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Prosecutors revealed chilling photos from inside Ariel Castro’s Cleveland house of horrors at a sentencing hearing on Thursday, showing a house modified on the inside to keep his captives in and the rest of the world out.
President Obama continued his visits to different parts of America to discuss the economy. This is his attempt to use the Bully Pulpit of the Presidency to direct a national dialogue. The president said, “There are no simple tricks to grow the economy. What we need is a serious, steady, long-term American strategy that reverses the long erosion of middle-class security and gives everyone a fair shot to get ahead.”
A Kansas meatpacker has recalled 50,100 pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said. The USDA said late on Wednesday that routine monitoring had confirmed the presence of E.
Washington, D.C., Mayor Vincent C. Gray says he still hasn’t decided if he will sign a living wage bill for workers in big-box stores like Walmart that operate in the District of Columbia. If you live in the district, here’s your chance to tell the mayor to do the right thing.Click here to send Gray an email urging him to sign the Large Retailer Accountability Act (LRAA).
Handcuffed and in an orange prison jumpsuit, a bearded Ariel Castro appeared to smile as he entered the courtroom where he could come face to face again with the three women he has admitted imprisoning for a decade in his Cleveland home.
Yesterday, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth Shuler, AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker and Reps. Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.) and Donna Edwards (D-Md.) led an online discussion on how we can make our movement all it can be for working women, as the AFL-CIO continues its crucial conversation about the future of working people and of unions.See what people said about working women here and check out some highlights of the conversation after the jump.
Baseball fans are waiting for the hammer to drop on one of the game’s biggest stars — Alex Rodriguez, the key figure in a vast steroid scandal.
Ariel Castro could come face to face again Thursday with the three women he has admitted imprisoning for a decade in his Cleveland home.
The second shark attack in four days has forced the closure of two beaches on the Hawaii island of Maui, officials said Wednesday.A woman was bitten as she enjoyed an early morning swim about 30ft from the shore of the rocky point at Ulua Beach Park on Maui at around 8:30 a.m.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Dozens of gay couples began tying the knot early Thursday morning at Minneapolis City Hall as Minnesota – along with Rhode Island – became the latest state to legalize same-sex marriage.
