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One suspect is dead and two Boston police officers are wounded after a shootout Wednesday in the city's Dorchester neighborhood, police said.
A fisherman on the New Jersey Shore made an unsettling discovery — a black, high-top sneaker with the remains of a foot inside.State police asked Wednesday for any information from the public. The fisherman found the shoe Tuesday afternoon.
A plane from Ireland landed in Philadelphia Wednesday after an "unsubstantiated" threat, according to Philadelphia police.As a precaution, the plane was taken to a remote area of the airport so that Philadelphia police and Homeland Security could search passengers and luggage.
Snubs in politics are as old as politics itself.The latest came Wednesday, when President Barack Obama canceled an upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin after Russia's recent offer of temporary asylum to Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency leaker.
Officials are trying to ensure that no one turns any piece of Ariel Castro's former home into macabre keepsake.
A military judge in the court-martial of an Army psychiatrist called a surprise early recess for the remainder of the day after a lawyer on Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's standby defense team said Hasan was "encouraging" the death penalty.
A recent episode of the online news program "The Young Turks" took a look at a new fast-food restaurant in Detroit, Moo Cluck Moo, that is doing the right thing and paying its workers a living wage. While the minimum wage in Detroit is $7.40, Moo Cluck Moo pays its workers $12 per hour and is planning to offer benefits soon. The company's owner says that he started paying the higher wage because "it was the right thing to do."
Jurors deliberating in the federal murder and extortion trial of reputed Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger on Wednesday asked their first question of the judge.
The Chicago Federation of Labor and various allies have organized a rally to protest the American Legislative Exchange Council's (ALEC's) 40th Anniversary Meeting in Chicago on Thursday, Aug. 8. ALEC is leading conservative efforts to roll back the rights of working families.
WASHINGTON – A U.S. Supreme Court ruling in late June has encouraged gay couples to challenge bans on same-sex marriage in states across the country."It's raining lawsuits," said one lawyer involved in several of the cases.
