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More than a month after testimony ended, a jury reached verdicts in the trial of the so-called "Bell 6," who were accused of misappropriation of public funds in a scandal that left a small city southeast of downtown Los Angeles nearly bankrupt.
The principal of a Massachusetts school was under siege Wednesday for an erroneous report that he had canceled the school's annual honors ceremony because it was unfair to pupils who weren't getting any awards.
Police in Texas say a man shot and killed his ex-wife and himself on the same day their divorce was finalized.
More than a month after testimony ended, a jury has reached a verdict in the trial of the so-called "Bell 6," who are accused of misappropriation of public funds in a scandal that left a small city southeast of downtown Los Angeles nearly bankrupt.BREAKING NEWS: Watch video, read more on NBCLosAngeles.comThe reading of the verdicts began shortly after 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. LA Superior Court Ju...
While the nation’s infrastructure has seen slight improvement since the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) released its last report card in 2009—from D to D+—the group warns that, without a major commitment and investment, the roads, bridges, drinking water systems, mass transit systems, schools and systems for delivering energy that we depend on “may soon fail to meet society’s needs.”
More than a month after testimony ended, a jury has reached a verdict in the trial of the so-called "Bell 6," who are accused of misappropriation of public funds in a scandal that left a small city southeast of downtown Los Angeles nearly bankrupt.
Ten years ago this week, the United States launched the invasion of Iraq. The nation remains divided on the wisdom, strategy and outcome of the war that claimed the lives of 4,488 U.S. service members and left more than 32,000 wounded. But there is one certainty—the men and women who honorably fought and served in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past decade have come home to an economy that works even less for them than it does others. Job loss, stagnant wages and a widening gap between working families and the wealthy and Wall Street are some of these problems.
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed landmark new gun laws on Wednesday expanding background checks on gun purchases and limiting the size of ammunition magazines, placing the traditionally firearm-friendly state among the handful to pass new restrictions in the wake of the shooting in Newtown, Conn.The Democratic governor defended the legislation in a press conference on Wednesday. Hickenlooper...
"Why is there so little coverage of Americans who are struggling with poverty?" So begins a thought-provoking essay on a subject that is getting more ink than usual these days.
In an unlikely partnership between longtime adversaries, some of the nation's biggest energy companies and environmental groups have agreed on a voluntary set of standards for gas and oil fracking in the Northeast.
