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A leader of the Navajo Code Talkers who appeared at a Washington Redskins home football game said Wednesday the team name is a symbol of loyalty and courage — not a slur as asserted by critics who want it changed.Roy Hawthorne, 87, of Lupton, Ariz.
A gunman shot at least one police officer in a Los Angeles suburb Wednesday afternoon and then may have barricaded himself in a home with two hostages, following a domestic dispute, law-enforcement officials told NBC News.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Shoppers won't be lining up for Thanksgiving Day deals at stores in Rhode Island, Maine and Massachusetts. They can't.It's the legacy of so-called "blue laws," which prohibit large supermarkets, big box stores and department stores from opening on Thanksgiving.
The mother and stepfather who allegedly held their three daughters captive for two years in their Arizona home were arraigned Wednesday on counts of kidnapping, abuse and neglect, court officials said.
Boston mobster James "Whitey" Bulger, who was sentenced this month to two life sentences, has been transferred to a federal lockup in New York City that has a checkered past, records show.
A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld the prison sentence of a man who turned himself in to authorities more than 40 years after participating in an airplane hijacking, but said he is a "worthy candidate" for a pardon. Luis Armando Pena Soltren, a U.S.
The Economic Policy Institute, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the Center for American Progress and other sources have released important research about the economy in the past few weeks. Here's a look at some of the key pieces they have uncovered about the U.S. economy.
Walmart associates all over the United States are taking big risks for speaking up about their work environment and going on strike. Many have been fired, and while it is illegal to fire workers for asking for a voice on the job, sometimes these lawsuits can take years.
In an 8–1 vote, the Montgomery County, Md., Council passed a new ordinance that would raise the minimum wage in the county from $7.25 to $11.50 an hour by 2017. The new wage will be phased in, rising to $8.40 in October 2014, $9.55 in 2015, $10.75 in 2016 and $11.50 in 2017. After the full phase-in is complete, the annual minimum wage for a 40-hour-a-week worker in the county will be $23,600. Prince George's County also voted 7–0, with two members absent, to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $11.50 over the next four years.
Evie Lesser has a tattoo of her second-oldest son's name scrawled on her left wrist: “Tommy.” Her husband Tom bears a tattoo in honor of their son across his chest.On the night of Sept.
