BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (AP) -- Black Friday isn't just when shoppers rush to stores for holiday sales. It's also one of the busiest days of the year for gun purchases.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing discount retailer Dollar General Corp., and a BMW manufacturing plant in South Carolina over their use of criminal background checks to screen out job applicants or fire employees.
Is it really a big deal? Senator Joe Vitale thinks so. Vitale has sponsored legislation that would make it mandatory for any EMT worker to have a mandatory background check prior to their start as an EMT. This would prevent people in a vulnerable situation from being taken advantage of.
New Jersey's acting education commissioner is giving school board members more time to get fingerprinted as part of a new background check requirement.
New Jersey says 183 school board members received letters this past week they must vacate their posts for failing to submit to criminal background checks required under a new state law.
More than 350 local school board members in New Jersey face losing their jobs or even going to jail for not completing a criminal background check required under a new law.