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New York City Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio said that one of his first acts after taking office this week will be to ban horse-drawn carriages in Central Park.Speaking at a news conference Monday, de Blasio said it was inhumane to expose the horses to the city's dangerous streets.
Comic strip artists will have to find a new way to illustrate someone's having a bright idea beginning Wednesday, thanks to a new federal law banning production of the familiar incandescent light bulbs — just one of hundreds of new rules and regulations taking effect across the U.S.
The death of a man who was run over by a truck on the tarmac at Boston Logan International Airport was an accident, authorities said Monday night.
A collision between two trains caused a freight train carrying crude oil to derail in North Dakota on Monday afternoon, triggering an explosion and sending flames shooting more than 100 feet into the air. No injuries were immediately reported.
With an hour to spare, a judge ordered a stay on the restraining order against the hospital that was scheduled to take the 13-year-old girl rendered brain-dead by elective surgeries in California off life support Monday evening.Jahi McMath is allowed to remain on life support until Jan.
A collision between two trains caused a freight train carrying crude oil to derail in North Dakota on Monday afternoon, causing an explosion and sending flames shooting more than 100 feet into the air. No injuries were immediately reported.
The man nabbed by Cleveland police because of the proximity of his house to the late serial rapist and kidnapper Ariel Castro pleaded guilty to murder and rape charges on Monday.Elias Acevedo Sr.
On the morning he walked into Arapahoe High School and shot and killed a schoolmate before taking his own life, Karl Pierson went bowling alone.
In case you missed some, here are the 13 most popular (highest traffic) blog posts on the AFL-CIO Now blog this year.
Colorado’s budding pot industry is set to flourish in the new year, as the state becomes the first in the country to allow recreational marijuana sales starting Jan. 1.
