Obamacare has not yet turned America into a nation of part-time workers, as many of its strongest critics have long said it would. In fact, the opposite seems to be happening, according to new government numbers published Friday: The number…
Month: March 2014
President Obama used his weekly address to continue his push to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour, and he once again called on Congress to do what’s right for the American people and the economy.
(AP) — A pregnant South Carolina woman who drove a minivan carrying her three young children into the ocean surf off Florida had talked about demons before leaving the house, according to her sister who worriedly called police, officials said…
A Boeing 777-200IGW, like the one pictured, has gone missing while inflight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, March 7, 2014. Loren Callahan/AP Photo A Malaysia Airlines flight with 227 passengers on board has gone missing – and a search and…
This is for all who still believe Tupac is alive. This picture was taken on march 6 at a basketball game between The Celtics and The Warriors. The Warriors had no problems controlling just about every aspect of the game,…
When you’re in your local nail salon getting a manicure and a guy walks in for a treatment, do you judge him? Do you give him the side-eye because you don’t want any–eww–males in your serene space? Well, even if you don’t…
(Stjepan Pavich / Gothamist) [UPDATE BELOW] A 45-year-old man fell to his death onto scaffolding outside of a building near City Hall this morning. Thus far no criminality is suspected by the NYPD, but officials would not confirm that the…
Woman found dead years later in garage (CNN) — For years, the payments went out of the woman’s bank account. Nobody batted an eyelid. Bills were paid. And life went on as normal in the quiet neighborhood of Pontiac, Michigan. Neighbors…
It’s about a sad little boy who didn’t want a school lunch. He wanted his lunch in a brown paper bag just like all the other boys and girls who got that brown paper bag of love from their parents….
After two months of reporting weak job growth, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday that, seasonally adjusted, 162,000 new private jobs were created in February. Government at all levels hired 13,000. The official unemployment rate—which BLS calls U3 and…
Some neighbors in a western Boca Raton neighborhood who have to see a Ku Klux Klan symbol raised each day are raising their voices in protest. One resident has chosen to fly a KKK flag in his front yard, as…
Deaf Jamaican-born lawyer gets White House job THE White House has appointed Jamaican immigrant Claudia Gordon to oversee its efforts on disability issues. Gordon, a deaf lawyer, moves over from the Department of Labour where she dealt with potential discrimination…