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A man drowned after he was pulled off a by a crab pot off a boat and into a California bay on Sunday, authorities say.John A. Dell'Osso, chief of interpretation and resource education at Point Reyes National Seashore, said Marin County Fire Department got a call around 10 a.m.
It’s only been three days since the start of Mississippi’s alligator hunting season, yet a pair of parties have already submitted two record-breaking ‘gators and have lived to tell the tale.Dustin Brockman of Vicksburg, Miss.
WASHINGTON — The so-called "battle buddy" of the woman who accused three Naval Academy midshipmen of sexual assaulting her at a party testified Monday that she told him the day after the alleged attack: "What I did last night, I did it and I wanted to do it.
AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth Shuler is in Toledo today to celebrate Labor Day with Ohio's working families. "We honor and recognize the working men and women who built this nation through sweat, sacrifice and innovation," says Shuler. "We stand united in our belief that everyone deserves a voice on the job, a living wage and a workplace safe from harassment and abuse."
A 92-year-old former member of the Nazi party went on trial Monday in Germany — 69 years after he allegedly shot a Dutch resistance fighter in the back at the end of World War II.
The monstrous California wildfire that has scorched an area nearly the size of New York City doesn't just loom over hundreds of homes — it's also threatening one of the cornerstones of the regional economy: cattle.
HARRISBURG, Pa. — For two months, an elected court clerk in the Philadelphia suburbs has been giving something to same-sex couples they have not been able to get anywhere else: a Pennsylvania marriage license.
Thomas E. Perez, the U.S. secretary of labor, sends you this message on Labor Day:Brother and Sisters,From the U.S. Department of Labor, where I proudly work in a building named for my great predecessor Frances Perkins, let me wish all of my friends in the AFL-CIO and your families—wherever you are—a safe, happy and healthy Labor Day. This Labor Day feels special in many ways: we’re celebrating 100 years of the Labor Department’s tireless efforts on behalf of American workers, and last week we celebrated the March on Washington 50 years ago—a transformational moment in our history that was just as much about labor rights as it was about civil rights. Today, let’s remember that these two movements remain inextricably intertwined, their interests converging time and time again, their goals essentially the same.
Today, on Labor Day, we celebrate the incredible contributions of America’s working people. If you're celebrating at home or want to see what's going on in your area, check out the “You Work Hard. You’ve Earned It” Labor Day website.
The wildfire burning in and around Yosemite National Park has become the fourth-largest in modern California history, fire officials said Sunday as they tackled a blaze which is still only 45 percent contained after two weeks.
