(DUBLIN, OHIO) -- There is a slang term in the American language called "going postal." The expression was created after a series of murders and attempted murders from 1986 onward in which United States Postal Service workers shot and killed managers, fellow workers and others. Read more...
(LOS ANGELES, CA.) -- The boxy building that houses JC Foreclosure Service doesn’t look like much. Drive past, and you might miss it among the gas stations and body shops and small homes here in Bell, a working class, Hispanic enclave in the south part of Los Angeles County.
The only thing that might catch your attention is the bold red writing on the front window. Read more...
(EVERETT, WA.) -- You'll pardon the dress code violation if your local SWAT team member shows up today with a Santa hat on instead of a helmet. Or maybe a helmet with a hand painted Santa on it. Read more...
By Julia Angwin, ProPublica, Noam Scheiber, The New York Times and Ariana Tobin, ProPublica
This story was co-published with The New York Times.
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- A few weeks ago, Verizon placed an ad on Facebook to recruit applicants for a unit focused on financial planning and analysis. The ad showed a smiling, millennial-aged woman seated at a computer and promised that new hires could look forward to a rewarding career in which they would be “more than just a number.” Read more...
Update Wed. 10:15 pm. The Washington State Dept. of Transportation says that as of 9:48 pm Wednesday evening all lanes of Southbound Interstate 5 at Mounts Road (milepost 116) have reopened.
Crews were able to complete work activities that required a right lane closure ahead of schedule. The Mounts Road on-ramp to SB I-5 has also reopened. WSDOT says there are "No remaining closures following the Monday train derailment." Read more...
