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A boardwalk fire that tore through two Jersey Shore communities, destroying dozens of businesses that had barely found their footing after Superstorm Sandy, was caused by electrical components that had been compromised by the storm, officials announced Tuesday.
Six weeks before he killed 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard, Aaron Alexis called police to his hotel room in Rhode Island and said he was hearing voices in the closet and wanted to move to a Navy hotel, police said Tuesday.Alexis, working as a Navy contractor at the time, made the call Aug.
Today’s U.S. Census Bureau figures provide further evidence that America’s working families have experienced a “lost decade” of falling incomes from 2000 to 2012.
From 2000 to 2012, median income for non-elderly households fell $7,490, or 11.6%.
Median income for African American households fell $5,838, or 14.8%.
Median income for Hispanic households fell $5,219, or 11.8%.
From 1973 to 2012, median earnings for men working full-time fell from $51,668 to $49,398.
Vice President Joe Biden's niece was arrested and accused of resisting arrest and other charges after a dispute with a roommate got heated and she allegedly took a swing at an NYPD officer.
A federal judge has ordered a new trial for five former New Orleans police officers convicted of killing two people and injuring four others in a shooting on a bridge after Hurricane Katrina.Citing "grotesque" misconduct on the part of federal prosecutors, U.S.
Workers, businesses and community groups in Tacoma, Wash., have made that Northwest city the latest to mobilize around a paid sick days campaign. Meanwhile, the Washington, D.C., City Council is exploring strengthening the district’s paid sick leave law.
Nearly 2 million home care workers—the vast majority of whom are women—take care of the elderly and people with disabilities, often working 12-hour days and 60 to 70 hours a week. Now, for the first time since 1975, most of these workers will have the wage and overtime protection of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) under a new rule issued today by the Obama administration’s Department of Labor. Since they were exempted from the FLSA nearly four decades ago, home care workers seldom have been paid overtime and their net income is often less than the minimum wage, considering time spent in travel between the homes where they work in a single day and its cost. Unlike workers covered by federal labor laws, they have not been paid for all the hours they are on the clock.
On Labor Day, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) used its hour of special order speeches to discuss the importance of the labor movement and how unions have been integral to improving the lives of African Americans. Communications Workers of America (CWA) compiled this video of the highlights of the speeches by various members of the caucus.
If you like Michael Jackson and Bruce Lee memorabilia, fur capes and sheer mink jackets, the U.S. Marshals Service has the perfect auction for you.Starting Tuesday, collectibles belonging to disgraced Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.
More than 1,000 New Yorkers will rally today, marching past the U.N. General Assembly meeting to call for a "Robin Hood" financial transaction tax on banks and financial institutions to fund the restoration and expansion of vital public services, to implement a real recovery, to fund international efforts for AIDS/HIV research and treatment and to address climate change.
