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Protesters assemble in front of a McDonald's in Los Angeles, demanding a $15 an hour minimum wage in September.

Los Angeles Residents Divided Over Proposed $15 Minimum Wage

Los Angeles is considering raising its minimum wage from $9 to $15 an hour in order to help its 800,000 residents in poverty. But no major city has yet raised its wage this dramatically or this fast.

A small protest in Rapid City, S.D., including members of the Native American community, gather in front of the Civic Center where the incident occurred.

Authorities Probe Alleged Hate Crime Against Native American Kids

Racial tensions are high in Rapid City, S.D., as police investigate an incident where white men allegedly shouted racial slurs and dumped beer on a group of Native Americans at a recent hockey game.

Space Needle Told To Stop Unfair Labor Practices, Rehire Workers

The Space Needle corporation engaged in unfair labor practices, according to a ruling from a three-member panel of the National Labor Relations Board…

With Oil Prices So Low, What's That Fuel Surcharge For, Exactly?

Many transportation and delivery companies began adding fuel surcharges when oil prices shot up a few years ago. Now, the cost of oil has plunged — but many of those fuel fees still linger.

Randall Stephenson, chairman and CEO of AT&T, introduces President Obama before the latter's remarks Dec. 3 at the quarterly meeting of the Business Roundtable, a group Stephenson chairs. Stephenson has said that increasing regulation of the broadband industry — as proposed by the president — would have a substantial chilling effect on its investment in infrastructure.

Would FCC Plan Harm Telecom Investment? Even Industry Opinion Is Mixed

The Federal Communications Commission will decide this month whether the Internet should be regulated as a public utility. In speeches, CEOs alternately have predicted a chilling effect or no impact.

Smoke rises above buildings after shelling in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Tuesday. The number of people who have been killed in the conflict in eastern Ukraine has climbed to 5,358, with the escalating violence claiming an average of 10 lives per day in the past few weeks, the U.N. says.

A Rise In The Civilian Death Toll As Ukraine Fighting Increases

At least eight civilians have been killed in the past 24 hours and 22 wounded in fighting between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian troops in the separatist stronghold of Donetsk.

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