A bill that revives jobless payments for more than 2 million people who have been out of work for longer than six months passed the Senate on Monday but still faces an uncertain future.
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Two men were arrested in connection with the severe mob beating of a Detroit motorist who had accidentally hit a 10-year-old boy who stepped in front of his truck, police said Monday. That brings to four the number of people arrested in the assault of 54-year-old Steve Utash.
The personal data gathering abilities of Google, Facebook and other tech companies has sparked growing unease among Americans, with a majority worried that Internet companies are encroaching too much upon their lives, a new poll showed.
A large brawl broke out during an annual charity hockey match between New York City police and firefighters on Long Island.
Stifling sobs, Oscar Pistorius took the witness stand Monday in his murder trial and apologized to the family of the girlfriend he shot dead, describing himself as traumatized and now on antidepressant medication, and sometimes waking from nightmares to the “smell of blood.”