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The Boeing 747 went down in the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island on July 17, 1996.
The Boeing 747 went down in the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island on July 17, 1996.
New York Mets All-Star second baseman Daniel Murphy made headlines a few months ago when he chose to miss the first game of the season to be with his wife after she gave birth to their child. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez says Murphy’s story:Is one about having the right priorities and being faithful to your values, even in the face of criticism. But his story is about something else very important—the power of membership in a strong labor union, which can use collective bargaining to secure paternity leave and other essential benefits.
The U.S. Coast Guard hoists passengers off a grounded casino ship near Tybee, Island Georgia. There were 118 passengers on board the ship but most of them were transferred to land via ferry boat.
Kiffen Fishburne, a resident of the Wenatchee, Washington area, tells KING-TV about coming into town to check on some hay, and then being trapped in town after the road she came in on is closed by police.
The 9,000 ground workers at Southwest Airlines—members of Transport Workers (TWU) Local 555—have been working without a contract for three years. They report negotiations have made little progress on reaching an agreement. In this new video from TWU—"Profits Before People: The New Southwest Airlines"—workers talk about the change in culture at Southwest, the company’s take-back demands and what they hope to see in the new contract.
The grand jury declined to indict Euharlee Cpl. Beth Gatny for involuntary manslaughter and reckless conduct in the death of Christopher Roupe, 17.
General Motors Company CEO Mary Barra testifies at a Senate hearing on the GM recalls.
More than 125 passengers and crew members from a stranded casino ship were ferried back to shore by the Coast Guard after the shop ran aground Wednesday.
A teenage girl attended her family’s funeral in Texas on Thursday. Online donations for the family of six, gunned down last week, have reached $400,000. NBC’s Gabe Gutierrez reports.
