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Daryl Mosely was desperate for a better opportunity to support his family. Frustrated by his retail job’s low wages and disappointed by the small yearly raises, when his father—a union plumber and former apprentice—encouraged him to apply for an apprenticeship program, Mosely was all ears.
The Rev. Al Sharpton says a report that he spied on New York Mafia figures for the FBI in the 1980s is old news and that he's not "a rat.""I'm a cat because I chase rats," he said at a news conference at his National Action Network headquarters in Harlem, according to Newsday.
Residents of Near Index, Wash. fear a slow-moving hillside will become a powerful landslide similar to the one that struck Oso, Wash. KING’s Jake Whittenberg reports.
A downtown "A" train ride turned into a scary commute from one carload of people.
Authorities in Washington state raised the death toll to 34 on Tuesday from the mudslide that swamped a town last month.The death toll, from the Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office, was one higher than the total Monday. The office was working to identify the body.
Extremists in the Missouri House are pushing for legislation that would hurt working families, importing a national agenda that faces bipartisan opposition in the state. Despite claims made by the proponents of the legislation, paycheck deception and "right to work" for less bills wouldn't help the states' workers and would limit the rights of those workers.If you're in Missouri, call your state representatives at 888-825-1418 and tell them to oppose "right to work" H.B. 1770.
A Massachusetts woman calls police fearing that her home is being burglarized. Police arrive on the scene to find a duck not a burglar. WHDH’s Sarah French reports.
Jeff Bauman, who has written a memoir, said he still can’t bear to look at that iconic photo of him right after the bombings.
Here are some headlines from the working families’ news we're reading today (after the jump).
OKLAHOMA CITY — Kyah, a 6-month-old giraffe at the Oklahoma City Zoo, will undergo a risky surgery never before performed on a giraffe this week in a bid to save her life.
