Mayor Bill de Blasio signed an executive order Tuesday that effectively raises the hourly wage for thousands of workers in New York City.
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Eric Holder To Step Down As Attorney General
Eric Holder Jr., the nation’s first black U.S. attorney general, will resign his post after a tumultuous tenure marked by civil rights advances, national security threats, reforms to the criminal justice system and 5 1/2 years of fights with Republicans in Congress.
Crime Falls As U.S. Locks Up Fewer People, Attorney General Holder Says
The U.S. is seeing “historic” progress in reducing both its crime and its incarceration rates, Attorney General Eric Holder said, with the federal prison population falling by some 4,800 inmates in the past year — “the first decrease we’ve seen in many decades.”
Riot Breaks Out At Tennessee Detention Center Where 32 Teens Escaped
A youth detention center in Tennessee that saw the escape of 32 teens on Tuesday is back in the news today.
3 Americans Detained In North Korea Urge U.S. To Secure Their Release
Three Americans who have been detained in North Korea appealed today to the U.S. to send a senior representative to secure their release.
ACLU, U.S. Settle Lawsuit On Deportation Of Immigrants
Marta Mendoza, a 47-year-old Mexican woman, had lived in the Los Angeles area illegally for 32 years. There, she raised six children, all U.S. citizens.