions related to the Ripple […]
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New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) Superintendent Benjamin Lawsky today released the final version of the BitLicense regulations, saying that his “gut feeling” was that digital currencies are here to stay. The BitLicense program to require digital currencies businesses in New York state to operate with a license and report to government has long been in the making and included two revisions with comment periods to allow for public criticism and input. Many felt that Lawsky had to find a reasonable balance between protecting consumers and allowing digital finance innovators to develop without unnecessary red tape and restrictions. Lawsky Defends the Need to Regulate Saying it often “seems like technologists are from Venus and regulators are from Mars,” […]
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Lloyd Levin and Michael Bonner, principal advisors behind the Oscar-nominated Paul Greengrass-directed films United 93 and Green Zone, have optioned film rights of Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s memoir.
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Californians saved 13.9 percent more water in April as compared with the same month in 2013, a significant improvement over the last several months’ dismal conservation numbers.
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It can be easy to forget that the White House is actually a national park — because usually, our wildlife doesn’t get more exotic than the black squirrels that are common here in Washington. But sometimes we’re reminded that natu…
Over the weekend, a giant swastika made of removable, snap-together tiles was placed on the football field at El Camino High School in South San Francisco. The school had just celebrated graduation ceremonies on Friday. Residents saw the swastika over …
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