A California McDonald's franchisee says fast food would be 'unaffordable' if she raised prices enough to cover the new $20 minimum wage

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An employee fills a bag with French fries at a branch of the McDonald's fast food chain on Martin-Luther-Strasse in Giesing
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  • A McDonald's franchisee says its food would be "unaffordable" if it raised prices to offset California's $20 minimum wage.
  • "You can't raise prices enough," the Los Angeles franchisee told KTLA 5 News.
  • From April, California's minimum wage for fast-food workers will be 25% higher than its general minimum wage.

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'Princess Peach: Showtime' doesn't get a standing ovation, but it's still a fun time at the theatre

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In 2005, Super Princess Peach hit the Nintendo DS in what felt like something of a monumental moment for Nintendo. Here was gaming's most famous damsel in distress, finally getting the chance to star in her own game and, you know, actually do stuff for once besides play tennis.

And then, naturally, they never made a sequel to it and Peach went right back to playing the same role she'd played since

'Rise of the Ronin' falls victim to the worst kind of open-world boredom

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For what feels like at least a decade, online gaming spaces have overflowed with takes about how boring and repetitive open-world games have become. I never agreed, personally; I have the kind of brain that finds great joy in scrambling from one map icon to the next, filling meters and making numbers go up along the way.

Then I played Rise of the Ronin.

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