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This Ohio factory owner says she has jobs but few sober applicants

Authored by cnn.com

Story highlights Factory owner Regina Mitchell says Ohio's opioid epidemic means jobs are left open.

"We just can't find people to show up who can pass a drug test," she says.

(CNN) An Ohio factory owner said Saturday that though she has blue-collar jobs available at her company, she struggles to fill positions because so many candidates fail drug tests.

Regina Mitchell, a co-owner of Warren Fabricating & Machining in Hubbard, Ohio, told The New York Times this week that four out of 10 applicants otherwise qualified to be welders, machinists and crane operators will fail a routine drug test.

In an interview Saturday with CNN's Michael Smerconish, Mitchell said that her requirements for prospective workers were simple.

And we're moving 300,000 pounds of steel around in that building on a regular basis.

So I cannot take the chance to have anyone impaired running that crane, or working 40 feet in the air.". »

Hackers break into voting machines in minutes at hacking competition

Authored by thehill.com

Hackers at at a competition in Las Vegas were able to successfully breach the software of U.S. voting machines in just 90 minutes on Friday, illuminating glaring security deficiencies in America's election infrastructure.

According to a Register report, within minutes, hackers exposed glaring physical and software vulnerabilities across multiple U.S. voting machine companies' products.

The commission, chaired by Vice President Mike Pence Mike (Michael) Richard PenceWaters: Pence is planning his inauguration Hackers break into voting machines in minutes at hacking competition Timeline: Trump's relationship with Priebus MORE, is expected to “study the registration and voting processes used in Federal elections” as well as “fraudulent voter registrations and fraudulent voting," the order says. »

Turkish women march in rights protest in Istanbul

Authored by reuters.com

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Hundreds of Turkish women marched in the country's biggest city Istanbul on Saturday to protest against the violence and animosity they face from men demanding they dress more conservatively.

The march, dubbed "Don't Mess With My Outfit", started in the Kadikoy district on the Asian side of the city.

Women chanted slogans and carried denim shorts on hangers as examples of the type of clothing some men say they find unacceptable. »

'Blade Runner 2049' to feature music by Hans Zimmer

Authored by filmmusicreporter.com

Hans Zimmer is currently scoring Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049.

Ridley Scott who directed the 1982 original film (scored by Vangelis) is producing the project with Broderick Johnson, Andrew A. Kosove (The Blind Side, Insomnia).

Blade Runner 2049 will be released on October 6, 2017 by Warner Bros. Pictures. »

Baltimore prosecutor tosses 34 cases after officer seen planting evidence

Authored by wtop.com

WASHINGTON — Thirty-four criminal cases have been dismissed in Baltimore amid an investigation into the alleged planting of evidence by a Baltimore City police officer.

Twelve of the cases thrown out, according to Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, involved defendants who are now serving time for convictions.

Defense attorney’s claim the body-camera footage shows an officer planting a can with drugs at a crime scene before activating his camera. »