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The workers are demanding an increase in the federal minimum wage limit, and the right to organize and form unions.

A charter bus carrying several of Martin Luther King Jr.'s siblings and grandchildren ran into a car on Wednesday evening.

Obama repeats threatening statements while Cameron faces Commons revolt on intervention.

Heightened union unrest and tricky negotiations this summer plus the August 2012 Marikana mining massacre have scared away investors.

In 2008, progressives were in the anti-Hillary Clinton camp. But for 2016, they're willing to give her a second chance.

About 8.1 percent of Japan’s students are addicted to the internet.

The National Day Laborer Organizing Network calls on the next Homeland Security secretary to give more immigrants relief from deportation.

Due to rampant discrimination and fear of violence, blacks in Bristol concentrated in the deprived St. Paul’s neighborhood,

Many in Damascus welcome the expected attack but wonder what the outcome will be and how they can prepare for it.

Ashley Madison, a site for married people looking to have an affair, has launched in Hong Kong, and thinks of conquering greater China.

The incident was condemned by many, including Sri Lanka’s culture and arts minister.

Wednesday marks the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March On Washington, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

Wednesday's Google Doodle marks the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, more commonly known as the March on Washington.

Global stocks sold off, on western intervention in Syria chatter; investors also debated the Fed's stimulus reduction comments.

U.S. military ties to Georgia are part of strategy to break Europe's energy dependency on Russia.

The Republican tycoon has a history of donating to Democrats, if he thinks they can help him do business.

Turkish gangs are believed to control about 80 percent of the heroin flowing into Europe.

Asian markets were jolted, after new evidence emerged of a chemical attack by the Syrian government against civilians.

Despite the new evidence, Russia said a strike by the West without a U.N. mandate would be "a grave violation of international law."

Kenan Adams-Kinard says Delbert Belton, 88, shorted him and Demetruis Glenn in a drug deal, leading them to beat him to death.

Analysts identified unrest in Syria and potential U.S. military intervention there as key factors providing a quick boost to gold prices.

Land seizure has been a problem for years, but Myanmar's farmers finally dare to speak out now under the reform government.

New EPA chief Gina McCarthy visited the Alaskan site of a proposed giant copper and gold mine on Tuesday, as she contemplates a project mired in as much environmental controversy as the Keystone XL Pipeline.

The bad news for Democrats is that if the election was today: they'd lose 10-14 House seats. The good news: the election is not today.

The Republican Florida senator says the debt ceiling can be raised if Democrats agree to balance the budget over the next decade.

A video of Greenpeace protesting Shell through a stunt at the Formula One Grand Prix was allegedly taken down by YouTube after F1 officials sent a take down notice to YouTube. Watch it here.

Not one out of 24,000 students passed entrance exams at the University of Liberia. How is that possible?

Authorities in Douglas County said Johnathan Croom's death is being investigated as a suicide.

With limited precedent for such a high-profile, scandal-heavy trial, experts predict a harsh sentence for the disgraced Chinese leader.