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A majority of Americans are in favor of legalizing the use of marijuana, a national survey finds, a shift in attitude after more than four decades of polling on the issue. Fifty-two percent of Americans say the use of marijuana should be made legal, while 45 percent say it should not, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in March among 1,501 adults. People aged 18 to 32 are the most...
Earlier this week, we told you that a coalition of unions and community groups were able to move a paid sick leave bill to near fruition in New York City, while we also brought you a column by Ellen Bravo, director of Family Values @ Work, that explored the momentum behind the growing paid sick leave drive in cities across the country.
Searchers on Thursday rescued an 18-year-old woman who had gotten lost with a friend on an Easter Sunday hike in an Orange County forest.A sound of a female voice led Orange County Sheriff's search and rescue teams to locate Kyndall Jack in the Holy Jim Canyon area of the Cleveland National Forest, said Orange County Sheriff's Lt. Jason Park.Crews used a helicopter about noon Thursday to hoist Jac...
Searchers on Thursday rescued an 18-year-old woman who had gotten lost with a friend on an Easter Sunday hike in an Orange County forest.A sound of a female voice led Orange County Sheriff's search and rescue teams to locate Kyndall Jack in the Holy Jim Canyon area of the Cleveland National Forest, said Orange County Sheriff's Lt. Jason Park.Crews used a helicopter about noon Thursday to hoist Jac...
Hours before a memorial service for a Texas district attorney and his wife who were brutally gunned down in their home over the weekend, Gov. Rick Perry announced his office was doubling the reward for information leading to the arrest of their killer from $100,000 to $200,000.The governor refused to comment on any leads investigators might be pursuing into the deaths of Kaufman County District At...
An Ohio street-preacher who lured his murder victims with bogus Craigslist job offers has been sentenced to death by an Akron judge, following the jury’s recommendation.Richard Beasley, 53, was convicted on March 12 of killing three men and wounding a fourth, all of whom had been given promises of farmhand jobs in southeast Ohio in 2011."Richard Beasley is a cold-blooded manipulator with zero rega...
With a green and white ribbon to commemorate the victims of one of the worst school shootings in American history pinned to his lapel, Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy signed a broad new package of gun laws Thursday in the state where 20 children and 6 educators were slain nearly four months ago.Connecticut is the third state, following Colorado and New York, to pass sweeping new gun legislation after ...
Two New York legislators have been charged with taking bribes to grease the wheels for four men who wanted to open senior centers in the Bronx -- just days after six other politicians were arrested in a separate graft case.In the latest stain on state government, Bronx Assemblyman Eric Stevenson is accused of pocketing envelopes with thousands in cash and promising to pull strings -- and even pass...
The AFL-CIO Solidarity Center and the international worker rights movement are commemorating Bangladesh union leader Aminul Islam, who was brutally murdered one year ago today. His murderer or murderers remain at large.
Two New York legislators have been charged with taking bribes to grease the wheels for four men who wanted to open senior centers in the Bronx -- just days after six other politicians were arrested in a separate graft case.In the latest stain on state government, Bronx Assemblyman Eric Stevenson is accused of pocketing envelopes with thousands in cash and promising to pull strings -- and even pass...
