Chicago financing plan for ‘Star Wars’ museum draws mixed reviews
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposal to fold financing for a museum sought by “Star Wars” filmmaker George Lucas into a redo of the city’s massive convention center got mixed reviews from U.S. municipal bond market on Wednesday.
Harriet Tubman to be first African-American on U.S. currency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Anti-slavery crusader Harriet Tubman will become the first African-American on the face of U.S. paper currency, and the first woman in more than a century, when she replaces former President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill.
California communities beg for relief from drought restrictions
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – California communities where a wet winter has filled reservoirs and begun ameliorating the state’s catastrophic four-year drought begged water regulators on Wednesday to reduce or eliminate emergency conservation measures…
Ex-New Orleans police officers plead guilty in post-Katrina killings
(Reuters) – Five ex-New Orleans police officers pleaded guilty on Wednesday to various charges in connection with the killings of two unarmed people in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a federal prosecutor said.
Two students sue Kansas State University over rape allegations
(Reuters) – Two Kansas State University students filed federal lawsuits against the school on Wednesday, saying it failed to investigate their allegations that they were raped at off-campus fraternities.
U.S. top court rules Iran bank must pay 1983 bomb victims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that almost $2 billion in frozen Iranian assets must be turned over to American families of people killed in the 1983 bombing of a U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Beirut and other attacks b…
Oklahoma deputy thought he had Tased unarmed man he killed: lawyer
TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – The reserve deputy who fatally shot an unarmed man was justified in his intended use of force, a defense attorney said in opening statements in his trial on Wednesday, as prosecutors said his actions warranted a conviction on m…
Baltimore judge says second officer must testify in Freddie Gray case
(Reuters) – A Maryland judge ruled on Wednesday that a second Baltimore police officer must testify against two other officers also charged in the death of Freddie Gray a year ago.
One wounded in shooting at St. Louis’ Washington University
(Reuters) – One person was wounded in a shooting at Washington University in St. Louis and the campus was temporarily locked down, the private school said on Wednesday.
At least eight dead in Houston-area floods, more rain falls
HOUSTON (Reuters) – At least eight people have died and some 1,150 homes have been damaged in flooding triggered by torrential downpours in the Houston area this week as more rain fell in the region on Wednesday adding to vast pools of standing water.
