Louisiana residents without flood insurance face uncertainty
BATON ROUGE, La. (Reuters) – Quenton Robins watched on Sunday morning as a giant metal claw clamped down on his mother’s ruined belongings, snapping wooden cabinets with an audible crack as the operator of a giant mechanized arm slowly cleared a mound …
California Supreme Court upholds teacher tenure law
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The California Supreme Court on Monday upheld a ruling that protected the state’s tenure laws for public school teachers, marking a victory for unions.
Sandusky lawyer seeks to prove leak tainted in Penn State molestation case
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (Reuters) – A lawyer for convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky sought to prove on Monday that prosecutors illegally leaked information to a reporter about the former Penn State football coach and thus tainted the judicial process that…
Berlin Wall chunk, Ronald Reagan’s cowboy boots to be auctioned
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A chunk of the Berlin Wall and a pair of cowboy boots that belonged to late U.S. President Ronald Reagan will be auctioned in September as part of the private collection of Ronald and Nancy Reagan that is expected to fetch more tha…
Florida man in hacking probe gets 42 years in prison for child porn
(Reuters) – A Florida private investigator was sentenced to 42 years in prison on Monday for using a minor to produce child pornography, which was discovered after authorities searched his computers following his arrest last year for hacking a global c…
Chicago Public Schools seeks $1.55 billion credit line
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The cash-strapped Chicago public school system will rely on a $1.55 billion line of credit in fiscal 2017 to boost cash flow, up from $1.065 billion in fiscal 2016, according to a briefing document released by the district on Monday…
Three companies to plead guilty in U.S. to fixing capacitor prices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Rubycon Corp, Elna Co Ltd and Holy Stone Holdings Co, Ltd have agreed to plead guilty to fixing the prices of electrolytic capacitors sold in the United States, the Justice Department said on Monday.
Hundreds of Americans wash up illegally in Canada after river party
TORONTO (Reuters) – About 1,500 Americans floating down a river that separates the United States from Canada had to be rescued from the water when strong rains and winds sent them illegally into Canadian territory, the country’s coast guard said on Mon…
GM asks judge to throw out ignition switch case over ‘fabricated’ key
NEW YORK (Reuters) – General Motors Co on Monday asked a Texas judge to throw out a lawsuit over a fatal 2011 crash blamed on a faulty ignition switch, accusing plaintiffs and their lawyers of fabricating evidence about the vehicle’s key during the ongoing trial.
New York grand jury charges man with murder of Muslim cleric
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York City grand jury on Monday indicted a Brooklyn man who is accused of fatally shooting a Muslim cleric and his assistant this month after they left a mosque in Queens.
