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An Oakland mother has no more children left after gun violence claimed both of her two sons' lives in 19 days.Her youngest son, who was only 13 years old, was gunned down on New Year’s Eve. Her oldest son was shot and killed Sunday.
Famously, Google's informal company motto is "don't be evil." The slogan isn't "don't be evil yourself, but giving others money to do evil is OK." If the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) had a motto, it would be "do as much evil as you can." One of these things is not like the other.
In her debut blog post at MomsRising.org, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth Shuler discusses "something everyone seems to be talking about, from the pope to Beyoncé: economic inequality."
New Jersey lawmakers will announce Tuesday they will create a special joint Assembly-Senate committee to investigate the George Washington Bridge traffic jams and other alleged "abuses of government power" by the Christie administration, legislative sources tell NBC News.
SAG-AFTRA honored outstanding motion picture and television performances at its annual Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremonies Jan. 18. Rita Moreno received the union's highest honor, the 50th Annual Life Achievement Award.
President Barack Obama will pay a visit to Pope Francis in March, the White House announced.Obama will meet the pope at the Vatican on March 27 as part of a European tour that will include stops in the Netherlands and Belgium, as well as Italy.
A gunman shot a college student sitting in the parking lot of Widener University's athletic center Monday, but officials said the Pennsylvania campus was secure, even as they warned students to remain inside as police searched across the city for the shooter.
With memories of the dreaded polar vortex still fresh, winter deals another blow Tuesday, slamming the Northeast with a blast of cold air and up to a foot of snow.“They are going to have quite a snowstorm,” said Kevin Roth, a lead meteorologist with the Weather Channel.
What started as a mystery over a monster traffic jam has erupted into a multifaceted scandal for Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, who gets sworn in for a second term Tuesday just as he’s battling allegations of a pattern of political bullying.
Four people were killed and 18 others were injured, at least four of them critically, in two separate explosions at industrial plants in Nebraska and Oklahoma on Monday, authorities said.Two died when the three-story International Nutrition Inc.
