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ICE, Homeland Security investigate Leslie Jones website hack

LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security investigators said Thursday they are investigating the hack of Leslie Jones' website...

Sanders cheers strikers as 39K Verizon workers walk out

NEW YORK (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders cheered on striking Verizon workers Wednesday after 39,000 landline and cable employees walked off the...

Pennsylvania governor raising minimum wage for state workers

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf is raising the minimum wage by nearly $3 an hour, to $10.15, for state government employees...

Thai cosmetics company pulls ad showing actress in blackface

BANGKOK (AP) — "You just need to be White to win." A skin-whitening ad in Thailand featuring that slogan alongside a famous actress in blackface...

AP: Global supermarkets selling shrimp peeled by slaves

SAMUT SAKHON, Thailand (AP) — Every morning at 2 a.m., they heard a kick on the door and a threat: Get up or get...

Backlash over Common Core extends to US Catholic schools

The backlash against standardized testing is rippling through some Roman Catholic schools as they balance the college-driven Common Core learning standards with spiritual goals. The...

Ferguson protests influence actions at U. of Missouri

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — When cotton balls were scattered outside the Black culture center at the University of Missouri's flagship campus in 2010 in...

Missouri football players pressure school leaders over race

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Student protests over racial incidents on the University of Missouri campus escalated over the weekend when at least 30 Black...

Courting unions on Labor Day, Obama pushes paid sick leave

BOSTON (AP) — Courting unions on Labor Day, President Barack Obama denounced Republicans for a "constant attack on working Americans" and said he was...

Biden to celebrate Labor Day in Pittsburgh

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Vice President Joe Biden will be marking the Labor Day holiday in Pittsburgh. The office of the vice president announced Monday that...

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