Chicago teachers set April 1 for ‘showdown’ with schools
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The head of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) said on Friday that the district will hold off on a controversial cost-cutting move affecting teachers’ pension payments to allow for the labor contract process to play out.
Record-long U.S. spaceflight leaves astronaut feeling sore
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – Astronaut Scott Kelly said on Friday he returned from a record-long U.S. spaceflight with sore muscles, joint pain, over-sensitive skin and a sense he had been away for more than a year.
Texas doctor found guilty of bilking insurers, government of $10 million
DALLAS (Reuters) – A Texas doctor has been found guilty of bilking $10 million from health insurance companies and the U.S. government through fraud, including being paid for attending surgeries while he was actually on his private jet, U.S. prosecutor…
Supreme Court temporarily blocks Louisiana abortion law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court, two days after hearing a major abortion case from Texas, on Friday temporarily blocked a Louisiana law imposing regulations on doctors who perform abortions in a move that would allow two recently closed clinic…
FanDuel agrees to stop paid operations in Texas on May 2: state
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Texas reached a deal with fantasy sports firm FanDuel by which it will halt paid operations on May 2, the state’s top prosecutor said on Friday, two months after saying such online operations are illegal gambling.
Sikh captain wins order blocking U.S. Army from excessive testing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Sikh Army captain has been granted a restraining order barring senior Army officials from forcing him to undergo $32,000 in testing before deciding whether he can wear a beard, uncut hair and turban as required by his religious…
Mississippi River reopens near St. Louis after fuel spill
(Reuters) – The Mississippi River reopened to shipping traffic near Granite City, Illinois, on Friday as the cleanup from a fuel spill on Thursday at Lock and Dam 27 was completed, officials said.
South Carolina teenager charged with copying nude photos of teacher
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A 16-year-old South Carolina high school student was arrested on Friday on charges that he had distributed nude photos of a teacher that he copied surreptitiously from her cellphone, authorities said.
New York man’s award for wrongful rape conviction cut to $12 million
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday reduced to $12 million from $18 million the maximum that New York City must pay a man who spent more than two decades in prison before being cleared of a rape he did not commit.
Harvard Law panel seeks to scrap official seal tied to slave owners
(Reuters) – A Harvard Law School committee on Friday recommended scrapping its official seal because it features the crest of a slave-owning family that helped endow the oldest U.S. university, saying it is an offensive symbol of a racist past.
