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Survivors of the shooting rampage at a Batman movie in Colorado last year will be allowed to attend the trial of the alleged killer, even if they are called as prosecution witnesses, a judge has ruled.
As we approach Labor Day, the AFL-CIO has released a new report, The Elusive American Dream: Lower Wages, High Unemployment and an Uncertain Retirement for Latinos. The report compiles economic data from recent Economic Policy Institute (EPI) studies that show Latinos face higher unemployment and underemployment rates, are paid lower wages and have less financial security as seniors.
The current tracking of Congress’ popularity shows that only 15% of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing. Now, House Speaker John Boehner struck another tone deaf moment at a political fundraiser in Idaho when he warned that when Congress returns in September, he will lead Republicans in holding up the government’s business to pick a fight with President Obama over the nation’s debt ceiling. More than 11.5 million Americans are out actively looking for work, while the economy languishes with 2 million fewer jobs than at the end of 2007, more than five and a half years ago. Median family income remains thousands of dollars below the level it reached in 2007. And thousands of America's workers are staging strikes this week to raise their low-wage pay to something respectable. Americans want more jobs and a raise in pay now. How does a showdown on the integrity of the United States of America and paying its bills help address jobs and pay now? They don’t.
A look at some of the top stories on this Thursday from NBC News:Syria: White House finds opposition at home and abroadThe Obama administration is hitting hurdles as it considers a strike against Syria: At home, 116 members of Congress demand that lawmakers be consulted first.
OKLAHOMA CITY - Beating the late-summer heat isn't as easy as running to the sink in one northeast Oklahoma town, as residents there are being asked not to drink tap water after red worms were found in the filtering system.
Members of Martin Luther King Jr.'s family were caught in a bus crash Wednesday, as they left the rally commemorating the 50th anniversary of his "I Have a Dream" speech, police said.
WASHINGTON — The female U.S. Naval Academy midshipman at the center of a sexual assault case testified for the first time Wednesday, describing the events that led to three of her fellow midshipmen allegedly attacking her.
TORONTO — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who denied allegations earlier this year that he was caught smoking crack cocaine on camera, casually admitted on Wednesday that he has smoked "a lot of" marijuana.
As protesters planned pickets outside the courthouse, a Montana judge Wednesday defended his decision to order a high school teacher to spend just 30 days in jail for having sex with a 14-year-old student — who later killed herself.Yellowstone County District Judge G.
