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McDonald’s worker set fire to clear out crowded restaurant

A trainee McDonald’s manager in Georgia has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for setting fire to a pile of trash cans to clear a steady stream of customers. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Joshua Daryl McGregor, 34, was working at a Savannah branch of the fast-food chain last April when he […]

Hasseem Jenkins charged with murder of social worker Maria Coto

A Westchester County man who fatally beat a social worker during a home visit was charged with murder Tuesday after asking officers after his arrest if he had killed someone, court documents showed. Hasheem Jenkins, 31, faces numerous charges after he allegedly assaulted Maria Coto while she was visiting a client inside an apartment building […]

Michigan worker groups strip union bosses of collection powers, sue others

(The Center Square) – Nearly six months after the Michigan Legislature repealed right-to-work laws, more worker groups are taking action against the coercive tactics some unions use to collect fees. Mechanics at Brown Motors in Petoskey and drivers at MV Transportation in Ypsilanti recently successfully voted to strip union officials of the ability to collect […]

Ex-eBay worker who sent pig mask to couple sentenced

A former senior manager of special operations for eBay’s global security team was convicted in federal court in Boston on Thursday for engaging in cyberstalking that included sending a stored pig fetus in the couple’s Massachusetts home, a bloody pig Halloween mask and a book on how to get over the death of a spouse. […]

NYC budget worker who posted ‘too bad he missed’ after Trump shooting is suspended

A budget staffer for Mayor Eric Adams has been suspended from his six-figure paying job after posting on social media “sorry I missed out” following the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Tyler Barbieri, a $112,604-a-year analyst at the Office of Budget and Management since at least 2018, has been suspended without pay for […]

Fake therapist duped hundreds of patients by posing as social worker wife: records

A Florida woman posed as a therapist online and offered counseling services to hundreds of Americans for what may have been two years, but the practice was only discovered after her death, state health department records show. Tammy G. Heath Randolph, 58, deceived patients with the help of her wife, Peggy A. Randolph, a real-life […]

5 things to know about Biden's worker heat protection proposal

The Biden administration earlier this week proposed the nation’s first federal standards to protect workers from the heat as temperatures reach record levels due to climate change. The rule is not yet final and is still subject to public comment and consideration, but it has the potential to help tens of millions of workers across […]