Texas teacher disciplined for ‘terrorist’ award for student
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – At least one Houston-area teacher has been disciplined after presenting a seventh grade student with the mock award “most likely to be a terrorist,” a school district official said on Friday.
Texas prosecutor brings new murder charge on ‘angel of death’ nurse
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – Texas prosecutors served a new murder warrant on a former nurse known as the “angel of death” for killing infants to keep her behind bars and thwart a mandatory release set for next year, a district attorney said on Friday.
Accused South Carolina serial killer pleads guilty to seven murders: reports
(Reuters) – An accused serial killer pleaded guilty to seven murders at a court in South Carolina on Friday and was given seven consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole, avoiding the death penalty, local news reports said.
Oakland, California construction collapse hurts 13 workers
(Reuters) – Thirteen construction workers were hurt on Friday when scaffolding collapsed while they were pouring concrete at a building site in Oakland, California, according to the city’s fire department.
U.S. to carry out first ICBM intercept test
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will test an existing missile defense system to try to intercept an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) next week, U.S. officials said on Friday, at a time when North Korea is trying to develop one.
Fingers crossed! Washington zoo hopes to get panda pregnant again
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Zoo officials in Washington hope they can get lucky again with female giant panda Mei Xiang.
Hillary Clinton attacks proposed Trump budget cuts as ‘cruelty’
WELLESLEY, Mass. (Reuters) – Hillary Clinton assailed the man who beat her to the White House, slamming as “unimaginable cruelty” President Donald Trump’s proposal to cut $3.6 trillion in government spending over the next decade in a speech on Friday.
Woman awarded $95.6 million in Philadelphia building collapse settlement
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Ukrainian immigrant who underwent amputations after a Philadelphia building collapsed on her was awarded $95.6 million as part of a settlement for victims of the 2013 disaster that killed seven people and injured 12 others, her a…
Turkish NBA star tweets ‘you can’t catch me’ at arrest warrant report
ANKARA/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Enes Kanter, the Turkish NBA star whose home country has revoked his passport, on Friday expressed disdain on social media at reports that Turkey’s government had issued a warrant for his arrest.
U.S. home prices to rise at a strong pace on tight supply: Reuters poll
(Reuters) – U.S. home prices look poised to rise at a robust pace over the next few years, mainly because of a chronic shortage of houses and steady demand, a Reuters poll showed on Friday.
