A Connecticut firefighter was named one of the strongest firefighters in the world at a competition in Ohio on Saturday. Bridgeport Fire Department Lieutenant Carlos Reyes participated in the 2026 ...

Back in 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act led to the first minimum wage of $0.25 per hour. Over time, the federal minimum wage has obviously increased, but it hasn't always kept pace with inflation.

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Veteran firefighter Ken Jones has discontinued his insurance coverage with Blue Shield as part of a plan to receive the immunotherapy his former insurer previously denied under Jones’ Medicare ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The Omaha Fire Department says a firefighter has died after a battle with cancer. A social media post from the Omaha Professional Fire Fighters Association sent Friday also says ...

NEWSWATCH SEVEN. ALL RIGHT. TWO DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. MADISON. THANK YOU. BREAKING AT FOUR AND OMAHA. FIREFIGHTER DIES FROM COMPLICATIONS WITH CANCER. THAT’S ACCORDING TO THE OMAHA FIRE DEPARTMENT.

A White Level firefighter died while on duty Tuesday afternoon. According to Franklin County Emergency Services, fire crews responded to a house fire in the 1300 block of Hickory Rock Road in the ...

More than 40,000 firefighters across the United States have enrolled in the National Firefighter Registry for Cancer, making it the largest firefighter cancer cohort in the country, federal health ...

A firefighter fell several feet from a ladder while battling a blaze in Arlington Heights Saturday evening, video shows. In the video, a hook ladder was extended to the second story of the house, with ...

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A firefighter fell several feet from a ladder while battling a house fire in Arlington Heights on Saturday evening, video shows. Video posted to the Citizen ...

Daniel Poleschook Jr. looked out of his window at Washington state’s Loon Lake and saw something unusual: A deer was stranded in the middle of it. It looked like the deer was trying to stand, but much ...

CAMDEN, N.J. (WPVI) -- Plans are underway to lay to rest Camden firefighter Howard Bennett after he fell into the freezing Delaware River while on duty Thursday. Bennett's body was taken from the ...