New Jersey boy dies when folding bench at school gym collapses
(Reuters) – After a folding bench collapsed and killed an 8-year-old boy in a gym at a New Jersey elementary school, an administrator with the school district said on Thursday there had been no previous safety issues with the benches.
Prosecutors in Colorado cinema massacre case want to bar some videos
DENVER (Reuters) – Prosecutors in the death penalty murder trial of accused Colorado cinema gunman James Holmes want certain videos barred from a potential sentencing hearing should jurors convict him of killing 12 moviegoers, court documents showed on…
New video released in police shooting of Cleveland boy
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Cleveland police did not appear to have given immediate aid to Tamir Rice after an officer fatally shot the 12-year-old boy in a city park in November, according to a security video of the incident released on Thursday.
U.S. judge partly lifts gag order in West Virginia mine explosion case
BECKLEY, W.Va. (Reuters) – A federal judge in West Virginia partially lifted a gag order in a case against former Massey Energy chief executive Don Blankenship on charges he violated federal mine and safety laws before a 2010 explosion that killed 29 m…
More sex charges for ex-Utah female teacher accused of raping teen boys
(Reuters) – A former Utah teacher who prosecutors say sexually abused a 17-year-old boy and sent him photos of her naked breasts while already accused of raping him and two other boys has been hit with additional charges, prosecutors said on Thursday.
California firm recalls beef, pork products for possible metal contamination
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A California meat company is recalling 48,139 pounds of frozen, ready-to-eat beef and pork products that may be contaminated with extraneous metal materials, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (F…
Arizona officer told he will be fired for scuffle with professor, lawyer says
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona campus police officer who came under scrutiny after he scuffled with an English professor he had stopped for jaywalking last year has been told the university intends to fire him, his lawyer said on Thursday.
End to California foie gras ban sends chefs, activists scrambling
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – As chefs in California hurried to stock their kitchens with newly legal foie gras, animal rights activists on Thursday protested a federal judge’s decision overturning the state’s two-year ban on sales of the fatty liver of duck…
Boston cheered for winning first heat in Olympic race
(Reuters) – Congratulations poured in to Boston from politicians, athletes and rival bidders on Thursday after the U.S. Olympic Committee put forward New England’s largest city as its candidate to host the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Obama proposes idea of two free years of community college
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama wants to make two years of community college free and universally available, a proposal he said on Thursday he would flesh out in his State of the Union speech later this month.
