Chicago mayor turns down state cash advance to schools
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday turned down an offer by Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner to advance a fiscal 2016 state payment to the city’s cash-strapped school system to help make a pension payment.
‘My life was wasted,’ ex-Boston mob boss Bulger tells students: report
BOSTON (Reuters) – Long-time Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger told a group of Massachusetts high school students who had written to ask him questions for a research project that his “life was wasted and spent foolishly,” the Boston Globe reported….
Civil War buffs on Confederate flag debate: It’s complicated
(This story corrects the June 28 story to change the location of the state house to Columbia instead of Charleston in paragraph 6, and remove reference to Charleston in a quote in paragraph 7)
U.S. top court agrees to weigh affirmative action in college admissions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday waded into a new major battle over the future of affirmative action in college admissions by agreeing to take up for the second time a challenge to the process for picking students used by the Uni…
U.S. charges fifth man in alleged N.Y.-N.J. Islamic State plot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A New Jersey man was arrested on Monday on charges of conspiring to provide support to the militant group Islamic State, the fifth man to be arrested in recent weeks as part of a broader probe in the New York City region.
First marriage licenses for same-sex couples issued in Louisiana
(Reuters) – The first marriage licenses to same-sex couples in Louisiana were issued on Monday after state officials held off for several days on implementing a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized gay marriage nationwide.
New York prison break ends with shooting of second fugitive
MALONE, N.Y. (Reuters) – David Sweat, one of two New York state inmates who escaped from prison three weeks ago, was shot by police near the Canadian border and rushed to a local hospital on Sunday, two days after his accomplice was killed, authorities…
Illinois governor threat to lawmaker air express irks Democrats
CHICAGO (Reuters) – They’re nothing special to look at, they can be noisy and some say that inside they smell like old gym shoes, but that’s not all that’s wrong with the three King Air 350 twin-propeller planes owned by the state of Illinois. For Gove…
Texas attorney general says county clerks can refuse gay couples
(Reuters) – County clerks in Texas who object to gay marriage can refuse to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples despite last week’s landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling requiring states to allow same-sex marriage, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxto…
Ku Klux Klan fliers left on lawns in Los Angeles suburb
(Reuters) – Ku Klux Klan propaganda fliers were left in front of houses in a Los Angeles suburb over the weekend, the second such incident in southern California in a week to prompt homeowners to contact police with concerns, local authorities said.
