(NEXSTAR) — Despite attempts in Congress this year, the federal minimum wage will remain unchanged in 2025. In nearly two dozen states, however, that rate is set to climb in 2026. Since 2009, the ...

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The federal and Wisconsin minimum wage has remained at $7.25 an hour since its last increase in 2009. A full-time worker earning the current minimum wage falls below the federal poverty threshold.

IN THE BARRIO of Iztapalapa, on Mexico City’s eastern flank, the pavements stay busy even in the punishing afternoon sun. Street vendors hawk snacks from metal carts; waiters from corner taquerías ...

RICHMOND, IN — A cause of death for a 2-year-old Richmond girl has yet to be determined. About 1:45 p.m. on Oct. 6, first responders were called to the 900 block of South 23rd Street after Sky Oakland ...

The Disney super fan who died by suicide at Walt Disney World had announced she was pregnant just 10 months before she disappeared from home and was found dead at the resort. Summer Equitz, 31, ...

Two men in New York City have died in an apparent murder-suicide that was allegedly related to a dispute over the sale of their family home The men, ages 37 and 41, sustained gunshot wounds to the ...

ANGELES. WELL, WE ALL KNOW HOW HOT IT GETS HERE DURING THE SUMMER IN SOUTH FLORIDA, BUT IT ACTUALLY FEELS MUCH HOTTER WHEN YOU FACTOR IN THE HUMIDITY. FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST BROOKE SILVERING ...

President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that Vice President JD Vance is “most likely” the heir apparent to the Make America Great Again movement, the furthest he’s gone in backing Vance as a future ...

The heat index, or apparent temperature, combines air temperature and humidity to indicate how hot it feels to the body. High humidity slows sweating, the body's natural cooling system, making ...