Oklahoma judge rules man competent to stand trial for beheading
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – A man charged with first-degree murder in the beheading of a woman at an Oklahoma City-area food-processing plant is competent to stand trial, an Oklahoma judge ruled on Wednesday.
Boy shot while family poses with illegal guns in Tennessee home
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) – Police on Wednesday investigated how a boy was shot in the face while his family posed for photos with illegal firearms in their southeastern Tennessee home.
Video shows student flip California principal in school brawl
(Reuters) – Three teenage California boys were arrested after a high school brawl caught on video during which the school’s principal was flipped to the ground by one of the youths, authorities said on Wednesday.
Pennsylvania schools taking out more loans amid state budget impasse
HARRISBURG, Penn. (Reuters) – Pennsylvania school districts have had to take out more loans to survive the state’s budget impasse, with total borrowing now at $431 million, Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said on Wednesday.
Violent South Carolina arrest prompts concerns over school police
(Reuters) – The violent arrest of a black female student by a white police officer at a South Carolina high school has reignited concerns that the proliferation of cops in U.S. schools can criminalize behavior once handled more quietly by school offici…
Greater pay transparency seen as bridging U.S. gender wage gap
NEW YORK (Reuters) – American actress Jennifer Lawrence reignited a national debate on equal pay this month when she criticized Hollywood’s gender wage gap after learning she was paid millions less than her male co-stars in the 2013 film “American Hust…
GE to spend $200 million on two factories for jet engine parts
(Reuters) – General Electric Co said on Wednesday it will spend more than $200 million to build two factories in Alabama to expand its capacity to make high strength materials for jet engines and power plant turbines.
Guantanamo court in closed hearing on replacing 9/11 suspect’s lawyer
FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) – A Guantanamo Bay court went into closed pre-trial session on Wednesday to hear why a Yemeni Sept. 11 suspect should be allowed to replace a lawyer in the slow-moving death penalty case.
U.S. seeks 30 years to life for man convicted in British bomb plot
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Pakistani man convicted in March in a U.S. court of conspiring with al Qaeda to bomb a shopping center in Manchester, England should spend 30 years to life in prison, U.S. prosecutors said.
Sheriff’s deputy to be fired in South Carolina classroom altercation: MSNBC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The white sheriff’s deputy who was caught on video flipping a black high school student out of her classroom chair in Columbia, South Carolina, will be relieved of duty, MSNBC reported on Wednesday.
