Waitresses chronicle Texas biker bloodshed, uncertain futures
Some ran, others cowered in a walk-in freezer to escape the deadly biker brawl.
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U.S. releases documents recovered in raid that killed bin Laden
U.S. intelligence officials on Wednesday released documents it said were recovered during the 2011 raid on the compound in Pakistan where U.S. forces killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The released material included a variety of declassified documents, a list of English language books recovered from the compound and material published by other militant groups. U.S. forces killed bin Laden, leader of the militant organization responsible for the Sept.
Los Angeles gives preliminary approval to $15 minimum wage
By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Los Angeles City Council voted on Tuesday to increase the minimum wage in the nation’s second-largest city to $15 an hour by 2020 from the current $9, in a victory for labor and community groups that have pushed for similar pay hikes in several U.S. municipalities. The council’s 14-1 vote on the measure, which must come back before the panel for final
Shopping area reopens after deadly Texas motorcycle gang fight
By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The shopping center in the central Texas city of Waco shut after a weekend brawl between rival motorcycle gangs that left nine people dead will reopen on Wednesday, police said. Authorities still are investigating the main crime scene, a Twin Peaks restaurant in the center where five biker gangs used guns, knives, clubs and chains in a Sunday fight that spilled out into
Los Angeles becomes latest US city to favor $15 minimum wage
The move is closely watched as Americans’ wages have stagnated.
Pinterest removes (then reactivates) #GunFAIL boards
David Waldman uses his #GunFAIL boards to keep track of all the children who are accidentally shot and killed in the United States.
Takata air bag recall becomes biggest ever in US
Air bag maker Takata Corp. has agreed to declare 33.8 million of its inflator mechanisms defective, effectively doubling the number of cars and trucks that have been recalled in the U.S. so far. The announcement …
Top Democrat sounds 'alarm bells' over Obama rhetoric on Islamic State
A senior House of Representatives Democrat said Tuesday that the White House’s description of supposed progress in the war against the Islamic State should ring “alarm bells,” and called the fall of the city of Ramadi to the extremists “a very serious and significant setback.”
Expert panel criticizes medical care at Illinois prisons
CHICAGO (AP) — A scathing new report by court-approved researchers paints a bleak picture of medical care in Illinois prisons, describing treatment delays, haphazard follow-up care, chaotic record keeping and a litany of other problems that may have cut short the lives of some inmates.
Grassley to Attorney General Lynch: crack down on Medicare Advantage overbilling
Judiciary chair cites Center series in asking attorney general for scrutiny of Medicare Advantage