Supreme Court denies gay marriage appeals
Gay marriage now legal in 30 states Unexpectedly and without comment, the Supreme Court turned away appeals from five states seeking to prohibit gay and lesbian marriages. The high court’s…
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Some small businesses prices, wages confidence increase
LOS ANGELES – A new survey shows Main Street’s plan to boost wages and raise prices in the business sector. More small and mid-sized businesses plan to raise their employees…
Activists dismayed by Obama’s immigration deferral
PRESIDENT Obama addressed growing frustration on immigration issues, telling Hispanics and immigration rights activists that presidential action is “not a question of if, but when.” Obama spoke Thursday, Oct. 2…
Secret Service chief resigns amid security scandals
US SECRET Service Director Julia Pierson abruptly resigned on the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 1 in the wake of multiple security breach scandals involving the White House. Pierson “offered her…
More clashing in Ferguson after police chief apology
Police and protestors clashed briefly on the streets of Ferguson, Mo., hours after Chief of Police Tom Jackson issued a video apology to the family of Michael Brown, the black…
Pinoys call on US gov’t to approve TPS for undocumented kababayans
NEW YORK— Manila has called on the US government to approve its request for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), allowing undocumented Filipinos living in the US to help the Philippines rebuild…
$15.37 minimum wage approved for LA hotel employees
LOS ANGELES — The LA City Council voted on Wednesday to impose a higher minimum wage, at least $15.37 an hour, to workers at big hotels in the city. The…
Fire at Ferguson memorial resumes unrest
City officials in Ferguson, Mo., the site of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer in August, faced more tension after a memorial for the slain teen…
NY man pleads not guilty in attempt to help ISIS and kill Americans
Several men accused of helping the Islamic State terrorist group by plotting to kill Shia Muslims and US military members pleaded not guilty on Thursday, Sept. 18 in Rochester, NY….
US poverty rate drops notably; first time in eight years
In a report last year by the US Census Bureau, the poverty rate dropped significantly to 14.5 percent, the first drop since 2006. The Latino population was the only ethnic…
Judge extends grand jury term in Ferguson trial
A JUDGE has extended the term of the grand jury in the ongoing Ferguson, Mo. case to January 2015. The jury is considering whether the white police officer, Darren Wilson,…
US taking action to help spot potential violent extremists
With the ongoing violence on Americans by terrorist groups, the United States government has been taking serious measures to help fight the war on terrorism. The Dept. of Justice, the…
New Americans Campaign shares benefits of becoming a US citizen
LOS ANGELES – More than 8 million immigrants living in the United States have green cards and are eligible for citizenship, yet only 8 percent of these become naturalized citizens….
Ferguson Police Dept. under heavy investigation
THE US Justice Department is currently looking into a wide civil rights investigation of the Ferguson, Mo., Police Department, following recent events of the Michael Brown shooting case and the…
Mourning family of beheaded journalist challenges Jihadist leaders on Islam
The death of Steven Sotloff, the recent American journalist who was shown being beheaded in a video released Tuesday by Islamic militant terrorist group ISIS, has left a family in…
Fil-Ams join immigration rights protest in front of White House
AN immigration rights protest rally in front of the White House went sour after U.S. Park Police arrested nearly 150 people; among them immigrants, labor and religious leaders, elected officials,…
Hawaii leaders introduce WWII Filvets family reunification bill
LOS ANGELES – A Hawaiian Senator and Congresswoman on Tuesday introduced legislation in both chambers that would reunite Filipino World War II veterans with their families. Senator Mazie K. Hirono…
Average debt up again for new college grads
It’s the latest snapshot of the growing burden of student debt and it’s another discouraging one: Two-thirds of the national college class of 2011 finished school with loan debt,…