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The massive hole was discovered in the end zone at Austin Peay State University’s field in Tennessee. It’s the result of years of underground rainwater eating away at limestone.
Tune in today at 12 p.m. to watch a live-stream of the panel "Shattering the Model Minority Myth: Asian Pacific Islanders and Mass Incarceration" at the AFL-CIO headquarters.
Local residents who were hired as spotters to inspect excavation at the Oso, Washington slide zone walk off the job calling work conditions unsafe. KING’s Gary Chittim reports.
The massive hole was discovered in the end zone at Austin Peay State University’s field in Tennessee. It’s the result of years of underground rainwater eating away at limestone.
Here are some headlines from the working families’ news we're reading today (after the jump).
The New York Times' very public dismissal of Executive Editor Jill Abramson sparked a national conversation about whether female leaders face double standards in the workplace.A recent survey may support that perception.
A 17-year-old Connecticut teenager wrote to Joe Biden, asking if he’d attend the prom with her. She was surprised when a letter arrived from the vice president himself, politely declining the invite. (He sent a pretty corsage instead.)
During a routine traffic stop near Missouri City, Texas, an intoxicated driver runs into a parked police cruiser, which then careens toward the officers, sending one over the bridge, where he fell 20-30 feet, and later went to the hospital with serious injuries.
Today, the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hosts a roundtable discussion on economic security for working women (you can see the livestream starting at 2:30 p.m. and find the participants’ testimony at http://help.senate.gov). Lori Pelletier, executive secretary-treasurer of the Connecticut AFL-CIO, is taking part in the roundtable and pointing out some of the reasons a union card is one of the best things a woman can have in her wallet—including better pay and benefits, family-friendly work policies and a strong and effective voice in enacting women’s legislative priorities. Lori’s state, Connecticut, was the first in the country to pass legislation requiring paid sick days, and that would not have happened, she says, without the labor movement.
This spring's yearbook at Mesa High School in suburban Phoenix offers a candid snapshot of the class of 2014: Sports achievements, academic glory — and the children conceived by some students.For some, photos of student parents and students expecting children cross the line for yearbook content.
