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Today AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka released the following statement in opposition to fast track trade promotion (after the jump).
A resourceful Houston firefighter used a six-pack to save the day.Capt. Craig Moreau said he was driving on State Highway 71 from Austin, Texas, on Monday night when he witnessed smoke funneling out of a truck’s brakes.
Parts of a U.S. Navy helicopter that crashed off the coast of Virginia, killing two crew members, were found as searchers continue to look for a crewman who has been missing since the incident Wednesday morning.
The Indian deputy consul whose arrest and strip-search in New York touched off a diplomatic spat between the U.S. and India had been indicted — but she's already been given immunity and has left the country, the prosecutor said Thursday.
An appointee of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie at the center of an apparent plan to engineer a monster traffic jam as an act of political payback declined to answer questions Thursday before state lawmakers.
Part of a U.S. Navy helicopter that crashed off the coast of Virginia, killing two crew members, has been found as searchers continue to look for a crewman who has been missing since the incident Wednesday morning.
Everybody knows about exorbitant hospital prices, but a new study from National Nurses United (NNU) shows that many hospitals, especially the for-profit ones, are price gouging their patients. In recent years, medical costs have skyrocketed—and here's part of the reason: Many for-profit hospitals actually charge patients more than 10 times what it costs to provide care.
An appointee of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie at the center of an apparent plan to strangle a town with traffic as an act of political payback lost a bid in court Thursday to avoid testifying before state lawmakers.
In its semi-annual report, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) says it is concerned that the two key federal agencies charged with protecting workers’ health and safety have the resources and ability to meet their workplace safety obligations.
An Oklahoma man has appeared in court on suspicion of murdering his stepfather by giving him an "atomic wedgie," officials said.
