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Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Friday "it would be nice" if the United Nations or America's allies took military action against Syria over chemical weapons but the United States can't wait for them.
A 1-year-old girl was shot dead in her babysitter's arms in New Orleans, prompting the the city's mayor to declare "enough is enough" as police hunted for two suspects with little help from witnesses.
High school football teams in eight Nevada counties have been forced to punt their season openers because of air-quality concerns created by the massive wildfire in and around Yosemite National Park.
A 1-year-old girl out with her babysitter was killed when gunmen opened fire on a New Orleans street, and a hunt is underway for the culprits, police said.
Got a question about your rights in the workplace? Just in time for Labor Day, there’s an app for that. Today, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) launched a new mobile app, available free of charge for iPhone and Android users, that guides workers, employers and unions with information regarding their rights and obligations under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
WASHINGTON – The alleged victim in a Naval Academy sexual assault case faced her third day of cross-examination as counsel for one of the three accused men challenged her on more inconsistencies in previous statements to investigators regarding the events of the alleged attack.
The Department of Justice's decision on Thursday not to sue Washington and Colorado for permitting recreational marijuana use is being celebrated by advocates as such a huge national step for pot legalization, it's comparable to the end of Prohibition.
Today, the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) launched an online wage calculator that lets people see what their wages should be if based on increases in worker productivity and if most companies didn't fail to adequately compensate workers for those gains. For example, if you are a worker who makes $40,000 a year and you enter that salary into the calculator, it tells you that you should be making $62,529 if your wages had kept up with productivity increases.Click here to get to the calculator.
At Nissan’s Canton, Miss., plant, there are more than 3,000 workers who want a voice at work to improve conditions and secure decent work for more members of their community. Their campaign for justice has won support both locally and globally.One of the growing groups backing the Nissan workers is Concerned Students for a Better Nissan. While the group has received great support from students at several colleges and universities, as this video shows, they found a more hostile reception outside a Nissan dealership when they decided to spotlight what workers say are the tactics Nissan is using to intimidate workers who are seeking a union voice.
A 1-year-old girl out with her babysitter was killed when gunmen opened fire on a New Orleans street, and police were hunting for the culprits, police said.
