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Officials have cornered a large alligator outside Ellen Beck Jr. High School in Katy, Texas.
In case you missed it, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Richard F. Griffin made a pretty significant announcement about McDonald's and its role as an employer to workers in franchise locations all over the country. Historically McDonald's has claimed it has no authority over wages or complaints of workers' rights violations at its franchise locations because that is up to the individual owners, but the NLRB general counsel determined McDonald's could be liable as a joint employer in these kinds of situations.
Heavy rain causes flooding on I-895 in Baltimore.
Here are some headlines from the working family’s news we're reading today (after the jump).
Dorian Johnson describes walking with Michael Brown the afternoon when he was shot by a Ferguson, Mo., police officer.
Flash flood watches were in effect for New England as the storms rolled east.
Security cameras capture flash flood waters submerging a hospital in Nebraska.
Security cameras show flash flood waters rip through a hospital in Nebraska.
Security cameras capture flash flood waters submerging a hospital in Nebraska.