Chicago teachers authorize one-day walkout
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Chicago Teachers Union’s governing body voted on Wednesday to send its 27,000 members and support staff off the job for one day next month to protest slow-moving contract talks and inadequate education funding.
Flight attendant accused of leaving behind cocaine stash arrested in NY
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A flight attendant who ran from Los Angeles International Airport moments before a search turned up 66 pounds (30 kg) of cocaine in her luggage surrendered to authorities in New York on Wednesday, law enforcement officials said….
Texas student sues over video of sorority sisters’ topless dancing
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A Southern Methodist University student sued a national sorority on Wednesday, saying it unlawfully copied and distributed a secretly made video showing sorority sisters dancing topless or in other states of undress at an even…
Officer who killed black man should not go to prison: Brooklyn DA
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former New York City police officer found guilty of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man should not go to prison, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson said on Wednesday.
Pentagon official ties released Guantanamo detainees to U.S. deaths
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some detainees released from Guantanamo Bay are responsible for the deaths of Americans, a senior Defense Department official said on Wednesday, yet the administration still believes it is in the country’s best interests to close…
Oklahoma City Public Schools District announces teacher layoffs
(Reuters) – The Oklahoma City Public Schools District will eliminate 208 classroom teaching positions to help grapple with a $30 million revenue shortfall, the district’s top official said on Wednesday.
Texas grand jury charges 48 more people in deadly biker fight
DALLAS (Reuters) – A central Texas grand jury issued indictments for 48 people on Wednesday who are accused of engaging in organized crime in connection with the 2015 shootout among rival motorcycle gangs in Waco that left nine people dead, prosecutors…
Man nested in Seattle’s landmark giant sequoia tree, draws coos, boos
(Reuters) – A man who nested in a giant sequoia tree in downtown Seattle, drew a flock of Twitter comments, with some cooing over #ManInTree and others condemning him for damaging the 80-foot-tall (24-meter-tall) city landmark before coming down on Wed…
Alleged victim of ex-House Speaker Hastert could testify: Tribune
CHICAGO (Reuters) – An alleged sex abuse victim of former House Speaker Dennis Hastert could testify at his sentencing on a conviction for trying to hide hush money he was paying to another alleged victim, the Chicago Tribune reported on Wednesday.
Pentagon to move ahead with $3 billion F-35 upgrade program in 2018
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon expects to award contracts for a $3 billion, six-year effort to upgrade its newest warplane, the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jet, by the end of 2018, the Air Force general who runs the $391 billion program said…
