California governor to propose increased funding for education
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown on Thursday is set to propose a budget that increases public spending in areas including education, the latest indication of the most populous U.S. state’s rebound from years of economic do…
California faces pivotal juncture as death-row population swells
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (Reuters) – Stacked in cells five stories high and dozens across, the death-row inmates at California’s San Quentin prison embody a political stalemate that has swollen their ranks to more than 700 – a quarter of all U.S. prisoners …
California teacher’s aide charged with assaulting boy, 9
(Reuters) – A teacher’s aide at a San Francisco-area school for developmentally disabled children was facing child abuse charges on Thursday for an assault on a nine-year-old student that was captured on video, police said.
Texas trooper to be fired after indictment in case related to jail death
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas trooper who arrested a black motorist who was later found hanged in her jail cell was indicted on Wednesday by a grand jury on perjury charges over statements he made in his arrest report and public safety officials sa…
Exclusive: California shooter’s visa record shows routine interview, no flags raised
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The record of San Bernardino shooter Tashfeen Malik’s U.S. visa interview in Pakistan shows it was conducted without any obvious irregularities and triggered no significant suspicions, according to a source familiar with the offi…
Georgia man kills two-year-old son, self in standoff with police
(Reuters) – A 43-year-old man shot and killed his young son before taking his own life in an Atlanta-area home on Wednesday, ending a nearly day-long standoff with police, authorities said.
Parents of Mexican farm worker killed by police file wrongful death suit
(Reuters) – The parents of a Mexican immigrant fatally shot by police in Washington state have filed a wrongful death suit against local authorities and the officers who killed him, accusing them of excessive force, an attorney said on Wednesday.
Oregon occupiers: Not quite time to go home yet
BURNS, Ore. (Reuters) – The leader of a group of armed men who took over a U.S. wildlife refuge in remote southeastern Oregon said on Wednesday they know they will have to go home, but they want results from their protest and feel it is not “quite time…
Ex-police chief of NY town sentenced in case that led to child porn sweep
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The former police chief of a New York town was sentenced to 1-1/2 years in prison on Wednesday for possessing child pornography in a case that helped crack an extensive child pornography operation in New York state.
Alabama chief justice orders halt to same-sex marriage licenses
(Reuters) – The chief justice of Alabama’s Supreme Court ordered the state’s probate judges on Wednesday not to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples despite a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court last year legalizing gay marriage.
