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Demonstrators crowded the sidewalk outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday as the justices took on the hot-button issue of affirmative action, hearing oral arguments in a case about Michigan's voter-backed ban on using race as a criterion in college admissions.
A suspected al Qaeda operative captured by U.S. special forces in Libya pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Manhattan federal court to charges that he helped plan the 1998 bombings of two American embassies in Africa.
Demonstrators crowded the sidewalk outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday as the justices took on the hot-button issue of affirmative action, hearing oral arguments in a case about Michigan's voter-backed ban on using race as a criterion in college admissions.
A Montana woman goes on trial Dec. 9 on charges that she murdered her husband of just eight days by shoving him to his death off a cliff in a national park.U.S.
Aaron Hernandez's fiancee, who pleaded not guilty Tuesday to perjury in connection with an alleged murder coverup, had a "don't ask, don't tell" relationship with the NFL star, her lawyer said in court.
More than three dozen Sheet Metal Training Centers were opened to the public Monday to showcase the cutting-edge training, skills and knowledge that have kept the unionized sheet metal industry at the forefront of the building and construction trades for more than a century.The open houses—part of the 125th anniversary of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART)—are part of the union’s outreach to both young workers looking for skilled careers and for employers searching for a skilled workforce.
Pope Francis' plain-spoken populism has won rave reviews, from people in the pews to the man in the Oval Office, but his pronouncements on everything from atheists to abortion have shaken some conservative and traditional Catholics.Six months after he was installed on the Throne of St.
Growing China trade deficits displaced nearly 1 million good jobs with excellent benefits for minority workers between 2001 and 2011.
With House Republicans in Congress holding lifelines for working families hostage and irresponsibly shutting down the country, it's hard not to be pessimistic about the state of the country. But in California, working families, Democrats and allies have set an example of how not only we can win some of these battles, but how we make progress. Read more from the California Labor Federation: Close of Legislative Session Brings Real Gains to California Workers.
