By CANDICE CHOI and KAREN MATTHEWS (NEW YORK, AP) — Fast-food customers in search of burgers and fries might run into striking workers instead. Organizers say thousands of fast-food workers are… Read more »
Category: National News
Fort Hood shooter sentenced to death
By MICHAEL GRACZYK and NOMAAN MERCHANT (FORT HOOD, Texas, AP) — A military jury on Wednesday sentenced Maj. Nidal Hasan to death for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, handing… Read more »
Crews report progress against Yosemite fire
By BRIAN SKOLOFF and TRACIE CONE (TUOLUMNE CITY, Calif., AP) — Crews were finally gaining ground by late Monday on a massive wildfire burning near Yosemite National Park as officials… Read more »
Syria agrees to UN chemical weapons investigation
By LEE KEATH and RYAN LUCAS (DAMASCUS, Syria, AP) — Syria agreed Sunday to a U.N. investigation into last week’s alleged chemical weapons attack outside Damascus — a deal a senior… Read more »
California vies for new space industry
By MIHIR ZAVERI (SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., AP) — As several new private ventures to take people on trips to space come closer to becoming reality, California lawmakers are racing other… Read more »
Churches changing bylaws after gay marriage ruling
By TRAVIS LOLLER (NASHVILLE, Tenn., AP) — Worried they could be sued by gay couples, some churches are changing their bylaws to reflect their view that the Bible allows only… Read more »
San Diego mayor resigns amid sexual harrassment allegations
By ELLIOT SPAGAT and JULIE WATSON (SAN DIEGO, Caif., AP) — The resignation speech given by San Diego Mayor Bob Filner reflected the same fiery, defiant tone that launched the political… Read more »
‘Hyperloop’ travel idea gains fans if not backers
By JUSTIN PRITCHARD (LOS ANGELES, Calif., AP) — Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk urged the public to polish sketch plans he released last week for a “Hyperloop” that would shoot capsules… Read more »
New tactics emerge in fight for Manning’s freedom
By DAVID DISHNEAU and PAULINE JELINEK (FORT MEADE, Md., AP) — The fight to free Pfc. Bradley Manning takes a new turn as he returns to prison to serve a 35-year… Read more »
Innovative NY program picks up college tuition
By CAROLYN THOMPSON (BUFFALO, N.Y., AP) — When 18-year-old Cheyenne Ketter-Franklin begins classes at the University at Buffalo next week, she will be spared at least one anxiety — the… Read more »