After Parkland shooting, U.S. states shift education funds to school safety
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Before the ink could dry on Florida Governor Rick Scott’s signature last month, critics cried foul over the bill he signed into law to spend $400 million boosting security at schools across the state following February’s Parkland m…
‘Momentum is on our side,’ Oklahoma teachers union leader declares
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oklahoma teachers carried their walkout over school funding and higher pay into a ninth day on Tuesday as a union leader declared educators had the advantage in a battle with the Republican-dominated state legislature.
Trump resumes attacks on law enforcement after FBI raids his lawyer’s office
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump reprised his angry attacks on law enforcement on Tuesday following FBI raids targeting his personal lawyer that were related to a federal investigation into possible collusion by Trump campaign aides w…
Six killed as plane crashes into Arizona golf course, police say
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Six people died when their small propeller plane crashed shortly after take-off into a golf course in southern Arizona, police said on Tuesday.
Cosby attorneys to lay out comedian’s sex-assault defense case
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – Bill Cosby’s defense lawyers on Tuesday were set to make their opening statements in his retrial on sex assault charges, a case that is expected to include testimony from a woman who claims his accuser had mused about profit…
Bodyguard for Floyd Mayweather shot in Atlanta
(Reuters) – A bodyguard for Floyd Mayweather was wounded when a gunman in a vehicle opened fire on the boxing great’s motorcade as it was traveling through an Atlanta intersection early on Monday, police said.
NTSB chairman, Tesla CEO talk after fatal ‘Autopilot’ crash
(Reuters) – The chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board and Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk had a “constructive conversation” on the agency’s probe into a fatal crash involving a Tesla vehicle that was operating in semi-autonomous Auto…
Texas serial bombing victims appear not to be linked: authorities
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The victims of the Austin serial bombing attacks that killed two people last month do not appear to have been linked, a U.S. attorney said on Monday, adding that the bomber, who killed himself as police closed in, likely acted…
Flint school children to be screened for effects of lead after agreement
(Reuters) – School children in Flint, Michigan, will receive screening and in-depth health assessments to measure the effects of lead-tainted drinking water on their ability to learn, under a more than $4 million legal agreement reached on Monday.
Michigan State student sues, claims school ignored rape by basketball players
DETROIT (Reuters) – A Michigan State University journalism student who said she was raped by three basketball players sued the school on Monday, claiming that she was discouraged by counselors from reporting the 2015 attack to police.
