Reddit: Citizen tried to file complaint before fatal building collapse

A man posted a purported email exchange with the city 311 call center regarding L&I violations at a property now at the center of a fatal building collapse.

Feds order Lucky Star bus shut down

Lucky Star buses between Boston and New York were shut down Wednesday, after an inspection by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Doc: Market Street collapse site was ‘absolute recipe for disaster’

Local 98′s John Dougherty said the building collapse site on Market St was unsafe and enforcement was lacking there, as with other city construction sites.

Vaccine exemptions for religious reasons on the rise: study

Some parents might be using religious exemptions for personal preference.

Second Avenue subway already has bad track record: NYDN

It hasn’t even opened yet, and the Second Avenue subway is already causing trouble. Residents near the dig sites have [...]

H&M CEO Karl-Johan Persson on anorexic models, Bangladeshi factory workers

Life is going swimmingly for Karl-Johan Persson, H&M’s young, handsome CEO: despite the global recession the cheap-chic chain is doing well.

Stepped-up seat belt enforcement campaign begins today in NJ

Officials with the Delaware River Port Authority will be stepping up enforcement of New Jersey’s seat belt law beginning Monday.

Officials warn of commuter chaos from Connecticut derailment

Thousands of Connecticut commuters should brace for travel chaos on Monday as Metro-North workers repair damage on the United States’ [...]

Yale fined $165,000 for failing to report sex crimes on campus

The Department of Education has fined Yale University $165,000 for not reporting sex crimes that occurred on campus.

Shop at H&M guilt-free

H & M signed the binding Fire and Building Safety Agreement protecting garment workers in Bangladesh