By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fast-food workers rallied in U.S. cities on Wednesday to demand higher pay, using the April 15 deadline for filing tax returns to publicize their claim that they cannot survive on the hourly wages paid by many U.S. corporations. The protests demanding pay increases to $15 an hour kicked off at dawn outside a McDonald’s Corp restaurant in New York with several hundred demonstrators.
The United States will stage the world athletics championships for the first time after Eugene was surprisingly named as the 2021 host on Thursday. Eugene, the second largest city in the state of Oregon, lost out to Doha for the right to host the 2019 championships at a secret ballot held in Monaco earlier this year. IAAF President Lamine Diack said the decision to skip the normal bidding process had
The State of Colorado v. James Holmes finally has a jury: 19 women, five men and a host of potential concerns.
The State of Colorado v. James Holmes finally has a jury: 19 women, five men and a host of potential concerns.
The prizefighter opens up to Katie Couric about his past and his life outside of the ring.
The prizefighter opens up to Katie Couric about his past and his life outside of the ring.
By Zachary Fagenson WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida ophthalmologist accused of giving lavish gifts to U.S. Senator Robert Menendez in a corruption scandal that led to criminal charges against the New Jersey Democrat pleaded not guilty on Thursday in federal court to Medicare fraud charges. Salomon Melgen faces 76 counts of Medicare fraud and falsifying medical records, for which he has been jailed in southern Florida since
By Zachary Fagenson WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida ophthalmologist accused of giving lavish gifts to U.S. Senator Robert Menendez in a corruption scandal that led to criminal charges against the New Jersey Democrat pleaded not guilty on Thursday in federal court to Medicare fraud charges. Salomon Melgen faces 76 counts of Medicare fraud and falsifying medical records, for which he has been jailed in southern Florida since