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At least six people died in a series of crashes on icy roads in Minnesota over the weekend. KARE's Lindsey Seavert reports.
About 2.5 million kids in the U.S. were homeless at some point in 2013, half of them younger than six years old.
Pope Francis confirmed he will make his first trip to the U.S. to attend the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia next year.
Dr. Martin Salia, a citizen of Sierra Leone who lived in Maryland, is now the second patient to die of Ebola on U.S. soil.
The DEA made unannounced visits to several NFL teams Sunday as part of an investigation into whether teams and doctors are violating drug laws.
If you need proof that America has a problem with wage theft, look no further than the AMC Loews movie theater in downtown Boston. Several years ago, six janitors contracted to work at the theater hadn’t been paid for their work in months. When they finally spoke up, the contracting company fired them all.
Dan O’Connell, New Jersey State AFL-CIO Executive Board member, has been declared the winner in his race for Delran Council. The race took eight days to decide. He won by 15 votes after mail-in and provisional ballots were counted. O’Connell is the 32nd New Jersey labor candidate to notch a victory in November’s elections.
"Brotherhood Outdoors" is the only union-dedicated, outdoor television show, and it showcases hardworking union members in an effort to teach Americans what union brotherhood is all about. It also provides viewers with tips on hunting and fishing and, in 2011, it took home the Sportsman Channel's 2011 award for best combination (hunting/fishing) show. Since then, the series has only gotten better and it's up for three awards this year, and you can help make sure the show is a winner!
For those of you who have been following the Massey Energy story, the Mine Workers (UMWA) passed along this news yesterday: U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that a federal grand jury today returned an indictment charging Donald L. Blankenship, former chief executive officer of Massey Energy Co., with four criminal offenses. The indictment charges Blankenship with conspiracy to violate mandatory federal mine safety and health standards, conspiracy to impede federal mine safety officials, making false statements to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and securities fraud.
Walmart has spent millions of dollars in the past two years on public relations promotions, advertising and conferences, trying to convince us that it, well, cares about America. From championing hiring veterans (which is noble, yes, but veterans deserve better than poverty wage jobs, and Walmart receives a substantial tax break for hiring them) to promoting “U.S. manufacturing,” the company has tried to evade the common sense of real, hardworking Americans by helping them forget Walmart was responsible for our manufacturing sector’s demise in the first place.
