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A behemoth Boeing air freighter that ended up at a tiny Kansas airport by mistake easily took off Thursday from a runway not normally considered long enough for such a massive plane. It landed without a hitch at its intended destination about 15 minutes later.
After 11 years behind bars for the 1975 murder of teenager Martha Moxley, Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel was ordered released on $1.2 million bond Thursday while he awaits a new trial.There was a smattering of applause as Skakel, 53, was led out of the courtroom to post bond.
On Dec. 9, a coalition of education advocates, including the AFT, parents and community, faith and other groups will hold a National Day of Action to Reclaim the Promise of Public Education. The mobilization is part of a long-term push for reforms designed to reclaim the promise of public education as the nation's gateway to democracy and racial and economic justice.
Five children were unresponsive after being pulled from a car that plunged into a Minnesota pond on Thursday morning, authorities told NBC affiliate KARE.The children, who ranged in age from 1 to 7, were rushed to the hospital.
United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) students at dozens of campuses across the country are launching a new campaign to demand that universities cut commercial ties with T-Mobile unless the company changes its ways. With T-Mobile workers fighting for a voice on the job and the company engaging in a vicious, anti-worker campaign, students are stepping up to put an end to the exploitation of T-Mobile workers in their names. T-Mobile has important contracts on campuses that grant the company preferential access to market to students and staff, contracts to purchase wireless service for staff and, most importantly, construction of cell tower infrastructure on campuses.
After 11 years behind bars for the 1975 murder of teenager Martha Moxley, Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel was ordered released on $1.2 million bond Thursday while he awaits a new trial.There was a smattering of applause as Skakel, 53, was led out of the courtroom to post bond.
Gurmukh Singh, a taxi driver and member of the Orange County Taxicab Drivers Association, which advocates for safe working conditions andfair pay for drivers, came to the United States from India more than 15 years ago and applied for asylum. He worked hard and built a life here with his wife and two children, all U.S. citizens. Earlier this year, Singh was in the middle of an interview to obtain his green card when he was arrested by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Singh and his family were unaware that faulty legal representation had led to his asylum appeal being denied.
Here are some of the key dates in the Martha Moxley murder investigation:Oct. 31, 1975: Martha Moxley found beaten to death under a tree on her family's estate.Aug. 9, 1991: The state's attorney announces it's taking a new look at the unsolved murder.
If Congress doesn’t extend the current extended federal unemployment insurance (UI) program by the end of the year, 1.3 million jobless workers will be cut off from UI the week of Dec. 28. Nearly 1.9 million more would lose the extended UI during the first half of 2014 as their state benefits run out.But with only nine days left on the House legislative calendar before the congressional holiday recess, a group of lawmakers issued an urgent call Wednesday to reauthorize federal jobless aid for the long-term unemployed, as Rep. Sandy Levin (D-Mich.) and Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) announced new legislation to renew federal unemployment insurance through 2014.
This summer, everyone celebrated the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and the address of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in which he described a new, refined American Dream. This week, we note two historic events. One is the 1863 dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery 150 years ago by President Abraham Lincoln, during which he also gave a new vision for America. Lincoln’s address clearly incorporated slaves into the American Dream by citing America’s founding documents proclaiming “all men are created equal,” and therefore government “of the people, by the people and for the people” could not be reconciled with slavery. Dr. King highlighted those same words as a promise America makes to its citizens. A promise, he said, that was broken to African Americans. They both spoke of failures in democracy.
