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Ashevillians turned out in force and rallied in Pack Square against House Bill 2, which overrides local LGBT nondiscrimination ordinances in the state.(Photo: Pat Barcas/CITIZEN-TIMES)
North Carolina is throwing a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>lot of money down the toilet over a transgender bathroom law
Looks like it doesn't pay to discriminate. PayPal nixed its<span style="color: Red;">*</span>planned global operations center<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in North Carolina because of<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the state's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>new law that restricts transgender individuals’ rights to use bathrooms that don't match the sex on their birth certificates. So Caitlyn Jenner would have to use the men’s room. The law also excludes LGBT people from anti-discrimination protections. A host of other companies (Google, Apple,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Microsoft)<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and sports teams<span style="color: Red;">*</span>also say they're<span style="color: Red;">*</span>not cool with the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>measure.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Mississippi apparently didn't get the memo on the economic fallout.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The<span style="color: Red;">*</span>governor signed a law<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Tuesday<span style="color: Red;">*</span>allowing employers to refuse service to gay couples.
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Tuesday PayPal announced the canceling of their plans for a new facility in Charlotte. The online payment service have decided to nix their plans to open a global operations center in Charlotte, in response to the state's controversial new law. USA TODAY
Wisconsin won't end it
It's primary day for both the Republicans and Democrats in the enchanted Land of Cheeseheads. The number of delegates at stake is relatively small: 42 up for grabs for the GOP and 86 for Dems. So win or lose, no candidate will clinch the nomination today. What makes Wisconsin noteworthy is that neither front-runner is projected to win there. Ted Cruz has led Donald Trump in most polls, while Bernie Sanders has enjoyed a small edge over Hillary Clinton. Something<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to say over drinks with your conservative friends: Some Republicans see Wisconsin<span style="color: Red;">*</span>as an anti-Trump turning point.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Or<span style="color: Red;">*</span>over drinks with your progressive friends: For Clinton, a loss would be another reminder that Sanders isn’t going anywhere.
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On Wisconsin's primary day, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump made a last minute pitch to voters at a diner and polling station. Though polls show Texas Senator Ted Cruz running ahead, Trump predicts 'a big surprise.' (April 5) AP
Wave buh bye to the world leader
On Sunday, a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>leak of millions of documents from a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Panama<span style="color: Red;">*</span>law firm showed tax-avoidance arrangements of the rich and famous around the world,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>naming, among others,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Iceland's prime minister.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>On<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Monday, thousands protested outside the parliament building in Iceland's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>capital of Reykjavik. On Tuesday, Iceland's Prime Minister<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson resigned. He's the first major figure brought down by the leak. Officials in Russia, Ukraine, China, Argentina and other countries are also facing questions about possible dubious offshore schemes.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Back home, President Obama said Tuesday that<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Congress<span style="color: Red;">*</span>has to close a tax loophole that allows American companies to legally evade taxes. Power of the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>#PanamaPapers.
Donald Trump isn't going to like this
Ford Motor is investing $1.6 billion in a new plant in Mexico. People who are angry: the United Auto Workers Union,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>which pushed for higher wages in its contract talks with the automaker last year, and Donald Trump. Trump said he would stop Ford from building in Mexico if he is elected president, and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>he would threaten the company<span style="color: Red;">*</span>with a 35% tariff on any products or parts imported into the U.S. Trump said:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"Within 24 to 48 hours I will get a call from the head of Ford and he will say, 'Mr. President, we have decided we're going to build our new plant in the United States.' ... That's 100% sure." We'll see.
OK, ladies, now let's ... explain 'Formation'?
Beyoncé didn’t owe us an explanation for that "Formation" video or for her Super Bowl halftime performance.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>But in a rare cover story for "Elle,"<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the Queen finally opened up about the controversial video and explained that she’s not anti-police, but rather anti-police brutality. She said<span style="color: Red;">*</span>anyone bothered by her display of black pride should look internally rather than projecting onto her. "If celebrating my roots and culture during Black History Month made anyone uncomfortable, those feelings were there long before a video and long before me." Mic drop.
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Melania<span style="color: Red;">*</span>wants Donald to act more presidential. <span style="color: Red;">*</span>“He has great nights and he can be presidential, but sometimes he just like, he cannot stand that somebody attacks him.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Because if somebody attacks him he will punch back 10 times harder.” K.
Kitty Genovese's killer has died in prison.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Her<span style="color: Red;">*</span>death in 1964 gave birth to the psychological notion of the "bystander effect." As she was being attacked,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>dozens of people reportedly heard her cries for help but didn't do anything.
Tonight is the NCAA women's national championship game. UConn will play former Big East foe Syracuse<span style="color: Red;">*</span>with a chance to become the first women's team to win four straight Division I titles.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>
Today's NSFW Twitter fight is brought to you by Sarah Palin and Azealia Banks.
The old oak chair that J.K. Rowling sat in while writing<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the first two Harry Potter novels probably doesn’t possess any magical powers, but it is up for auction.
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