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Tomorrow, hundreds of cars from more than 30 California cities will join a caravan to Bakersfield to visit Rep. Kevin McCarthy's (R-Calif.) office to tell him to support an immigration policy with a road map to citizenship. This is the first of many activities in support of a new immigration policy that California's working families are planning. The Los Angeles County Federation of Labor sends us this piece on why two members of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) are joining the caravan—with the support of their employer.
Asiana Airlines Inc. has offered $10,000 to each of the 288 surviving passengers of the flight that crash landed in San Francisco last month. Asiana spokeswoman Lee Hyomin said Tuesday the payout is not a settlement and accepting the money does not prevent passengers from suing the airline.
Eighty homes were evacuated on Monday night after a gas pipeline exploded north of Erie, Ill., causing no injuries, according to Erie fire officials.Firefighters were called around 11:15 p.m. local time after a gas pipeline leak sparked a massive fire in a corn field, said Erie Fire Department Asst.
The 16-year-old girl rescued during an FBI shootout with her captor in the Idaho wilderness was recovering at her Southern California home Tuesday, the start of what her father said will be a slow recovery.
SEATTLE, Wash. -- When a 64-year-old transit bus driver saw three people board at the rear of his bus during the Monday morning rush hour in downtown Seattle, he asked them to come up front to pay. Two did.
MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. -- As a four foot wall of water swept through her cottage and pulled her to the bottom of the raging floodwaters, Laura Hunter had only one thought: “How am I going to get out of this?”The answer? A tree branch.
SEATTLE, Wash. -- When a 64-year-old transit bus driver saw three people board at the rear of his bus during the Monday morning rush hour in downtown Seattle, he asked them to come up front to pay. Two did.
A man died after falling about 65 feet from the upper deck at Turner Field in Atlanta, authorities said.The incident occurred at 8:55 p.m. ET during a game between the Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies, according to Atlanta Police spokesman John Chafee.
A man died after falling about 65 feet from an upper level onto a parking lot at Turner Field in Atlanta, authorities said.The incident occurred at 8:55 p.m. ET during a game between the Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies, according to Atlanta Police spokesman John Chafee.
MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. -- As a four foot wall of water swept through her cottage and pulled her to the bottom of the raging floodwaters, Laura Hunter had only one thought: “How am I going to get out of this?”The answer? A tree branch.
