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Here are some headlines from the working families news we're reading today (after the jump).
Seconds out, round two! As much of the country digs out from Monday’s snow dump, another winter storm is moving in to pummel the Northeast and Midwest, with forecasters warning of more than a foot of snow in some places Tuesday through Wednesday.
An alleged thief dubbed the “Apologetic Bandit” for his polite, remorseful tone while committing a string of convenience store robberies is in custody, authorities said.
Four members of the same family were killed aboard a light plane that crashed Monday near Nashville, Tenn., authorities said. The dead included the pilot, who witnesses and fire officials said saved many lives by narrowly avoiding a nearby YMCA building.
The Sochi Olympics present a unique chance for gay-rights organizations to call attention to anti-gay laws passed under President Vladimir Putin, most notably one that criminalized the promotion of “non-traditional sexual relations.
Police in New York are searching for a man who allegedly slashed a deli customer in the face after the two got into a fight over line-cutting.
A 4-year-old child died after being pulled unresponsive from a swimming pool on a Norwegian Cruise Line ship off the coast of North Carolina on Monday, cruise line and Coast Guard officials said. Crew members were able to revive a 6-year-old boy also found in the pool.
Nicole Harris lost her 4-year-old son in a tragic accident, then spent nearly eight years behind bars after being found guilty for his death.Last June, prosecutors dismissed the charges against the Chicago mother after a new trial determined Jaquari's death was accidental.
Nicole Harris lost her 4-year-old son in a tragic accident, then spent nearly eight years behind bars after being found guilty in his death. Harris was one of 87 people exonerated in 2013, a record-breaking year for official vindications in the United States, according to a new report from the National Registry of Exonerations. Nearly a third were in cases where no crime occurred — such as Harris'.
Four people were killed aboard a light plane that crashed Monday near Nashville, Tenn., authorities said. The dead included the pilot, who witnesses and fire officials said saved many lives by narrowly avoiding a nearby YMCA building.
