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It's a great time to be Gabrielle Union. The actress just celebrated her first wedding anniversary with NBA star Dwyane Wade, she's working on Season 3 of her BET hit, "Being Mary Jane," and she has three films set to be released next year. But amid all the good, the 42-year-old feels she's paid a price for her  success  — one that many other women are all too familiar with. Astrid Stawiarz / Getty Images In  a new interview with Redbook magazine , the star opens up about the pressure to start a family and the no-win dilemma career women face. "The reality is that women are discriminated against in the workplace for being mothers," she explained. "As much as there are strides being made — you get pregnant,  your career  takes a hit. You can't have a bad day. Don't you dare cry at work. Don't raise your voice. Especially if you're a black woman in corporate America — now you're 'the angry black woman.'" And...

(CNN)  A man ambushed two officers who'd stopped their patrol car at a traffic light Sunday in Las Vegas, police said. An officer who was shot in the hand was being treated at a hospital, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Sgt. John Sheahan said. He was in good condition. "Luckily -- I want to repeat, luckily -- our officer was only hit in the hand. It could have been much, much worse," he said. Police haven't released the identity of the suspect. The suspect gave authorities multiple addresses and was "not very forthcoming as far as identity, as far as where he lives," the sergeant told CNN, explaining, "That's been pinned down now." The Clark County, Nevada, district attorney will elaborate during a news conference Tuesday, Sheahan said. The officers were in a marked patrol car, police said, responding to a disturbance call at a 99-cent store. As they sat at the intersection in front of the store, waiting for the light to change so ...

Whether it’s working overtime or passing on vacation time, consider it carefully because your personal time probably has more value than you have previously considered. Here's a fact that might make you cry. According to Forbes, American employees collectively surrendered $52.4 billion in benefits in 2013, or an average of $504 per employee of free labor for their employers. Unfortunately, for most employees, this sacrifice doesn’t lead to promotions or an increase in salary. So if there is no real benefit to skirting a real vacation, why are you missing out on this windfall of downtime? Here are five things to consider if you plan on working through your vacation yet again this year: 1. Analyze why you are working This is simple: Why are you working? Many people believe that they are working to provide a better life for their family, or to have more personal freedom. Yet when given the opportunity to take time off and be wit...

When you’re considering a career change, a good place to start looking for job advice may be right at home. When you’re considering a career change, a good place to start looking for job advice may be right at home. That’s what more than four in 10 senior executives polled in a new survey by Accountemps do: They said the first person they consult with when evaluating whether to take a new job is a spouse or significant other. It makes perfect sense to turn to the person you’re closest to for a decision as significant as a career change. After all, our husbands, wives, or long-term partners know what makes us tick. They are aware of the aspects of our jobs that provide us the greatest satisfaction and where our work frustrations lie. Furthermore, the implications of changing jobs — especially if it requires relocation or even a longer commute — can upset family life. So naturally we want to take into consideration our partner’s input. Still, many career experts reco...

Bob Niedt Celebrity Chef Jose Andre has a crowdfunding page aimed at helping him raise money following Donald Trump’s lawsuit against him for pulling out of a restaurant deal at the Old Post Office. Celebrity Chef José Andrés has a crowdfunding Web page aimed at helping him raise money following Donald Trump 's lawsuit against him for pulling out of a restaurant deal at the Old Post Office. As of Thursday morning, the Indiegogo page had raised $8,673 from 102 people. It's been up for 16 days and has a goal of raising $100,000. Andrés pulled out of the restaurant deal at Trump's planned Old Post Office luxury hotel after the Republican presidential candidate made widely criticized comments on immigrants. Trump Old Post Office LLC sued Andrés’ ThinkFoodGroup and an affiliate, Topo Atrio LLC, for $10 million and attorneys fees, accusing them of two counts of breach of contract. The suit was filed July 31 in U.S. District court for the District of Col...

D.C. launched a new online tool to ease the task of finding a doctor that accepts plans sold on the District's health insurance marketplace. D.C. launched a new online tool to help consumers find in-network doctors on plans sold on its health insurance marketplace. The health exchange was created as a resulted of the Affordable Care Act. Called the Universal Doctor Directory 1.0 , the new tool available on D.C. Health Link allows consumers to search individual and family plans to figure out which doctors participate in particular plans. The directory also allows consumers to find a new doctor by ZIP code, last name or specialty and then see which marketplace insurance plans the doctor accepts. Previously, consumers searching for a health insurance plan on the marketplace, also called a health insurance exchange, had to go to the websites of each health insurance carrier for this information. A major goal of the new directory was to address user-friendliness ...

Braintree, MA (August 18, 2015) - A distraught 10-year-old girl lost her purse at the South Shore Mall in Braintree, Massachusetts Tuesday evening while shopping with her mom and dad. The little girl was at Claire's inside the mall purchasing a tiara and princess gloves when she realized she didn't have her birthday spending money with her. She left it in her purse in one of the red child carriages earlier while horsing around with her dad when they entered the mall through the Macy's side. The little girl and her mom stayed in Claire's while dad searched the mall for red carts, hoping to find his daughter's purse with about $70 in cash and a Samsung Galaxy phone. Dad approached two officers on two separate occasions asking if anyone returned a red purse. Both officers directed dad to the lost and found area of the mall, where dad was told there was no returned purse. On the other side of the mall. the girl and her mother waited to see if they could spot the kid...