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A moderate earthquake shook homes and rattled nerves near Jones, Okla., on Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of damage, authorities said.The earthquake, which struck around 12:10 local time with an estimated magnitude of 4.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) holds “ministerial conferences” every two years and just completed “MC9” in Bali, Indonesia. Many now of the only because of the famous 1999 “Battle in Seattle,” an international protest against the corporate model of globalization that has had devastating effects on the economic justice, labor rights, the environment and democracy the world over.
Widespread snowfall and freezing winds left icy roads and power outages stretching from Texas to the Rockies on Saturday as another powerful winter storm hit the West Coast. Much of the nation was expected to feel the advancing freeze by Monday.
On the eve of today's meeting of trade ministers of the twelve countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade and investment negotiations, Cathy Feingold, International Department Director of the AFL-CIO, released the following statement (after the jump).
An 85-year-old American war veteran detained for more than a month in North Korea arrived in the United States on Saturday, a day after he was unexpectedly released by Pyongyang for “humanitarian” reasons.Merrill Newman arrived in San Francisco on a flight from Beijing shortly after 9 a.m.
Police discovered about 12 tons of marijuana worth more than $7 million hidden inside a tractor-trailer after two men posing as law enforcement officials tried to pull the vehicle over in Orange County Monday, officials said.Officers responded about 8 a.m.
The jackpot in the Mega Millions lottery will be $344 million for Tuesday’s drawing – the biggest this year -- after a two-week winless streak was extended Friday night.The 11 p.m. ET drawing could result in a near-record U.S. payout, after no one claimed the top prize of $297 million on Friday.
When you imagine a person on government assistance, what comes to mind? This short video shows that needing a little extra help with groceries may be more common than you think.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – When the hunger headaches get strong, Lenka Mendoza focuses on why she is fasting and dreams of what she would do if she won the right to legally live and work in the U.S.: she would return to her home country, Peru, to hug her cancer-stricken mom.
The deaths of at least 11 people — including three in California and the mayor of a small Missouri town — were blamed on the deep freeze that continued to grip the U.S. on Friday, canceling hundreds of flights and leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power.The Santa Clara County, Calif.
