Feds: NY, Va. 7-Eleven stores exploited immigrants
| |Monday, Jun. 17, 2013
NEW YORK — Nine owners and managers of 7-Eleven stores across Long Island and in Virginia were charged Monday with making tens of millions of dollars by exploiting immigrants from Pakistan and the Philippines, in part by paying them using the stolen Social Security numbers of a child and three dead people while stealing most of their wages.
Reputed Mafioso tip triggers new Hoffa body search
| |Monday, Jun. 17, 2013
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. — The FBI saw enough merit in a reputed Mafia captain's tip to once again break out the digging equipment to search for the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, last seen alive before a lunch meeting with two mobsters nearly 40 years ago.
Komen breast cancer charity names new CEO
| |Monday, Jun. 17, 2013
DALLAS — Susan G. Komen for the Cure announced Monday that a physician with a long career in health policy and research will become the breast cancer charity's new president and CEO.
Boston woman pays $560,000 for 2 parking spots
|Friday, Jun. 14, 2013
BOSTON — Parking is such a precious commodity in Boston that one woman was willing to pay $560,000 for two off-street spaces near her home.
Commander in Nazi SS-led unit living in US
| |Friday, Jun. 14, 2013
BERLIN — A top commander of a Nazi SS-led unit accused of burning villages filled with women and children lied to American immigration officials to get into the United States and has been living in Minnesota since shortly after World War II, according to evidence uncovered by The Associated Press.
Tarrant district loses water fight with Oklahoma at Supreme Court
| |Thursday, Jun. 13, 2013
The Tarrant Regional Water District sued Oklahoma in January 2007, seeking to divert 150 billion gallons of water a year.
State-by-state look at Iowa to Mid-Atlantic storm
|Thursday, Jun. 13, 2013
Massive thunderstorms have swept across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states, knocking out power to thousands of people and causing some flash flooding in certain areas. Here's a snapshot of what is happening, state by state:
Massive storm system hitting Mid-Atlantic
| |Thursday, Jun. 13, 2013
WASHINGTON — A massive storm system that started in the Upper Midwest brought soaking rains and heavy winds to the Mid-Atlantic Thursday, causing widespread power outages, flash flooding and extensive flight delays, but largely failing to live up to its fierce billing.
Midwest pelted with rain, wind, hail, tornadoes
| |Wednesday, Jun. 12, 2013
CHICAGO — A massive line of storms packing hail, lightning and tree-toppling winds rolled through the Midwest Wednesday evening driving people into basements for shelter, tearing down power lines and causing flooding in low-lying areas.
Ariel Castro pleads not guilty in Ohio kidnap case
| |Wednesday, Jun. 12, 2013
CLEVELAND — A man accused of holding three women captive in his home for about a decade pleaded not guilty Wednesday to hundreds of rape and kidnapping charges, and the defense hinted at avoiding a trial with a plea deal if the death penalty were ruled out.
