Pennsylvania boy, nine, feared kidnapped on sailboat in Pacific Ocean
SEATTLE (Reuters) – An international search was underway on Friday for a Washington state father who vanished on a sailboat with his 9-year-old son, possibly to islands in the Puget Sound or South Pacific, or to Mexico, officials said.
Accreditation agency places Corinthian under warning
(Reuters) – Corinthian Colleges Inc said the accreditation agency looking into its placement records has directed the for-profit college to notify its students that it is under warning.
Mother, stepfather sought in disappearance of four Mississippi girls
CANTON Miss (Reuters) – The mother and stepfather of four young Mississippi girls missing for nearly two weeks are being sought by authorities in connection with their disappearance, with the girls feared to be in danger, police said Friday.
Purdue University shooter gets 65 years, shows no remorse
LAFAYETTE Ind. (Reuters) – A former Purdue University student was sentenced on Friday to 65 years in prison for shooting and stabbing to death a fellow engineering senior that he envied, in front of about a dozen students in a lab class in January.
Pathologist reviews autopsy of man killed in NY police choke hold
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A prominent pathologist hired by the family of Eric Garner, a man killed by New York City police in July during an arrest involving a banned choke hold, said on Friday his review of the autopsy confirmed earlier findings that Garne…
Los Angeles iPad rollout for schools slowed by technical challenges: report
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An ambitious $1.3 billion program to provide an iPad or other device to every Los Angeles public school student has been slowed by technical challenges, with curriculum that was supposed to be built into the technology often inc…
Protests planned to target U.S. southern border entry ports
DALLAS (Reuters) – American citizens describing themselves as “deeply concerned” with Obama administration immigration policies plan a mass protest on Saturday to press their demand to seal the southern border by blocking traffic at more than a dozen U…
Baltimore judge approves $190 million deal on secret gynecological photos
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – A Baltimore judge on Friday approved a $190 million settlement to compensate thousands of women who were secretly photographed by a now-deceased Johns Hopkins Hospital gynecologist during exams.
Ten Commandments marker can stay at Oklahoma Capitol: judge
(Reuters) – An Oklahoma judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit that sought the removal of a Ten Commandments monument from state Capitol grounds as an unconstitutional use of public property to endorse religion.
California bill would help protect franchisee business investments
LOS ANGELES – When Kathryn Slater-Carter learned her family would lose $1.5 million after McDonald’s Corp did not renew the franchise agreement on one of their restaurants in the San Francisco suburbs, she tried for a second time to change state law to…
