Thousands of high school students skip Colorado state tests
DENVER (Reuters) – Thousands of Denver-area high school students skipped state-mandated science and social studies tests this week and some staged street protests in the latest dispute to hit Colorado education since a flare-up over history curricula.
California newspaper asks reporters to help with deliveries
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – One of California’s largest newspapers has asked reporters and other employees to help deliver papers on Sundays, according to a memo obtained by Reuters, the latest sign of the toll that financial woes are taking on print…
Ohio inmates spent months making ladder used in prison escape
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An inmate convicted of killing three teenagers in an Ohio high school shooting spent months with two other prisoners fashioning a 13-1/2-foot long ladder they used in a prison escape in September, a state prison report released on…
Man who tried to help at Tennessee traffic wreck dies after fall
NASHVILLE Tenn. (Reuters) – A Good Samaritan who stopped to help at the scene of a car crash on Friday died after stepping over a bridge railing and plummeting into a river far below, Nashville police said.
Noted muni bond investor James Lebenthal dies: family
NEW YORK (Reuters) – James Lebenthal, the U.S. municipal bond market’s biggest champion, has died following a heart attack at age 86, his daughter said on Friday.
Same-sex couples plan mass wedding in Kansas on Monday
WICHITA Kan. (Reuters) – More than a dozen same-sex couples plan to be married in a mass wedding ceremony outside a courthouse in Wichita on Monday now that such marriages are legal in Kansas, a minister said on Friday.
Florida equals state record with 19 panthers killed on roads
ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida panther killed by a car this week became the 19th road fatality this year for the endangered big cat species – matching the most on record in the state – although officials said the toll reflects an uptick in the pred…
Idaho teacher apologizes for killing, skinning rabbit in class
(Reuters) – An Idaho high school teacher under fire for killing and skinning a rabbit in front of his students to demonstrate how animals are processed for food has apologized to children disturbed by the incident, a school official said on Friday.
Obama’s immigration plan offers some relief, risk for tech sector
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration is expected to include some modest changes to make it easier for technology companies to retain high-skilled workers frustrated by long and unpredictable waits for green ca…
West Virginia University student found at fraternity dies
(Reuters) – A West Virginia University student found without a pulse at a fraternity house that had lost its charter died on Friday, the school said, a day after it suspended activities by fraternities and sororities.
