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The Idaho parents of a U.S. soldier held prisoner by Taliban allies since 2009 said on Thursday they have received a letter from their son that gives them hope that he is well despite his captivity. Bob Bergdahl, father of 27-year-old Bowe Bergdahl, said in a statement that he was confident the letter recently received through the efforts of the International Committee of the Red Cross was from hi...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit last week ruled in favor of 2,800 Connecticut state employees, 700 of whom are AFSCME members and were illegally fired in 2003 based on their union membership.
A building collapse that killed six people and injured 13 has brought swift and mounting fallout in a city where demolition contractors are lightly regulated, with a plaintiff's lawyer calling it an entirely preventable tragedy that resulted from gross recklessness on the job site. One day after the tragedy, Philadelphia officials began inspecting hundreds of demolition sites citywide, the first o...
The nation’s economy added 175,000 new jobs in May and the jobless rate slightly increased to 7.6% compared to April’s 7.5%, according to figures released this morning by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The 175,000 new May jobs outpaced April’s job growth by 10,000 and mark 38 straight months of positive job growth. But economists say the growth rate is too slow to fuel a healthy jobs recovery.
