Chinese woman admits to cheating on U.S. college admission exam
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Chinese woman pleaded guilty on Monday to cheating on a college entrance exam, becoming the latest person to admit wrongdoing amid U.S. probes into international students who use imposters to gain admission to American universities…
Oklahoma, Kentucky teachers skip school as frustration boils over
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – School teachers in Oklahoma and Kentucky walked off the job on Monday to protest cuts in pay, pensions and benefits, as discontent over years of sluggish spending on public education spilled over in two more U.S. states and th…
U.S. sues California over law trying to curb federal land sales
WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department sued California over a state law that aims to stop the Trump administration from selling or transferring federal lands to private corporations, hitting the state with yet another legal ch…
Supreme Court rejects appeal to release anti-abortion activists’ videos
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by anti-abortion activists to win the release of videos they surreptitiously recorded at meetings of abortion providers.
U.S. to sue California over law trying to curb federal land sales
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department said on Monday it plans to file a civil lawsuit against California, alleging the state is violating the U.S. Constitution after it passed a law that aims to stop the Trump administration from selling o…
Accused Colorado Walmart shooter mentally fit to stand trial
DENVER (Reuters) – A man who police said “nonchalantly” walked into a Denver-area Walmart store last year and fatally shot three people is competent to stand trial for murder, a judge ruled on Monday.
California mudslide insurance losses exceed $421 million: regulator
(Reuters) – A series of deadly mudslides along Southern California’s coast in January caused more than $421 million insured losses, the state’s insurance commissioner said on Monday.
‘Affluenza’ Texan, who killed four driving drunk, released from jail
FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) – A Texan who killed four people while driving drunk as a teen, then avoided prison by blaming his wealthy upbringing, was released from jail on Monday after serving nearly two years for violating probation in the case, offi…
Deadly California cliff car wreck possibly intentional: police
(Reuters) – A sports utility vehicle carrying a large, multiracial family from Washington state drove straight off a scenic cliff on the California coast last week, killing at least six people in what appears to have been an intentional crash, police s…
Oklahoma, Kentucky teachers shut schools over pay, pensions
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oklahoma teachers walked off the job on Monday, closing schools statewide and surrounding the Capitol to demand pay raises and more funding for a school system reeling from a decade of budget cuts.
