Ukraine Ceasefire Takes Hold, but an Expanding NATO on Russia’s Borders Raises Threat of Nuclear War; Profit over Safety: BP Faces Billions in Fines for “Grossly Negligent” Role in 2010 Gulf Oil Spill; Hundreds Arrested as Growing Fast-Food Workers’ Movement Strikes for Living Wage, Unionization.
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September 5, 2014
Over 400 Arrested in National Fast-Food Workers’ Strike for Living Wage, Unionization
BP Faces Billions in Extra Fines over “Gross Negligence” in Gulf Oil Spill
Justice Dept. Opens Civil Rights Probe of Ferguson Police
Appeals Court Overturns Marriage Equality Bans in Wisconsin, Indiana
Ukraine, Rebels Reportedly Agree to Ceasefire
Ex-VA Gov. McDonnell, Wife Convicted in Corruption Case
McConnell Aide Resigns after Former State Senator Pleads Guilty to Bribery in GOP Primary
Former House Majority Leader Cantor Signs on to Wall Street Firm
Emails: L.A. Times Reporter Cleared Stories with CIA, Promised Positive Coverage
Bahrain Detains, Strips Citizenship of Human Rights Activist Maryam Alkhawaja
Comic Joan Rivers Dies at 81; Clinic Under Investigation