Philadelphia teachers to pay for health benefits as contract axed
(Reuters) – The state panel that oversees Philadelphia’s cash-strapped public schools abruptly canceled a contract with teachers on Monday, despite nearly two years of labor negotiations, and said teachers would have to begin paying for healthcare bene…
Friend of accused Boston bomber was too stoned to lie, lawyer says
BOSTON (Reuters) – A friend of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect could not have lied to the FBI about visiting his dorm room and removing a backpack because he was too intoxicated by marijuana to remember what he did that day, his attorney said on Mo…
Casino magnate gambles another $1.5 million on Florida marijuana vote
TALLAHASSEE Fla. (Reuters) – Las Vegas casino magnate Sheldon Adelson has put up another $1.5 million for opponents of a constitutional amendment that would let doctors prescribe marijuana for medical reasons in Florida.
Workers begin removing Trump name from Atlantic City casino
(Reuters) – Workers began removing the large letters spelling out the Trump name from the shuttered Trump Plaza casino in Atlantic City on Monday after real-estate mogul Donald Trump sued to end a licensing deal that allowed the casino owners to use hi…
Billionaire’s estate tax ‘windfall’ a boon to Pennsylvania coffers
HARRISBURG Pa. (Reuters) – A whopping $100 million tax payment to Pennsylvania by the estate of a conservative billionaire is a welcome addition to the state’s strained finances, state officials said on Monday.
Police investigate high-profile NYC lawyer after rape complaint
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Authorities are investigating an allegation that a New York lawyer who has been involved in high-profile civil rights lawsuits against police raped a woman at his Manhattan apartment last week, police said on Monday.
Detroit not ‘where we need to be,’ but can rebuild after bankruptcy: mayor
DETROIT (Reuters) – Detroit may take years before fully functioning as a city, its mayor said on Monday as he gave a tepid blessing to the plan for ending the city’s historic bankruptcy.
Suspected gunman wrote letter about Pennsylvania ambush: CNN
(Reuters) – The survivalist accused of gunning down two Pennsylvania State Police troopers left a handwritten letter detailing the ambush and his escape, CNN reported on Monday.
Jewish fraternity house in Atlanta vandalized with swastikas
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Swastikas were spray painted on a Jewish fraternity house at Emory University in Atlanta hours after the solemn Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, school officials said on Monday.
Attorneys back in court to narrow jury pool in Jodi Arias sentencing retrial
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Attorneys returned to an Arizona court on Monday to narrow an already whittled-down pool for selecting jurors who will determine whether convicted murderer Jodi Arias will be executed for killing her ex-boyfriend at his Phoenix-area…
