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MIAMI – Following dozens of known drowning deaths at sea this year, the U.S. Coast Guard and Haitian-American community activists unveiled a public service campaign Thursday urging Haitians to avoid immigrant smugglers.
A Montana bride on trial for pushing her husband of eight days off a 200-foot cliff pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree murder just before closing arguments were set to begin.
A Montana bride on trial for pushing her husband of eight days off a 200-foot cliff pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree murder just before closing arguments were set to begin.
The estate of a Chicago man who was poisoned to death right after he won $1 million on a scratch-off lottery ticket will be split between his widow and his daughter from a previous marriage, ending a fight in court.The settlement was confirmed Thursday by a lawyer for the widow.
The case of a Montana bride on trial for pushing her husband of eight days off a cliff could go to the jury Thursday.Jordan Linn Graham's defense team rested after calling a dozen witnesses, mainly in an effort to show she was happy in the days leading up to her wedding.
MSNBC host Chris Hayes recently met workers who are in a labor dispute with NBCUniversal, the parent company of his network, according to a report today from Josh Eidelson at Salon. Eidelson says, Hayes, host of "All In," attended a private meeting with writers and producers who work for Peacock Productions, a company owned by NBC that provides content for multiple networks, including MSNBC.
The grilling of a female Naval Academy midshipman allegedly sexually assaulted by classmates, who spent more than 30 hours being cross-examined during an Article 32 preliminary military hearing, could lead to changes in the way such hearings are conducted.
We've heard of the looming retirement security crisis, but this statistic is extremely sobering: The majority of black and Latino workers (62% and 69%, respectively) do not own assets in a retirement account. This is from a new report by the National Institute on Retirement Security released this week.
A North Texas teen from an affluent family was sentenced to probation this week after he killed four pedestrians when he lost control of his speeding pickup truck while driving drunk, a punishment that outraged the victims' families and left prosecutors disappointed.
The Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act, introduced today by Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), will "grant families access to the paid leave they so desperately need" and "improve job security for all families who have to choose between caring for a family member and a paycheck at times of greatest stress," says AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in a statement.
