Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón has launched an investigation into labor practices at some hotels in the county accused of hiring homeless refugees to replace striking workers, his office announced Oct. 23. Unite Here Local 11, representing 32,000 hotel workers in Southern California and Arizona on strike since …
Read More »Homeless Man Charged With Capital Murder and Rape in Death of 5-Year-Old Kansas Girl
TOPEKA, Kan.—A 25-year-old homeless man was charged Thursday in the rape and killing of a 5-year-old Kansas girl who died despite firefighters’ efforts to save her life in a gas station parking lot. Mickel Cherry faces one count of capital murder—which would allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty—and one …
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