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Poultry workers at major U.S. meat-processing plants are highly susceptible to repetitive-motion injuries, denied bathroom breaks and are most often immigrants and refugees.

Tyson Foods Promises Better Conditions And Safety For Meat Workers

Meat-processing employs more than a half-million people. An investigation found they've got some of the most dangerous factory jobs in America and suffer from injury, low pay and lack of work breaks.

America is undergoing a demographic change — posing unique challenges for both Republicans and Democrats.

How The Browning Of America Is Upending Both Political Parties

America is at a demographic inflection point, posing challenges for both Democrats and Republicans this election season.

Nick Belperio in his UC classroom for the "Evolution of TV Comedy"

No Joke: UC Class Studies TV Sitcoms

It's not just a TV sitcom. It's literature reflecting our culture. That's what former Fox Broadcasting executive Nick Belperio teaches in his "Evolution...

The White House senior staff is sworn in at the White House in January. Twenty-two members of the staff will make $179,700 this year and 18 more earn $165,000 a year, making the Trump administration's payroll top-heavy compared to the Obama administration.

Trump White House Staff Payroll Nearly $36 Million And Top-Heavy

Among those making the maximum salary are chief of staff Reince Priebus, chief strategist Steve Bannon, press secretary Sean Spicer and former Apprentice contestant Omarosa Manigault.

Kids Struggling With Addiction Need School, Too, But There Are Few Options

An estimated 1.3 million teens struggle with substance use disorders. For teenagers in Wisconsin, there is only one high school that treats students' addiction while they earn a diploma.

Kansas lawmakers watch an electronic voting board during votes on a bill to raise taxes and boost school funding at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan.

Kansas Tax Cut Experiment Comes To An End As Lawmakers Vote To Raise Taxes

Legislators have rolled back a series of major tax cuts that became an example for conservative lawmakers around the country but didn't deliver the growth promised by Gov. Sam Brownback.

Juicero CEO Says Luxury Juicer Is 'Much More' Than Juice; Internet Is Unimpressed

The company says its $400 machine cold-presses juice out of packets sold via subscription. Then a Bloomberg News video showed people didn't actually need the press to get juice from the packets.

A "help wanted" sign hangs in a storefront window in Miami last month. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says nonfarm payrolls increased by 98,000 in March, far below analysts' expectations.

Only 98,000 New Jobs Were Created In March, Labor Department Says

After adding more than 200,000 jobs in each of the first two months of 2017, the number of jobs added last month was about half what analysts had expected. The unemployment rate fell to 4.5 percent.

George Clooney Made TV Debut On 'E/R'

Just two years after moving to Hollywood, George Clooney made his national TV debut on this date in CBS' short-lived "E/R" hospital comedy starring...

John Hinckley Jr. arrives at U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., in 2003 to seek five-day, unsupervised visits with his parents at their home in Virginia. His current hearing is the seventh time a court has weighed gradually opening the door to Hinckley's freedom.

Man Who Shot Reagan Seeks Release From Mental Hospital

John Hinckley Jr.'s lawyer says he has been in full remission from psychosis and major depression for at least 20 years and should be allowed to live full time with his elderly mother.

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