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Attorney General Eric Holder delivers remarks in tribute to the victims of the tragedy that took place at a Jewish Community Center.
It's been almost a year since a massive tornado hit Moore, Okla., killing 24 people and injuring almost 400.Thursday, the city became the first in the country to adopt rules specifically to prevent extensive tornado damage with tough new residential building codes.
A 55-foot-long whale is being dissected after it was found dead on the bow of a container ship in New York harbor.The finback whale was towed to an Army Corps of Engineers station in Jersey City, N.J., after it was found at the weekend.
Here are some headlines from the working family’s news we're reading today (after the jump).
In early March, the AFL-CIO joined 42 other organizations representing labor, business, public health, environmental concerns, consumers, family farms and good governance as well as three legal scholars in sending a letter calling on the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to match the European Commission’s commitment to holding a public consultation on investment issues, particularly with respect to the pending U.S.-European Union trade negotiations (known as the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or TTIP).
Peeved Portland, Ore., officials plan to drain millions of gallons of treated drinking water from a city reservoir after a teenager was caught on surveillance cameras taking a brazen bathroom break.
Two brothers behind a staged child abduction video posted on YouTube say it was designed to raise awareness about kidnappings. But they are being strongly criticized. NBC’s Joe Fryer reports.
The Ford Mustang is celebrating its 50th anniversary the same way it celebrated their launch, with one of the cars on display on the observation deck of the Empire State Building.
In this caught-on-camera video, a customer tackled an armed robber at a Sarasota, Fla., drugstore and held him until police arrived.
Two fire trucks on their way to a house fire collided in Monterey Park, Calif., sending one of them crashing into a restaurant. At least 15 people were injured.
