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Illustration on the destructive effects of the $15 minimum wage by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

More casualties in the fight to raise the minimum wage

By Richard Berman

A hexacopter drone is flown during a drone demonstration at a farm and winery on potential use for board members of the National Corn Growers, Thursday, June 11, 2015 in Cordova, Md. Routine commercial use of small drones got a green light from the Obama administration June 21, 2016, after years of struggling to write regulations that would both protect public safety and unleash the economic potential and societal benefits of the new technology. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Drone use likely to soar with new FAA rules

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Wal-Mart employees huddle together in a parking lot waiting for details as officers respond to a reported shooting inside the store, Tuesday, June 14, 2016, in Amarillo, Texas. (Michael Schumacher /The Amarillo Globe News via AP)

Wal-Mart in Amarillo, Texas: Police fatally shoot suspect holding hostages

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Aimee Toms seen in her Facebook video.

Woman accused of being transgender, kicked out of Walmart bathroom

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times

This May 28, 2013, file photo shows signage outside a Wal-Mart store in Duarte, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Officer shoots hatchet-wielding woman in Wisconsin Wal-Mart

Associated Press

Unlike many other liberals, Hillary Clinton and her husband have refused to publicly brutalize Wal-Mart over the company's pay scale and anti-union policies, leaving her open to attacks from Mr. Sanders and his allies, who say it's proof she can't be trusted to carry the economic warfare message Democrats need this year. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton’s Wal-Mart ties breed mistrust among liberals, boost Bernie Sanders

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

Kevin Roper leaves a court appearance Wednesday, June 11, 2014, in New Brunswick, N.J. Roper, a Wal-Mart truck driver from Georgia, was charged with death by auto and four counts of assault by auto in the wake of a deadly chain-reaction crash on the New Jersey Turnpike early Saturday, June 7, 2014, that killed comedian James McNair and left actor-comedian Tracy Morgan and two others critically injured. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) ** FILE **

Truck driver indicted in Tracy Morgan crash to be arraigned

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This Sept. 19, 2013, photo, shows the sign of a Wal-Mart store in San Jose, Calif. A National Labor Relations Board judge says Wal-Mart Stores Inc. unlawfully disciplined workers who staged protests in May and June of 2013 and ordered the retailer to reinstate 16 former employees, as well as give them back pay. The decision, posted on the labor board&#8217;s website late Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, arrived one day after the nation&#8217;s largest private employer said it was giving raises to most of its hourly employees. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

RICHARD BERMAN: Minumum wage breaks the business model

By Richard Berman

Drew Barrymore poses for a portrait to promote her new book &quot;Wildflower,&quot; in New York, in this Oct. 20, 2015, file photo. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision/AP)

Drew Barrymore sets new sights for beauty brand

By Anne D'Innocenzio - Associated Press

Shoppers leave the Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market in Dallas, Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. The Bentonville, Ark., company announced Friday the planned closure of 269 stores, more than half of them in the U.S. and another big chunk in its challenging Brazilian market. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT; TV OUT; INTERNET USE BY AP MEMBERS ONLY; NO SALES

D.C. residents say Wal-Mart hurt them, District by reneging

By Ryan M. McDermott - The Washington Times

A worker pulls a line of shopping carts toward a Wal-Mart store in North Kingstown, R.I., in this Nov. 13, 2012, file photo. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Wal-Mart kills plans to build two D.C. stores; Gray blames Bowser for loss

By Ryan M. McDermott - The Washington Times

In this Friday, Nov. 20, 2015, photo, Mark Lagon, president of Freedom House, speaks to an Associated Press reporter about slavery in the seafood industry at Freedom House in Washington. U.S. officials and human rights activists, including Lagon, called on Americans to stop buying fish and shrimp tied to supply chains in Thailand, where The Associated Press has found slaves are forced to work in the seafood industry. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

AP report on slave-peeled shrimp spurs calls for boycott

By Martha Mendoza - Associated Press

Bob Marley performs at a reggae festival in Paris in 1980. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Supreme Court won’t hear appeal over use of Bob Marley’s image

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The American and Mississippi state flags fly on a flag pole outside the City Hall in McComb, Miss. (Associated Press)

Marshall Leonard bombed Wal-Mart because chain stopped selling Mississippi flag, police say

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Veteran blasts hearse driver for unattended flag-draped coffin in Wal-Mart parking lot

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

This Tuesday Aug. 25, 2015, file photo shows Gavin Grimm as he gestures during an interview at his home in Gloucester, Va. Grimm is a transgender student whose demand to use the boys' restrooms has divided the community and prompted a lawsuit. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Gavin Grimm, transgender student, faces bathroom battle in divided rural Virginia town

By Larry O'Dell - Associated Press

This May 28, 2013, file photo shows signage outside a Wal-Mart store in Duarte, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Wal-Mart to stop selling AR-15, other semi-automatic rifles

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Wal-Mart is awaiting a court decision after one of its major shareholders, a church that owns 3,500 franchises around the country, filed to have high-capacity gun magazines removed from the stores. (Associated Press)

Wal-Mart’s pay raise backfires: ‘It is pitting people against each other’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times