Chicago teachers union says schools probe sign of bigger problem
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The acting head of the Chicago Teachers Union said on Thursday that a federal probe of the city’s public schools chief executive points to a larger pattern of apparent conflicts of interest at the debt-troubled district.
Star quarterback Winston’s lawyer calls Florida rape suit a ‘stunt’
TAMPA, Fla., (Reuters) – A lawyer for college football star quarterback Jameis Winston, a contender for the top pick in the upcoming National Football League draft, on Friday labeled as a “stunt” the lawsuit filed a day earlier in a Florida court by a …
Immigration fight heads to federal appeals court
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – In a key test of President Barack Obama’s efforts to overhaul immigration law without congressional action, administration lawyers will on Friday ask a federal appeals court to lift an injunction blocking his executive action me…
Thousands of U.S. Midwest dogs infected with Asian flu variety
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A new strain of dog flu from Asia that started infecting pets in Chicago this January has spread to thousands of dogs in Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiana and killed six, animal health officials said.
Coast Guard ship returns to U.S. with 14 tons of seized cocaine
(Reuters) – A U.S. Coast Guard cutter carrying more than 14 tons of seized cocaine returned to a California naval base on Thursday after a two-and-a-half month operation off the coast of Central and South America, officials said.
Death of former NFL player’s cellmate ruled homicide: newspaper
(Reuters) – A California coroner has ruled that the death of a former NFL player’s prison cellmate was a homicide by strangulation, the Los Angeles Times reported on Thursday.
California Governor Brown hears business concerns about drought plan
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown on Thursday promised to consider the concerns of businesses affected by his order to cut urban water use by 25 percent as the prolonged drought in the most populous U.S. state drags into it…
Alaska Airlines bans baggage worker who got trapped in cargo hold
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A contract baggage handler who became trapped in the belly of an Alaska Airlines jet on takeoff from Seattle after falling asleep in the plane’s cargo hold has been banned from all future work at the airline, a company spokeswoman s…
Another death row inmate walks free in Alabama
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Reuters) – An Alabama death row inmate who won a new trial and then reached a plea deal with prosecutors walked out of jail a free man on Thursday, the second condemned man to do so this month.
Fort Hood attack Purple Heart recipients to get added benefits
(Reuters) – The U.S. Army said on Thursday it will provide additional benefits to the dozens of soldiers awarded Purple Heart medals stemming from a 2009 shooting rampage by an Army psychiatrist at the Fort Hood Army base in central Texas.
