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Yvette Martin-Gross, an AFGE officer and National Women's Advisory Coordinator for the 14th District (Washington, D.C., metro area), has always been interested in women's upward mobility in the workplace.
Two Massachusetts families have filed multi-million dollar civil lawsuits against former NFL player Aaron Hernandez in connection with the murder of two men in Boston in 2012. NECN's Kathryn Sotnik reports.
Gordon and Norma were married for 72 years. After a car accident, they were side by side in a hospital bed, holding hands. Gordon passed away, but his heart monitor continued to beep, and nurses say his wife’s heart was beating through his.
This week, in New York, the Ford Foundation hosted a conference with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on “Changing the Conversation on Growth: Going Inclusive.” Both are mainstream organizations, grounded in the elite consensus. So, their public engagement challenging the orthodoxy that inequality is the price we pay for economic growth is important.
Two Ohio snowplow drivers, members of the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association (OCSEA)/AFSCME Local 11, are credited with helping two teenagers escape a house fire earlier this month in St. Marys.
ST. LOUIS — For the first time in nearly a century, a married priest has been ordained by the Maronite Catholic Church in the United States — and his wife and daughter were on hand to support him.Wissam Akiki was welcomed by hundreds of supporters during a ceremony Thursday night at St.
Law enforcement officers were in a standoff Friday with a gunman outside a Florida courthouse.The courthouse, outside Orlando, was locked down.Video from WESH, the NBC affiliate in Orlando, showed at least four officers appearing to negotiate from behind an SUV while the man paced around.
A Florida courthouse playing host to a high-profile murder trial was locked down Friday after reports of a gunman outside the building.People inside the Brevard County Courthouse in Viera, outside Orlando, were ordered to stay where they were, NBC affiliate WESH reported.
Earlier this month, as one of TV’s most popular programs, "Dancing with the Stars," began preparations for its 18th season, the producers of the highly rated show made a major misstep and fired the show’s live backing band the Harold Wheeler Orchestra and Singers, which had provided the show’s sound track for its entire run. When the new season begins next month, recorded music and a small “combo” will replace the 28-piece band.
