New York police shoot black man holding pipe after reports he had firearm
(Reuters) – New York police officers on Wednesday shot to death a black man who pointed a metal pipe at them, after responding to emergency callers who said the man was aiming a firearm at pedestrians, a police official said.
Oklahoma House approves education tax bill amid teacher walkout
TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – The Oklahoma House of Representatives approved a $20 million internet sales tax on Wednesday as part of a revenue package aimed at ending a statewide walkout by teachers seeking higher pay and more education funding.
Tech companies aim for easy access over brawny security at offices
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Silicon Valley may tighten security after a shooting at the YouTube headquarters stunned the San Francisco Bay Area this week, but do not expect armed guards to take up protective posts around tech companies’ campuses.
Two Bill Clinton impeachment shows abandoned by U.S. TV networks
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. television networks have scrapped two planned series about former President Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky and his 1998 impeachment.
Video blogger who opened fire at YouTube was angry with company, police say
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – An Iranian-born woman who blogged about surviving in a world filled with “injustice and diseases” opened fire at YouTube’s California headquarters because she was angry at a site she believed was suppressing her videos, police…
Bizarre California hanging death leads to $5 million civil judgment
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A San Diego jury on Wednesday awarded $5 million in damages to relatives of a woman who was found hanged, bound and nude at the estate of her boyfriend, a wealthy pharmaceutical executive, in a mysterious 2011 death that police ru…
Michigan frees city of Flint from state oversight
(Reuters) – The city of Flint regained full control of its finances on Wednesday after Michigan announced the end of nearly seven years of state oversight that was marked by a drinking-water crisis that drew national attention.
Justice Department seizes over 100 homes in crackdown on marijuana operation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. law enforcement agencies seized over 100 homes in the Sacramento, California-area this week in what the U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday said was part of a sweeping crackdown on a criminal marijuana growing operation fun…
Chinese scientist gets 10 years in U.S. prison over theft of GMO rice
(Reuters) – A Chinese scientist in Kansas was sentenced on Wednesday to more than 10 years in a federal prison for conspiring to steal samples of a variety of genetically engineered rice seeds from a U.S. research facility, the U.S. Justice Department …
Sagging school funding fuels U.S. teacher protests
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. teacher demonstrations are likely to spread as more educators hit the streets to take on states that they claim are choosing tax cuts over the education of students in elementary and secondary public schools.
