During tonight’s State of the Union Address, President Obama expressed his desire to work with COngress to improve the nation’s economy. But he also stressed that if necessary he would take executive action. One big theme of the night was income inequality. Obama urged Congress to increase the minimum wage for all Americans, while issuing […]readmore
Authorities say a police officer fired two shots, hitting a 17-year-old runaway in the wrist at a Hawaii high school after the teen lunged at officers and proceeded to cut one with a knife and punch two others. Police had been alerted by Roosevelt High School officials who had recognized the boy as a runaway […]readmore
A vehicle hauling 11,000 gallons of gasoline crashed and exploded Monday morning on the route 24 off ramp in Fall River. This was the Massachusetts trucking company’s, J P Noonan, 15th crash in 24 months. The driver, Lisa Korch, 46, has had her commercial driver’s license since 1992 and has no violations on record. She […]readmore
Eighty percent of Americans believe the economy should be a main priority for the president and Congress in 2014. When broken down, eighty-five percent of Democrats, seventy-five percent of Republicans, and eighty-one percent of Independents held this view. These results from a Pew Research Center survey come on the eve of President Barack Obama’s State […]readmore
The southern cold snap is part of an Arctic front that has put much of the Northeast and northern Plains under warnings and advisories for dangerous wind chills. Parts of those regions could feel as cold as -30 Fahrenheit on Tuesday. This has prompted schools to close, airlines to cancel flights and emergency officials to warn […]readmore
Top Republicans will call this week for a path to legal status, but not citizenship, for many of the 11 million adult immigrants who are in the country illegally. A path towards citizenship would be offered for immigrants brought to the United States illegally as young children. Despite this many party strategists and conservative voices […]readmore
Providence, RI (January 28, 2014) – The national Annie E. Casey Foundation released a report, Early Reading Proficiency in the United States, highlighting fourth grade reading proficiency rates over a ten‐year period in the United States. Data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) revealed that all but six states have made progress in improving reading proficiency rates from 2003 […]readmore
Jackson and Thomas L. Scott III, 34, of Cambridge, both charged in Friday’s shooting of a city narcotics detective were ordered held without bail Monday for dangerousness hearings in New Bedford District Court. Manuel-Jackson will have a dangerousness hearing on Feb. 3, while Scott will have his hearing at 2 p.m. Thursday, according to Judge […]readmore
In what police said was an apparent suicide attempt, a 16-year-old student walked into his Denver high school cafeteria around 7 a.m. on Monday and set himself on fire. Using a fire extinguisher, a school custodian quickly doused the flames. No one else was hurt. Before the incident at Standley Lake High School in Westminster, […]readmore
On Monday, the state Supreme Court in Florida approved in a 4-3 decision an initiative to put whether to legalize medical marijuana in the state on the November ballot . This is a defeat for Attorney General Pam Bondi (R), who fought to keep the question off the ballot. But for personal-injury lawyer John Morgan, […]readmore