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Nine people were shot, at least three of them fatally, when a gunman opened fire on a barbershop Wednesday night in east Detroit, police said.Police said three people were pronounced dead at the scene and that it a fourth person may have died in the shooting, which occurred about 6:15 p.m. ET.
The National Football League appointed prominent lawyer Ted Wells on Wednesday to independently investigate allegations of harassment and hazing in the Miami Dolphins' locker room, the league said.
SAN FRANCISCO — Stephen Glass, one of the most infamous fabricators in modern U.S. journalism, faced a hostile California Supreme Court on Wednesday in his quest to demonstrate that he is a changed man with the moral fiber needed for admission to the state bar.
Prosecutors were deliberating Wednesday what — if any — charges to bring against a Missouri family who had a dead baby entombed in a concrete-filled tub in their back yard.
You'll probably find this hard to believe, but Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and his BFF, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), are trying to weaken or kill the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) by attaching to it a provision that would have created a national "right to work" for less law. Kentucky's non-dynamic duo are attempting to add the unrelated and dishonest "right to work" rules to an unrelated bill.
BOSTON — New Hampshire's top court on Wednesday upheld a capital conviction for cop-killer Michael Addison, but said his death sentence was still under review.
In a preview of what will be a nationwide day of action on Black Friday, Walmart workers at several Southern California stores walked off the job this morning to protest Walmart’s low wages. The company has turned a $17 billion profit so far this year, yet pays its workers so little many of them count on public assistance for food and health care. The workers also are protesting what they say is Walmart’s retaliation against workers who speak out for change.
The number of poor people in America is 3 million higher than the official count, encompassing 1 in 6 residents due to out-of-pocket medical costs and work-related expenses, according to a revised census measure released Wednesday.
Michael Skakel, a scion of the Kennedy dynasty granted a new trial last month after spending more than a decade behind bars for the 1975 murder of teenager Martha Moxley, won't be released on bail just yet.
In its latest video, AFSCME resoundingly says "Yes!" As part of the Stand with Detroit campaign, the video talks to the working families of Detroit and learns that not only do they believe their city can make a comeback, they know who is holding them back. They aren't giving up and they don't think anyone else should give up on them, either.
