Publisher promises stickers, changes for textbook that called slaves ‘workers’
DALLAS (Reuters) – The publisher of a textbook criticized for a glaring error that glossed over the topic of slavery has offered stickers to schools that will cover up a caption describing African slaves as “workers,” a spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
Suspect in custody after reports of gunman on Philadelphia campus
(Reuters) – A suspect is in custody after reports of a person with a weapon put the Community College of Philadelphia on lockdown on Tuesday morning, police said.
New Jersey priest accused of aiming gun at young Cowboys fan
(Reuters) – A New Jersey priest who is a die-hard New York Giants fan heads to court on Tuesday, accused of pointing a musket at an 8-year-old boy who wore a rival football team’s jersey into the rectory.
Tennessee commission to consider asking for God’s mercy for gay marriage
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) – A county commission in Tennessee on Tuesday night will consider a resolution asking God to spare citizens from the wrath of God that may rain down on them as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling legalizing gay marria…
Planned Parenthood seeks class action status after Arkansas cuts payments
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – Planned Parenthood has sought class action status for its Medicaid patients in Arkansas after a U.S. judge ordered the state to continue payments to three women who challenged Arkansas’ move to halt payments to the organiz…
Grandmother wins $310.5 million Michigan Powerball jackpot
(Reuters) – A 50-year-old Michigan grandmother won last week’s $310.5 million Powerball jackpot, the Michigan Lottery announced on Tuesday.
Former President Carter mediating dispute between Martin Luther King heirs
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Former President Jimmy Carter is helping settle a dispute between Martin Luther King Jr.’s children over whether to sell King’s 1964 Nobel Peace Prize medal and the Bible he carried during the civil rights movement.
Texas plans to execute a man who killed, robbed victim of $8
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas plans on Tuesday to execute a man who was convicted of fatally shooting a recently arrived Mexican immigrant in the head and robbing him of $8.
Eleven dead in historic South Carolina rains and flooding
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (Reuters) – Floodwaters from unprecedented rainfall in South Carolina have killed 11 people, closed some 550 roads and bridges and prompted hundreds of rescues of people trapped in homes and cars, officials said on Monday.
Clinton TV ad rallies supporters on Benghazi investigation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrat Hillary Clinton is attempting to rally her supporters and stoke outrage with a new television advertisement that criticizes Republican remarks on investigations into the September 2011 attack in Benghazi that killed four…
