The Daily Populous

Monday April 10th, 2017 night edition

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British visitors to the US may be asked for social media usernames and passwords and their phone’s address book under new border checks being considered at US airports.

The Trump administration is considering “extreme vetting” scenarios in which even tourists from US allies such as the UK, France and Germany are subject to intense security checks, according to the Wall Street Journal.

“We will do it when we think there’s a reason to do it,” US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly told a US Senate committee hearing last week.

“The vast majority of people will not be questioned in that way.”

However, he did not elaborate on the plans.

Donald Trump, who was elected on a promise to strengthen US borders, has already overseen tighter controls since taking office.

They include a temporary ban on travellers from six majority Muslim countries without visas, which has been blocked, and a ban on laptops and other large electronic devices as carry-ons from certain countries, which has been followed by the UK.

More Than 771,000 Songs are Played on Spotify Every Minute

Authored by statisticalfuture.org

One of the more shocking statistics though that came out of annual industry reports is the fact that Spotify users were playing nearly 771,000 songs per minute on the service.

The music streaming service has logged over 50 million paying subscribers, outstripping the aforementioned Apple Music and Pandora.

This means that if we were to extrapolate the data from Spotify – itself having around half of the market share, it’s not a stretch to imagine about 1.5 million songs being streamed worldwide every minute.

Flight delays and cancellations – compensation schemes

Authored by choice.com.au

It's at the airline's discretion, but some will provide meals, refreshments, accommodation and transfers appropriate to the length of the delay.

, most airlines will either carry you on another scheduled service as soon as space is available or give you a refund.

US Coal Production by State Q1-Q3 2016

Authored by statimetric.com
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Shockingly West Virginia is ain coal production.

Wyoming produces almost 4 times as much coal as West Virginia, withas many full-time workers.

Wyoming's miners produce at a rate of 27.4 tons of coal per employee hour versus West Virginia's 2.8 tons per employee hour ( EIA PDF Report ).

Police are filmed dragging man off United Airlines flight

Authored by dailymail.co.uk
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In his apology, United CEO Oscar Munoz said today: 'This is an upsetting event to all of us here at United.

The Chicago Police department, which operates separately, had earlier risked controversy by claiming that the man 'fell' into the armrest.

'United Flight 3411 from ORD to SDF, the man was forcibly removed because the flight was overbooked and united crew needed to get to SDF.