A week after a blast at a Texas fertilizer plant killed at least 15 people and hurt more than 200, authorities still don’t know exactly why the West Chemical and Fertilizer Company plant exploded. Here’s what we do know: The fertilizer plant hadn’t been inspected by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration since 1985. Its […]
A week after a blast at a Texas fertilizer plant killed at least 15 people and hurt more than 200, authorities still don’t know exactly why the West Chemical and Fertilizer Company plant exploded. Here’s what we do know: The fertilizer plant hadn’t been inspected by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration since 1985. Its […]
Trisha Marczak Legislation aimed at cracking down on the animal rights industry is all the rage in state legislatures around the nation, with some bills deeming those who secretly film acts of animal abuse at factory farms “terrorists.” While touting the bill as one that seeks to protect animals living in factory farms, animal rights […]
Trisha Marczak Legislation aimed at cracking down on the animal rights industry is all the rage in state legislatures around the nation, with some bills deeming those who secretly film acts of animal abuse at factory farms “terrorists.” While touting the bill as one that seeks to protect animals living in factory farms, animal rights […]
Martin Michaels Director Brian Knappenberger has raised more than $43,000 from more than 642 contributors to fund a documentary about the life of Aaron Swartz, an Internet activist who committed suicide in January after an intense police investigation into his online activities. Utilizing online crowdfunding site, Kickstarter, the director seeks to raise an additional $32,000 in […]
Martin Michaels Director Brian Knappenberger has raised more than $43,000 from more than 642 contributors to fund a documentary about the life of Aaron Swartz, an Internet activist who committed suicide in January after an intense police investigation into his online activities. Utilizing online crowdfunding site, Kickstarter, the director seeks to raise an additional $32,000 in […]
Martin Michaels More than 300 students representing 25 different Chicago public schools staged a walkout Wednesday in opposition to standardized testing. The demonstration occurred during a scheduled testing day when thousands of students across Illinois are required to take standardized exams. Six busloads of students representing the Chicago Students Organizing to Save Our Schools (CSOSOS), a burgeoning […]
Martin Michaels More than 300 students representing 25 different Chicago public schools staged a walkout Wednesday in opposition to standardized testing. The demonstration occurred during a scheduled testing day when thousands of students across Illinois are required to take standardized exams. Six busloads of students representing the Chicago Students Organizing to Save Our Schools (CSOSOS), a burgeoning […]
DENVER — Medical and recreational marijuana may be legal in Colorado, but employers in the state can lawfully fire workers who test positive for the drug, even if it was used off duty, according to a court ruling Thursday. The Colorado Court of Appeals found there is no employment protection for medical marijuana users in […]
DENVER — Medical and recreational marijuana may be legal in Colorado, but employers in the state can lawfully fire workers who test positive for the drug, even if it was used off duty, according to a court ruling Thursday. The Colorado Court of Appeals found there is no employment protection for medical marijuana users in […]
Internet shoppers are moving closer to paying sales taxes for their online purchases. But the fight is far from over. The Senate voted 63-30 Thursday to advance a bill that would impose state and local sales taxes on purchases made over the Internet. An agreement among senators delayed the Senate’s final vote on passage until […]
Internet shoppers are moving closer to paying sales taxes for their online purchases. But the fight is far from over. The Senate voted 63-30 Thursday to advance a bill that would impose state and local sales taxes on purchases made over the Internet. An agreement among senators delayed the Senate’s final vote on passage until […]
Armed with a pressure-cooker explosive and five pipe bombs, the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing made a spur-of-the-moment decision last week to give the Big Apple a taste of their mayhem, New York officials say. The potentially deadly scheme fell apart when the brothers realized the car they had hijacked was low on gas. […]
Armed with a pressure-cooker explosive and five pipe bombs, the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing made a spur-of-the-moment decision last week to give the Big Apple a taste of their mayhem, New York officials say. The potentially deadly scheme fell apart when the brothers realized the car they had hijacked was low on gas. […]
