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A Florida woman who flipped off a judge at a bond hearing on Monday got a judicial thumbs-down in return.
Trumka sent this message to working family activists:Tom Ward’s hardest memory to live with was the day his father came home from what would be his last day of work. His father barely made it through the door, fell to the floor and, between tears, said, “I can’t do it anymore.”
The Florida Keys woman known as "the sea hag" who shot and killed her neighbor after he refused to give her a beer has been sentenced to 30 years behind bars.
Authorities in Alabama said Monday that they are “doing everything humanly possible” to rescue a 5-year-old boy held captive underground for almost a week.
The AFL-CIO's legal team answered some frequently asked questions about the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit's ruling on President Obama's National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recess appointments:What was the case on recess appointments in the D.C. Circuit and how did the court rule?The case decided by the District of Columbia Circuit was Noel Canning v. National Labor Relations Board. A three-member panel of the NLRB, consisting of two Republicans— Brian Hayes and Terence Flynn—and one Democrat—Sharon Block—unanimously ruled that the employer, Noel Canning, violated the National Labor Relations Act by refusing to sign a collective bargaining agreement reflecting an oral agreement between the employer and the union (the Teamsters in this case).
The powers-that-be are blaming an "abnormality" for the half-hour blackout that delayed the Super Bowl. But on Twitter, at least, they have another term for it: The Curse.
Former New York Mayor Ed Koch was remembered Monday as the embodiment of the city he led for 12 years — feisty, restless, self-sure and larger than life.
In the aftermath of the tour bus collision near Los Angeles that left at least eight people dead and another 38 injured, investigators and witnesses were still piecing together the grim details on Monday.
Remember Brian Bilbray? The hardline anti-immigrant congressman-turned-FAIR-lobbyist-turned-congressman-turned-forced-retiree? Well, Bilbray—before his most recent electoral defeat—was the head of a group of anti-immigrant members of the House of Representatives called the “Immigration Reform Caucus.” To avoid confusion about what real reform looks like, we prefer to call it the Bully Brigade. Bilbray had inherited the caucus from Tom Tancredo—now, without either of them in the House anymore, it looks like the caucus has been quietly sent into (at least temporary) retirement as well.
Three Florida residents were arrested after authorities raided a house and discovered a trove of drugs, including a rock of crack cocaine inside a baby's sock, police said.
