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This is a cross-post from Working America's Main Street blog. Lawmakers in Michigan are still pushing a bill that would keep cities and towns from making their own decisions about paid sick days laws. We call them “preemption bills”— restaurant lobbyists and their allies call it the “kill shot” to paid sick days.
A hip-hop song beseeching battle buddies to be on watch for suicidal signals among their peers is being used — informally for now — within the Army as a prevention tool to help the branch stem an ongoing suicide crisis.“Red Flags,” penned and recorded by former Army tank gunner Jeff Barillaro, was created as an urgent call for current troops as well as Iraq and Afghanistan veterans not to ignore o...
HOUSTON -- The National Rifle Association is calling its members to arms for what they say is the next battle in a prolonged war to protect gun rights: the 2014 congressional elections."We are in the midst of a once-in-a-generation fight for everything we care about," NRA chief executive and vice president Wayne LaPierre told the gun lobby's membership on the second day of its annual convention. T...
MURRAY, Utah (AP) - Police say a Utah soccer referee who was in a coma after being punched by a teenage player has died.They say 46-year-old Ricardo Portillo of Salt Lake City died late Saturday night.Unified police spokesman Justin Hoyal says Portillo passed away at the hospital, where he was being treated following an assault during a soccer game last weekend.Police say a 17-year-old player in a...
Uranie Roberts only has one way to describe it."It's a miracle," she said.Lost for half a year, her beloved pet cat “Porsche” somehow found his way home.Last November, Roberts and her family, including Porsche, had to be evacuated by boat from their home in the Chadwick Beach Island section of Toms River, N.J., after Superstorm Sandy hit the area. The family temporarily relocated to a relative’s h...
A clerical error caused Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies to release a jail inmate charged with gang-related murder last month, and authorities have asked the public to help them find him.Johnny Mata, 32, was released in downtown Los Angeles on April 4 after he was charged with a 2010 gang murder in Baldwin Heights, according to a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department statement.See origi...
A mental health patient obsessed by the killings at Sandy Hook Elementary School is in custody after escaping from an Orange County facility the day before, authorities said.Norris Phuoc Nguyen returned to the Royale Health Care Center at Bristol Street and Warner Avenue in Santa Ana at 4 p.m. Saturday, said Anthony Bertagna, spokesman for the Santa Ana Police Department.Friday afternoon, Nguy...
A raging 28,000-acre wildfire that sent thousands of people fleeing from their homes in Southern California was about 56 percent contained and evacuation orders were lifted Saturday , officials said.The Springs Fire has charred a 44-square mile swatch across Ventura and Los Angeles counties.High temperatures, dry vegetation, and strong winds helped stoke the blaze, which began Thursday off the Ven...
NEW YORK -- Faced with hefty operating costs, the foundation building the 9/11 museum at the World Trade Center has decided to charge an admission fee of $20 to $25 when the site opens next year.The exact cost of the mandatory fee has not yet been decided.Entry to the memorial plaza with its twin reflecting pools will still be free.The decision to charge for the underground museum housing rel...
By Omar Villafranca, NBCDFW.comMix Governor Rick Perry, a Ted Nugent song, a military style rifle and an egg exploding during target practice, and you get the most talked about introduction video at this week’s National Rifle Association meeting in Houston.The short video played just before Perry took the stage to a welcome applause from the crowd. It shows Perry taking aim at an egg from about 10...
