Some Oklahoma teachers find the grass really is greener in Texas
GRAPEVINE, Texas (Reuters) – After years of poor pay, supply shortages and overcrowded classes, former Oklahoma teacher Chelsea Price decided the best way to pursue the profession she loves was to leave her home state and head south to Texas.
U.S. Air Force ‘Thunderbirds’ F-16 jet crashes in Nevada, killing pilot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Air Force pilot with the traveling Thunderbirds exhibition squad was killed early Wednesday when his F-16 jet crashed at Nellis Air Force base in Nevada, the third crash involving a military aircraft in the past two days.
Sears Holding, Delta Air hit by customer data breach at tech firm
(Reuters) – Department store chain Sears Holding Corp and Delta Air Lines Inc said on Wednesday some of their customer payment information may have been exposed in a cyber security breach at software service provider [ 24]7.ai.
Trump, stymied on wall, to send troops to U.S.-Mexico border
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump, unable to get the U.S. Congress or Mexico to fully fund his border wall, will post National Guard troops along the Mexican frontier, officials said on Wednesday, in a move that was likely to escalate tensi…
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…
