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Walmart trailers parked outside the Schneider Logistics warehouse in Mira Loma, Calif. Lawyers alleging wage theft from mostly immigrant Latino contract workers at the Southern California warehouse complex took steps to add Walmart as a defendant in an ongoing federal lawsuit.
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As safety instructor Fred Mattera looks on, a fisherman jumps into the water in Narragansett, R.I., during a safety drill this month. The immersion training is intended to help curb casualties in the deadliest vocation in the United States, an industry beset by a high death rate and fragile federal net of protection.
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UCLA chemistry professor Patrick Harran and the UC Board of Regents face felony charges for the death of lab worker Sheri Sangji, a landmark worker safety case.
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Elisa Xitco, 6, the daughter of U.S. citizen Chris Xitco, stands behind the iron gate protecting her home in Rosarito, Mexico, where she lives with her Mexican mother. Her mother has been barred from entering the U.S. at least until 2018 due to legislation that imposes harsh punishments on illegal immigrants who apply for legal status based on marriage to a U.S. citizen or some other tie.
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Students protest in Los Angeles against school police citations issued heavily at middle schools, low-income schools.
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