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Police say that they will no longer be pursuing efforts to take sexually explicit photos of the Virginia teen accused in a sexting case.
When AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka thinks about immigration, he thinks about boats. "I think about boats coming to America long ago, filled with hopeful workers in search of a better life," wrote Trumka in a message to working families supporters.
Lillie McClendon took action when a man broke into her Houston house, demanding money.
A new law in Tennessee allows bystanders to break into a car if you see a kid inside a hot car who you believe is in danger, without liability.
The TTIP (the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, a proposed trade agreement between the United States and the European Union) is an opportunity to get trade and globalization policy right, say the AFL-CIO and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), the trade union federations that together represent tens of millions of workers. But this will only happen if the agreement is negotiated in an open manner, ensures that corporations cannot override governments and threaten the public good, promotes workers' rights and social justice and in all other ways puts people before profits.
A gunman opened fire in the Houston suburbs and killed at least six people, including four children. After a dramatic chase, the shooter surrendered. NBC’s Miguel Almaguer reports.
President Obama responded to critics angry he refused to visit the Texas border during a trip to meet with Gov. Rick Perry. NBC national correspondent Peter Alexander reports.
Reports have surfaced that Chinese hackers broke into the network that houses the information of federal employees. NBC justice correspondent Pete Williams reports.
While classes were taking place on Wednesday, lightning triggered a fire at a middle school. About half the building was destroyed. No one was hurt.
The Highway Trust Fund pays for the upkeep of our roads, bridges and public transit. Yet for more than two decades, Congress has failed to increase its funding. The fund hasn't kept up with inflation, let alone the urgent needs for the modernization of our transportation systems. Now a crisis, years in the making, is coming to a head.
