Los Angeles school district, teachers in tentative labor deal
(Reuters) – The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and the city’s teachers union reached a tentative agreement on Friday night, the union said, averting a possible strike.
Billionaire mall developer Alfred Taubman dies at 91
(Reuters) – Billionaire mall developer and prominent philanthropist A. Alfred Taubman, who launched the mall business Taubman Centers Inc in 1950, died on Friday of a heart attack, his son said. He was 91.
Maryland man charged in killing of U.S. Census Bureau guard
(Reuters) – Prosecutors charged a Maryland man with murdering a guard outside the U.S. Census Bureau headquarters this month and kidnapping a woman before a deadly shootout, officials said on Friday.
Missouri drops charges against officer indicted in shooting of man
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) – A Missouri prosecutor on Friday dismissed charges against a Kansas City police officer indicted in February by a grand jury for the non-fatal shooting of a 37-year-old man last summer.
Campaign begins in Arizona to make recreational marijuana legal
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Advocates for legalizing marijuana launched a petition campaign in Phoenix on Friday seeking a ballot measure that could make Arizona the fifth U.S. state to allow possession, cultivation and consumption of small amounts of pot for …
Man gets 100 years for killing Montana teacher in drug-fueled frenzy
(Reuters) – A man who admitted killing a Montana teacher during a cocaine frenzy was sentenced to 100 years in prison by a state judge on Friday in a case that authorities said underscored a crime wave that accompanied a regional oil boom.
University of Kentucky student fatally shot near campus
LOUISVILLE (Reuters) – A University of Kentucky student was fatally shot early on Friday during a street robbery near the campus in Lexington, and authorities charged two men in the killing, police said.
Workers claim Wal-Mart closed California store in retaliation
(Reuters) – Some employees accused Wal-Mart Stores Inc on Friday of closing a location in the Los Angeles area for six months in retaliation for workers demanding for better wages and benefits.
California gas pipeline explosion, fire injure up to 15 people
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A construction crew accidentally ruptured a natural gas transmission line on Friday in Fresno, California, igniting an explosion and fire that injured up to 15 people, at least one of them critically, a fire department spokesman…
Former U.S. Marine charged in 2011 murder of companion in Panama
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A former U.S. Marine was charged on Friday with murdering a woman who went missing in 2011 after traveling with him to Panama and whose dismembered remains were found in the remote jungle two years later.
