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A new video of the world-wide hit “Wake Me Up,” by Swedish DJ Avicii and Aloe Blacc, features DREAMer Hareth Andrade-Ayala, who arrived in America when her father Mario came to the United States in 2004 seeking a brighter future for his family.But now after nearly a decade of hard work supporting his family, including Andrade-Ayala and two other younger sisters, her father faces deportation. Andrade-Ayala, 20 years old, told her family’s story at the 2013 AFL-CIO Convention.
Four men were arrested in Louisiana in connection with the theft of 63 AR-15 rifles that were en route from Connecticut to a shipping facility in Shreveport earlier this month, the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s office said on Wednesday.
The head of a House committee investigating the troubled rollout of the Obamacare website said Thursday that the White House has been “allergic to transparency” and that the site is “nothing short of a disaster.”Rep.
Firefighters are dedicated to saving lives, and not just when responding to an emergency. Throughout October, America’s professional firefighters are sporting the color pink in campaigns to fight breast and other cancers. As part of this effort, the Fire Fighters (IAFF) union is going Passionately Pink during Breast Cancer Awareness Month to support Susan G. Komen in its mission to end breast cancer.
Jobs.Deficit. Debt. Debt ceiling. Sequester. Shutdown. Cuts. "Shared" sacrifice. Belt tightening. Grand bargain—Republicans and Washington elites throw around a bunch of words when they talk about the economy and what it will take to get the country moving forward. But the one word they need to be talking about—jobs—seems almost absent from the conversation. No wonder things aren't getting much better.
Surges of cold air from Canada are making their way into central and eastern states this week, bringing cooler temperatures and snow warnings for the Northeast.Temperatures across the Midwest have already dropped as many as 20 degrees below average in some states, The Weather Channel reported.
A fire sparked at a Citgo oil refinery southwest of Chicago Wednesday night, sending shooting flames into the sky. Firefighters brought the blaze under control before it caused any injuries or evacuations.The fire began around 7:40 p.m. at a Citgo refinery in Lemont.
An 11-year-old boy was arrested after bringing 400 rounds of ammunition, several knives and a handgun to school on Wednesday, police said.Frontier Middle School, in Vancouver, Wash., was locked down for about two hours after ammunition was found at around 9:20 a.m. local time (12:20 p.m. ET).
DENVER — A Colorado judge Wednesday ordered the release of the 1999 grand jury indictment in the killing of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey, possibly shedding light on why prosecutors decided against charging her parents in her death.Senior District Court Judge J.
A former University of California policeman who stirred public outrage by pepper-spraying peaceful student protesters has been awarded $38,000 in worker's compensation for psychiatric damage he claimed to have suffered from the 2011 incident, the university said on Wednesday.
