Highway, boating deaths up for Labor Day holiday weekend

Eight people died in traffic crashes during the 2015 Labor Day holiday weekend. Last year, there were six fatalities. The 2015 counting period for the Labor Day holiday ran from 6 p.m., Friday, September 4, through 11:59 p.m., Monday, September 7, 2015.

With barbecues and back-to-school prep distracting potential audiences all weekend, Labor Day tends to be one of Broadway's more lackluster holidays in terms of the long-weekend boost it brings to the box office. That proved true again this year

6 shot, 1 fatally stabbed in Labor Day violence. One man was fatally stabbed, two men were shot to death and 15 people were injured in shootings during Labor Day violence in Chicago, police said. A 23-year-old man was pronounced dead after being shot

Drivers heading home after this holiday weekend are seeing the lowest Labor Day gasoline prices in more than a decade, according to AAA officials, who expect prices to drop even lower later in the year. But that's a double-edged sword for workers in

President Barack Obama skewered Republicans Monday for failing to "walk the walk" on their promises to middle-class Americans. Speaking at a Labor Day union rally in Boston, the president called out opponents of his