Nation Jan 02 How the 13 new state minimum wage raises break down, in three charts An estimated 2.56 million workers in the U.S. will get a boost in their paychecks in 2014. That's because 13 states raised their minimum wage Wednesday. That figure, according to analysis from the National Employment Law Project, will have…
World Jan 02 Watch as stranded passengers get rescued from marooned Antarctic ship .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Passengers stranded for more than…
Nation Jan 01 Evacuated towns surrounding Fukushima face uncertain future An official in a full radiation protection suit scans an evacuated mother and child with a geiger counter to check radiation levels in Koriyama city in Fukushima prefecture, about 60km west from the crisis-hit Fukushima nuclear plant on March 16,…
Nation Jan 01 Consumers enjoy first puffs of recreational marijuana from licensed retailers in Colo. Sean Azzariti of Denver made the first purchase of recreational marijuana under the new law at 3D Cannabis Center in Denver. Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via Getty Images It's a new day in Colorado; 2014 kicked off with…
Nation Dec 31 Walgreens attempts to woo newly insured Americans Photo by Flickr user jsrcyclist As key measures in the Affordable Care Act go into effect Jan. 1, Walgreens is jumping to grab any and all newly insured Americans as customers. The drugstore and pharmacy chain announced Monday that…
Nation Dec 31 Last of Uighur Chinese detainees freed from Guantanamo The Defense Department announced Tuesday the release of three Chinese Uighurs from the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. It's the last group of the ethnic Chinese who were rounded up in Afghanistan and Pakistan after the Sept.
Politics Dec 30 Legal marijuana sales in Colorado begin Jan. 1 .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Video by Associated Press Two…
Politics Dec 30 Sotomayor will usher in 2014 at Times Square *One million revelers will see this crystal ball drop in New York's Times Square midnight of Jan. 1, 2014. Photo courtesy of Countdown Entertainment* Bronx native and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will usher in 2014 by lowering…
Nation Dec 30 What we're watching Monday A second bomb in 24 hours killed at least 14 people on a Russian trolley in Volgograd on Monday. Video by Associated Press. Suicide bomber kills 14 and wounds 28 people on electric bus in the Russian city of Volgograd…
World Dec 29 Web only: A conversation with the author of 'A Deadly Mix in Benghazi' // A lengthy investigation by The New York Times published on December 28 finds no evidence that al Qaeda was involved in the 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya. The report also finds that the attack on the mission was fueled…