Chicago school district sues former CEO as finances worsen
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Chicago school district on Thursday sued its former chief, who pleaded guilty last year to her role in a kickback scheme, and owners of two education training firms, seeking more than $65 million in damages.
Thousands pay final respects to Nancy Reagan ahead of funeral
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Mourners filed quietly past the casket of former first lady Nancy Reagan on Thursday for a second day at her husband’s presidential library in Southern California ahead of a funeral to be attended by current first lady Michelle …
Pennsylvania families win $4.2 million damages in fracking lawsuit
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A federal jury ruled on Thursday that Cabot Oil & Gas Co must pay more than $4.2 million in damages to two families in northeastern Pennsylvania who said the company’s fracking operations contaminated their ground water.
North Carolina can offer ‘Choose Life’ license plates, court rules
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – North Carolina can issue specialty license plates with an anti-abortion slogan but reject alternatives supporting abortion rights without running afoul of the U.S. Constitution, a federal appeals court said on Thursday i…
Wisconsin deaths linked to bacteria lowered to 15
(Reuters) – Wisconsin officials have revised down to 15 the number of deaths that may be related to an outbreak of Elizabethkingia bacteria that has infected a total of 48 people, most of them elderly, over the past five months.
Pennsylvania judge allows end of Sandusky’s Second Mile charity
(Reuters) – A Pennsylvania judge on Thursday approved the dissolution of The Second Mile, a charity for disadvantaged youth that prosecutors say founder Jerry Sandusky used to find his child sex abuse victims.
Ohio’s ‘dirty little secret’: blue-collar Democrats for Trump
CANTON, Ohio (Reuters) – If Donald Trump wins the Republican Party nomination, his path to the White House will run through this working-class city with a knack for picking presidents.
Policeman describes attack by gunman claiming Islamic State link
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A Philadelphia police officer ambushed by a man who claimed allegiance to Islamic State took the witness stand on Thursday to describe being shot through the open window of his cruiser in a chilling attack caught on video.
California pistachios recalled after Salmonella infects 11 people
(Reuters) – A California pistachio producer has recalled some of its pistachios after the nuts were linked to a strain of Salmonella that made 11 people ill in nine U.S. states between December and February, the Centers for Disease Control and Preventi…
At least five killed, several hurt in shooting near Pittsburgh: police
(Reuters) – Two gunmen ambushed a backyard party near Pittsburgh on Wednesday, killing at least five people and injuring several others, police said.
