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California authorities Tuesday discovered a man's body inside the perimeter of a raging wildfire, officials said — the first confirmed fatality since the wind-whipped Clover Fire sparked Monday in the northern community of Shasta County, forcing evacuations and threatening some 300 structures.
The Vatican’s second-in-command set off speculation this week about the future of priestly celibacy in the Catholic Church when he said the institution is open to discussion – but it hasn’t always been the case that priests were not allowed to marry, experts said, and the discussion is hardly new.
Several institutions in downtown Detroit lost power after 1 p.m. Wednesday due to an electric cable failure, a city electricity provider said.The failure occurred around 12:45 p.m.
Six Flags Over Texas is reopening the "Texas Giant" ride this weekend with some additional safety measures, nearly two months after a 52-year-old woman fell to her death from roller coaster.
As the AFL-CIO 2013 Convention comes to a close, delegates passed a number of resolutions on Wednesday, including support for the Postal Service, reclaiming the promise of public education and improving the effectiveness of grassroots action in the labor movement, among others.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's two-term presidency will end officially in early August when the victor of Friday's election takes office, but many of his pronouncements over the last eight years will surely linger in memories of Iranians and world citizens alike.
The most destructive wildfire in Colorado’s history is 75 percent contained and expected to be fully under control by Thursday, officials in Colorado Springs said Monday.
Delegates to the AFL-CIO Convention this afternoon passed a resolution expressing support for the goals of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) but also addressing a number of issues about the ACA's implementation, including the way the ACA treats multi-employer health care plans. The resolution reiterates that the labor movement's ultimate health care goal is health care for everyone under a single-payer model.
This week, the AFL-CIO held its quadrennial constitutional convention in Los Angeles. The convention had committees that included many nonunion partners to create an agenda directing the AFL-CIO toward a movement that can include the voices of all working people—those covered by collective bargaining agreements, those who are retired, those who are unemployed and those who work without the benefit of a union contract. Shared prosperity, the goal of the AFL-CIO, must be inclusive.
Thousands of people fearful for their homes, a group of camping Boy Scouts, a cluster of baby deer and valuable livestock have all been plucked from the path of Colorado's most destructive wildfire.
