Stay hopeful, ex-North Korea detainee tells two U.S. prisoners there
(Reuters) – A Korean-American missionary detained for two years in North Korea, where he served time at a labor camp, said on Wednesday two Americans held in the reclusive country should remain hopeful that U.S. officials will obtain their release.
High-ranking San Francisco politicians call for new police chief
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Three members of San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors on Wednesday called for the replacement of the city’s police chief amid scandals that have rocked the department for months.
Texas judge upholds nearly two-year jail term for ‘affluenza’ teen
FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas judge on Wednesday upheld his April order of a nearly two-year jail term for the Texas “affluenza” teenager, who killed four people while driving drunk, a local prosecutor’s office said.
North Carolina students sue U.S. over stance on bathroom access
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – A group of North Carolina public school students and their parents is asking a U.S. court to block two federal agencies from withholding education funding in a dispute over a state law mandating bathroom access according…
Businessman in Detroit Public Schools kickback scheme pleads guilty
(Reuters) – A businessman at the center of a years-long kickback scandal involving more than 12 Detroit Public Schools principals pleaded guilty on Wednesday to federal bribery and tax evasion charges and was ordered to pay back $2.7 million to the cas…
Congress backs Arlington burial honor for female pilots
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers cleared the way on Wednesday for female pilots from World War Two to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery, the vast military cemetery just outside Washington.
Texas fertilizer plant blast that killed 15 was criminal act: ATF
(Reuters) – A blast that killed 15 people three years ago triggered by a fire at a Texas fertilizer plant was a criminal act, U.S. agents said on Wednesday after conducting extensive tests that eliminated accidental and natural causes.
Accused Planned Parenthood clinic gunman ruled mentally incompetent
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) – The man accused of killing three people and wounding nine others in a shooting rampage last year at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado was declared incompetent to stand trial at a court hearing on his mental sta…
U.S. orders immediate repairs to troubled Washington subway
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal safety officials on Wednesday ordered immediate repairs to Washington’s troubled subway system, the second-busiest in the United States, after a series of fires since late April.
Planned Parenthood sues Ohio over plan to restrict funds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit against Ohio officials on Wednesday over a plan by the state to restrict the U.S. healthcare agency’s access to state and federal funds, saying the action is unconstitutional, court filings show…
