Detroit suburb police chief resigns after officer beat black man: newspaper
(Reuters) – The police chief of a Detroit suburb resigned on Wednesday, the Detroit Free Press newspaper reported, just days after one of the department’s officers was charged over a beating of a black driver in January that was caught on video.
California bill would require union buy-in for teacher evaluations
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – The degree to which student test scores in California could be used to evaluate teachers’ job performance would be decided in union negotiations rather than by school districts or lawmakers under a bill that advanced Wedn…
Arizona’s Sheriff Arpaio says he delegated court order on profiling
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Controversial Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio dodged questions on Wednesday over whether he was to blame for allowing deputies to violate a court order blocking immigrants from being detained solely on the suspicion of being in the countr…
‘I thought … I was dead’: dancer maimed in Boston bombing
BOSTON (Reuters) – When ballroom dancer Adrianne Haslet-Davis heard a blast as she stood at the finish line of the Boston Marathon two years ago, she knew it was no accident and suspected another explosion would follow.
Boies, Dershowitz duel in defamation case concerning sex trafficking claims
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Prominent U.S. litigator David Boies is squaring off against another top American attorney, Alan Dershowitz, in a legal fight centered around a woman who says she was trafficked for sex as an underage girl.
Police arrest Utah man who lit brush fire ‘to signal for help’
(Reuters) – Police in Utah arrested a 25-year-old man on suspicion of arson after he told officers he lit a brush fire that burned dozens of acres to signal for help after his car got stuck, authorities said on Wednesday.
Thousands of Washington state teachers strike over pay
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Thousands of teachers across Washington state held the first in a planned series of one-day strikes on Wednesday to demand higher pay, better benefits and a reduction in class sizes, the state’s largest teachers’ union said.
Baltimore police gave statements after death in custody: lawyer
(Reuters) – Five of the six officers involved in the arrest of a black man who died in police custody gave voluntary, recorded statements the night of the incident, a lawyer for the Baltimore police union said on Wednesday.
Body of missing Texas teen recovered from Colorado canyon
DENVER (Reuters) – Recovery crews in Colorado on Wednesday retrieved the body of an 18-year-old Texas man who was killed when his truck went off a treacherous mountain pass, near where another motorist plunged to his death in February, authorities said…
New Jersey grandma gets 55 years for killing husband, keeping remains
MAYS LANDING, N.J. (Reuters) – A judge compared a New Jersey grandmother to gangster Al Capone on Wednesday and sentenced her to 55 years in prison for stabbing and dismembering her husband and then keeping his remains for years.
