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Rep. Victoria Neave's four-day fast is her taking a spiritual stand, she says, and is a protest against an anti-sanctuary cities bill poised to pass.

Three retired New York City cops and a former prosecutor are charged with being part of a scheme to approve gun licenses in exchange for bribes.

Top Findings from the 2017 Death on the Job Report

AFL-CIO

In 2015, 150 workers died each day from hazardous working conditions. This year is the 26th year the AFL-CIO has published a report on the state of safety and health in the workplace, Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, which compiled 2015 injury and fatality data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and FY 2016 enforcement data from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Here are some of the findings from the report:

What industries are most dangerous?

Deaths on the job are increasing for people who work in construction, transportation, agriculture, forestry and fishing. People working in logging, fishing, roofing, truck-driving and landscaping occupations were particularly at high risk of dying on the job.

Who is at the highest risk of dying on the job?

In 2015, the number and rate of Latino worker deaths increased significantly, while other workers’ risks decreased. Almost the entire increase in Latino deaths was among immigrant workers, and workers in construction, transportation and agriculture. California accounted for half of...

The bipartisan volunteer group issued a 300-page report after two years of studying the death penalty.