NYC Council OKs sick days plan, seen as key step
In a significant victory amid a push for paid sick time laws around the country, city lawmakers voted Wednesday to make businesses provide the benefit ...
Philly flags at half-staff in firefighter's honor
The mayor of Philadelphia on Sunday ordered flags flown at half-staff and called for prayers for the family and colleagues of a veteran fire captain ...
NYC deal is key in sick days push, advocates say
Hundreds of thousands of workers in New York City are poised to get paid sick days in what may prove a pivotal moment in a national debate over ...
Philly officer who hit woman at parade acquitted
A former Philadelphia police lieutenant who was videotaped punching a woman after a Puerto Rican Day parade was acquitted of simple assault Tuesday, ...
In Philly, business booms where battleships born
The city's Navy Yard, a massive military powerhouse where battleships were born until the Cold War put it on ice, is celebrating a milestone that ...
Biden: Nation needs to respond to gun violence
Vice President Joe Biden said the nation could not wait any longer to respond to gun violence, telling mayors on Thursday that the White House would ...
Pa. girl snatched at school found barefoot in park
A passer-by found an abducted 5-year-old girl huddled beneath a playground slide in the pre-dawn cold Tuesday, nearly 20 hours after a stranger ...
NJ mayor to live on food stamps starting Tuesday
Mayor Cory Booker said he will live on food stamps for a week starting Tuesday. Booker told The Associated Press on Thursday that he will honor the ...
INFLUENCE GAME: Election over, campaign continues
The election may be over, but a new campaign is being waged in the nation's capital as lobbyists, advocates and trade groups fight to shape the ...
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