Fired Ohio State band director hired by Heidelberg University
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A former Ohio State University band director, fired for what school administrators called his failure to address a sexualized culture in the marching band, has been hired to lead the bands at nearby Heidelberg University, his new …
U.S. women’s soccer star Wambach pleads innocent to drunk driving charge
(Reuters) – Former U.S. women’s soccer star Abby Wambach pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to driving under the influence of alcohol and was given permission by an Oregon judge to travel out of the state for work reasons, prosecutors said.
District of Columbia lawmakers ban public pot smoking
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Smoking marijuana in public or in clubs was banned permanently on Tuesday by the District of Columbia’s city council, reversing course for a second time.
Amtrak crash shows U.S. anti rail-collision system may have gaps
(Reuters) – Sunday’s fatal Pennsylvania Amtrak accident may have exposed possible blind spots in a nationwide collision prevention system that is meant to stop crashes on U.S. railroads.
Detroit’s county touts first budget surplus in eight years
(Reuters) – Wayne County, home to Detroit, Michigan, ended fiscal 2015 with a general fund budget surplus for the first time in eight years, the county executive announced on Tuesday.
San Francisco could be first U.S. city with fully paid parental leave
(Reuters) – San Francisco could become the first U.S. city to mandate fully paid parental leave, requiring employers to shoulder a substantial portion of the burden and far exceeding the benefits provided by California and other states and cities.
New York man who charged airliner cockpit sentenced to prison
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A New York state man who charged an airliner cockpit saying “jihad” was sentenced on Tuesday to nine months in prison and three years of supervised release, federal prosecutors said.
Ex Representative Grimm’s restaurant partner to plead guilty: lawyer
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A onetime business partner of former U.S. Representative Michael Grimm is preparing to plead guilty to a tax charge in a case related to the prosecution that led to the congressman’s imprisonment, his lawyer said on Tuesday.
Worker killed, three injured after highway beam falls in Chicago suburb
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A construction worker was killed and three others suffered minor injuries when a 45-ton steel beam fell along a highway in a suburb northwest of Chicago early on Tuesday, a fire official said.
Pennsylvania man threatened ‘hail of gunfire’ before daughter killed
ENOLA, Penn. (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania man accused of homicide in the death of his 12-year-old daughter threatened to “go out in a hail of gunfire” if he were evicted from his home, but state officials declined to relay that to police, according to te…
