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Police shot and wounded an armed man at a Wisconsin children's hospital Thursday, the Milwaukee County Sheriff said.
Ohio's governor has postponed the execution of a child-killer so he can study his offer to donate organs — a proposal that experts say would be a logistical nightmare and an ethical minefield.
The Chamber of Commerce may be against raising the federal minimum wage, but let’s not forget the Chamber doesn’t represent all businesses. In fact, some 67% of small business owners support not only raising the federal minimum wage, but indexing it to inflation so it won’t lose its value over the years. Raising the minimum wage is good for business, and small business owners know it. Now the group Business for a Fair Minimum Wage wants to get that message across. It is urging businesses, executives and business owners to sign on to a petition to support raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour over three years and indexing it.
A suicidal teenager who posted on Facebook that he was considering jumping off the George Washington Bridge between New York and New Jersey was intercepted after cops reached out to him via social media — and he reached back.
Another large sinkhole has formed in Florida, causing parts of two homes to collapse and swallowing a boat and a backyard pool.The sinkhole in Dunedin, Fla., erupted early Thursday morning between the two houses, and by noon, had grown to a size of about 70 feet wide by 53 feet deep.
A suicidal teenager who posted on Facebook that he was considering jumping off the George Washington Bridge between New York and New Jersey was intercepted after cops reached out to him via social media — and he reached back.
The Orlando home where Casey Anthony lived with her parents and near where the body of her toddler, Caylee, was found is facing foreclosure.Nationstar Mortgage filed a foreclosure complaint against Anthony's mother, Cindy, on Nov. 4, records with the Orange County, Fla., show.
With the end of the legislative session looming, here’s a look at some of the key working family issues still on the congressional agenda. See the issues after the jump.
A massive stockpile of elephant ivory stacked in a warehouse north of Denver is set to be crushed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday as part of an escalating push to stamp out illegal wildlife trafficking around the world.
Whitey Bulger, the ruthless gangster who ran the South Boston underworld and then spent 16 years on the run, was sentenced Thursday to two life terms plus five years.
