Entrepreneur’s kids inspired battle with California teachers
(Reuters) – Silicon Valley entrepreneur David Welch says it was his three children who motivated him to spend almost $2 million challenging California’s teacher tenure laws.
Florida governor signs new abortion restrictions
TALLAHASSEE Florida (Reuters) – Florida Governor Rick Scott signed legislation on Friday barring late-term abortions in cases where doctors determine an unborn child could survive outside the womb, in a move critics say further chips away at abortion r…
Connecticut health exchange seeks to help customers after data breach
MILFORD Conn. (Reuters) – Access Health Connecticut, the state health exchange created for the federal Affordable Care Act known as Obamacare, on Friday gave options to help nearly 400 customers protect themselves after their personal information was c…
U.S. ambassador to Dominican Republic chides antigays
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) – The openly gay U.S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic and his husband have fired back at critics who ridiculed them for their sexual orientation.
Freed war prisoner Bergdahl in stable condition at Army medical center in Texas
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who spent five years as a Taliban prisoner of war before being released on May 31, was in stable condition at a military hospital in Texas and has not yet met his parents, military officials sai…
California bill makes egregious misconduct fireable offense for teachers
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – Days after a Los Angeles judge ruled unconstitutional five California laws granting tenure and other job protections for public school teachers, lawmakers passed a measure adding “egregious misconduct” to the list of firea…
Federal judge could give green light to gay marriage in Wisconsin
MADISON Wis. (Reuters) – A federal judge could rule on Friday on whether gay marriages may be officiated in Wisconsin following her ruling last week declaring the state’s ban on same-sex weddings unconstitutional.
Christie ‘disagrees’ with Texas’s Perry comment on gays
(Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said on Friday he disagreed with comments comparing homosexuality to alcoholism made by his potential 2016 Republican rival for the White House, Texas Governor Rick Perry.
Senators urge Pentagon to end systematic faking of its accounts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Four senators have called on the Defense Department to end a practice that involves deliberately inserting false numbers into the Pentagon’s accounting ledgers and financial reports.
Obama phones Canada’s Harper about crises in Iraq, Ukraine: White House
BISMARCK N.D. (Reuters) – President Barack Obama phoned Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Friday while traveling aboard Air Force One to discuss the crises in Iraq and Ukraine, a White House spokesman said.
