Chicago mayor buys peace with teachers, fiscal impact uncertain
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A tentative deal reached late on Monday between the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and its teachers union averted a strike that had been scheduled for Tuesday but the impact on the district’s already shaky finances was uncertain.
Unarmed black man killed by Tulsa police had PCP in his system: autopsy
TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – An unarmed black man who was fatally shot by police in Oklahoma last month while he had his hands in the air had a hallucinogenic drug in his system when he was killed, according to an autopsy released on Tuesday.
Self-styled Minnesota pastor pleads guilty to sex crimes
(Reuters) – A self-styled Minnesota church leader who was arrested in Brazil last year on allegations of sexually assaulting two 15-year-old girls pleaded guilty on Tuesday to felony sex crimes, prosecutors said.
U.S. court rules CFPB structure unconstitutional, bureau can still operate
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the structure of the U.S. agency charged with guarding consumers’ finances is unconstitutional, fueling an election-year political fight over one of the signature government …
U.S. justices to weigh detainee suit against Bush officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to decide whether to block a lawsuit against former Attorney General John Ashcroft and others by non-U.S. citizens, mainly Muslims, swept up after the Sept. 11 attacks who said they were a…
U.S. police used Facebook, Twitter data to track protesters: ACLU
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – U.S. police departments used location data and other user information from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to track protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, and Baltimore, according to a report from the American Civil Liberties Union…
SUNY Polytechnic president resigns amid corruption charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The president of State University of New York’s Polytechnic Institute has resigned from his position after prosecutors accused him of engaging in schemes to rig bids for state-funded contracts, his lawyer said on Tuesday.
Supreme Court weighs Colorado juror race-bias dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The role of race in the U.S. criminal justice system came before the Supreme Court again on Tuesday in a case in which a Hispanic man is seeking to overturn his sexual offense convictions due to a juror’s racially charged stateme…
Chicago mayor touts budget as sign of improved fiscal health
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Coming off a taxing spree to rescue Chicago’s ailing pension funds, Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday unveiled a fiscal 2017 budget that he said reflects the city’s success at stabilizing its finances.
Supreme Court agrees to hear debt collection dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to decide whether people who have filed for bankruptcy can sue companies that attempted to collect old debt from them that was not required to be paid back because of state statutes of lim…
