A federal district judge issued a last-minute preliminary injunction that blocks the implementation of Department of Labor rules that stiffen employer obligations under the H-2B non-farm seasonal work visa. The rules were set to go into effect Friday, April 27.
An Indiana teacher was fired from a Roman Catholic school after undergoing in vitro fertilization, which the Church strictly shuns, according to the Associated Press. The 31-year-old former educator, Emily Herx, is filing a lawsuit claiming that her termination last June was a result of discrimination. The case could spark serious legal controversy over reproductive rights and religious rights.
Boeing Co turned in a stronger-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday as the company was able to ramp up production to meet rising demand.
Deion Sanders has been charged with assault of his estranged wife.
Debbie Stevens, a New York based kidney donor, was fired after donating her organ to her boss. Now the 47-year-old divorced mom of two is demanding her kidney back in a lawsuit.
Deion Sanders estranged wife, Pilar Sanders, was arrested on Monday night on charges of domestic violence against her husband, CNN reported. This news followed a series of tweets from Sander's verified Twitter account posted Monday evening suggesting that he would be pressing charges against his wife.
Pilar Sanders was arrested for assaulting husband Deion Sanders.
Pilar Sanders, who filed a $200 million defamation lawsuit against her husband and daughter, was arrested Monday afternoon for assaulting ex-husband Deion Sanders in their Texas home.
What really happened on the day 6-year-old Etan Patz went missing in 1979 is still a mystery, as authorities have ended their search of a SoHo basement with no obvious finding of human remains, New York Police Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said Monday.
Veena Malik, a Bollywood actress and model who raised controversy last year with a nude cover for FHM magazine, said she would pose in nude photos for $1 million. In an exclusive interview with The Mirror, Malik said she would consider the offer to photograph naked pictures with Playboy magazine.
TNK-BP, Russia's third largest oil producer, replied Friday to the government's announcement it would be sued for oil leaks that have polluted two Siberian river basins, saying most of the damage is a result of inherited environmental problems, accumulated since 1962. TNK-BP pointed to its ongoing $500-million cleanup fund as evidence it is committed to greening up some of Russia's oldest facilities
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is hoping a federal judge will block the Labor Department's proposed changes in the way foreign unskilled guest workers are recruited under the H-2B visa program. Those changes are set to go into effect April 27.
Bobby Petrino, the former University of Arkansas football coach, was recently fired after it was discovered that he participated in a long-time relationship with his assistant Jessica Dorrell. Documents released on April 19th reveal that this secret interaction had been going on for more than a year, with Petrino sending Dorrell candy, referring to her as a “close friend,” and insinuating that the affair began with a kiss over lunch last fall.
Dorrell and Petrino were together for just a few months according to notes kept by AD Kevin Long.
McDonald's Corp. met analysts' expectations in first-quarter revenue and profit growth, as economic troubles in Europe did not to put a dent in the world's largest restaurant chain's balance sheet, the company reported on Friday.
Sprint Nextel Corp., which is the third-biggest mobile service provider in the U.S., has been sued by the state of New York for allegedly not collecting or paying millions of dollars in taxes. Though Sprint denies these accusations, the company stands to pay more than $300 million if the claims are proven true.
“The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” creators are being sued.
McDonald's Corp. (NYSE: MCD), the world's largest restaurant chain, is expected to report higher first-quarter revenue and earnings per share on Friday as a mild U.S. winter boosted foot traffic and thinning wallets drove consumers to cheaper food options.
Nicollette Sheridan's lawsuit against ABC is headed for a retrial after a Los Angeles judge refused to dismiss the Desperate Housewives wrongful-termination case. What are Sheridan's chances of winning the retrial?
Yonas Fikre, an American Muslim, is seeking asylum in Sweden and has claimed that he was detained, torture and kept in solitary confinement in the United Arab Emirates for 106 days at the request of the FBI.
A N.J. bully's punch to the abdomen left a middle school student paralyzed. Now the New Jersey school district that allowed this incident to happen has agreed to pay a $4.2 million to settle a lawsuit from the victim's family.
Howard Stern's lawsuit against satellite radio provider, SiriusXM, has been thrown out. The case was dismissed after Judge Barbara Kapnick ruled that Stern's contract only included awards for Sirius subscribers, not those of XM.
