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A series of wildfires flared up across three separate regions of Colorado on Tuesday, burning across thousands of acres as the fires stretched the limits of state and local agencies and forced the evacuation of a prison and thousands of local residents.More than 900 prisoners were evacuated overnight from the Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility, which houses many inmates with medical needs,...
This post originally appeared on the Ohio AFL-CIO blog.More than 20 union veterans and members representing each branch of the military, along with the group Veterans Helping Veterans & Others Inc., met near the Ohio Statehouse today before heading out to meet with 10 senators to discuss gaining support for Senate Bill 13 (S.B. 13), the Veteran Opportunities Act, sponsored by Lou Gentile (D-Steubenville).Update: Ohio Gov. John Kasich issued an order to state agencies they must consider veterans' military skills and service for civilian job licensing and college credits.
A large, sloppy storm system brewing in the Midwest on Wednesday threatens to spawn thunderstorms with heavy rain, hail and even the chance for a rare, powerful derecho.“We’ve got a couple of rough days from the Midwest over to the Mid-Atlantic area,” said Tom Moore, meteorologist of The Weather Channel.A derecho, a massive line of storms that spans 240 miles and brings straight-line winds of at l...
Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man accused of abducting three women and torturing them during a decade of captivity, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to 329 criminal counts, including kidnapping and rape.Castro entered the plea at a brief hearing. He bowed his head the entire time.The women — Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight — escaped May 6 after Berry broke through a storm door and screame...
In the latest AFL-CIO Book Club event, longtime racial justice, labor and international activist, scholar and author Bill Fletcher Jr. discussed his new book, “They're Bankrupting Us!" And 20 Other Myths About Unions. The book tracks the history of negative myths about the labor movement along with the movement’s contributions and missteps.
