Dallas pension fund halts payments following mayor’s lawsuit
(Reuters) – The Dallas Police and Fire Pension System’s board has halted withdrawals from a deferred retirement plan following a lawsuit by the city’s mayor, who claimed withdrawals were accelerating the $2.7 billion pension system’s descent into insol…
California county settles with family of killed inmate for $3.6 million
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A county in the San Francisco Bay area has reached a $3.6 million settlement with the family of a mentally ill inmate who authorities said was beaten to death by jail guards last year, attorneys and county officials said on Fr…
Chicago schools’ new debt deal tops U.S. muni sales next week
CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The financially struggling Chicago Board of Education next week will sell a new type of debt, armed with an investment grade rating from Fitch Ratings based on the bonds’ ability to withstand a bankruptcy filing.
Inmate coughs, heaves during Alabama execution raising ire over drug
(Reuters) – A man executed by Alabama on Thursday night heaved and coughed for 13 minutes before dying, and critics of capital punishment said his reaction was caused by a drug that should be banned because it does not render a prisoner sufficiently un…
Actor T.J. Miller arrested after altercation with Uber driver
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “Office Christmas Party” actor T.J. Miller was arrested in Los Angeles early on Friday because of an altercation with his Uber driver over President-elect Donald Trump, according to police and media.
Washington’s subway cited for surge in electrical arcing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Potentially dangerous electrical arcing in Washington’s Metro, the second-busiest U.S. subway system, has increased, federal investigators said in a report on Friday, just weeks before an expected flood of visitors for Donald Tru…
Massachusetts man sentenced for threats to bomb schools in four states
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts man arrested last year for making a series of bomb threats to schools in four U.S. states in 2015 has been sentenced to three years probation, according to court filings.
Actor Judge Reinhold released from Dallas jail after airport disturbance
(Reuters) – Actor Judge Reinhold was released from a Dallas jail on Thursday night following his arrest for causing a disturbance at a local airport after refusing to be screened at a security checkpoint, police said on Friday.
N.Y. City to pay $600,000 in police brutality case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City has agreed to pay more than $600,000 to settle claims from a man who said he was brutally beaten by police officers nearly five years ago.
Polar vortex redux? U.S. forecasters say it could hit next week
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Forecasters are sending chills down some spines with a prediction that much of the northern half of the United States could see frigid weather next week similar to life-threatening lows the polar vortex brought to parts of the count…
