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Both #California and #NewYork adopted legislation yesterday to push their statewide minimum wage to $15 per hour over the next few years. “This is an important day,” California Gov. Jerry Brown said. “It’s not the end of the struggle, but it’s a very important step forward.” Subscribe to our exclusive While You Slept newsletter for your daily mix of international news. [Photo: Ringo Chiu/ZUMA] #minimumwage #jerrybrown #losangeles #igersla #igerscalifornia #igersusa #shotoftheday #picoftheday #portrait #protest #legislation #instalike #wage #instawork #snapshot #whileyouslept #worldcrunch (à Los Angeles, California)

Five company officials have so far been detained as Indian police this morning opened a case of culpable homicide against the construction company IVRCL that built the flyover that collapsed in Kolkata yesterday, killing at least 24 people and injuring at least 90. Chief Minister Mamata #Banerjee commented that those responsible would not be spared and blamed the previous state government that awarded the flyover contract in 2007. [Photo: Sonali Pal Chaudhury/NurPhoto/ZUMA] For more international news, subscribe to our exclusive While You Slept newsletter. #India #accident #Kolkata #Calcutta #WhileYouSlept #worldcrunch (à Kolkata, India)

Although some clouds spoiled the view, millions of sky gazers across the Pacific were able to experience a total solar eclipse, here pictured from #Belitung island, #Indonesia. 🌘 Go to our homepage to receive Worldcrunch's daily newsletter. Today: Sanders Surprises, Queen On Brexit, 5th Beatle Dies [Photo: He Changshan/Xinhua/ZUMA] #totaleclipse #eclipse #totalsolareclipse #solareclipse #astronomy #sun #moon #skygazing #asia #pacific #igersasia #igersindonesia #instaeclipse #instasun #picoftheday #shotoftheday #belitungisland #worldcrunch #whileyouslept (à Belitung)

🌌 The European Southern Observatory, an intergovernmental astronomy research organization, has released a spectacular new image of the Milky Way to mark the completion of its Chile-based #APEX Telescope Large Area Survey of the Galaxy (#ATLASGAL). For your daily morning mix of our best stories and breaking news, go to Worldcrunch's homepage (link in bio) and subscribe to our #WhileYouSlept exclusive newsletter! [Photo: ESO] #space #instaspace #milkyway #instalike #universe #eso #europeansouthernobservatory #observatory #telescope #instawow #chile #atacama #atacamadesert #LlanodeChajnantorObservatory #science #stars #galaxy #picoftheday #shotoftheday #worldcrunch