Detroit council approves regional water authority deal
DETROIT (Reuters) – The Detroit City Council on Friday approved the creation of a regional water authority, pushing forward an integral part of the city’s plan to exit the biggest-ever municipal bankruptcy.
North Carolina court releases money in halted school voucher program
WINSTON-SALEM N.C. (Reuters) – About 1,900 North Carolina students will be allowed to receive public money to attend private schools despite a finding by a judge that the scholarship program is unconstitutional, the state’s Court of Appeals ruled on Fr…
Texas triple murder suspect kills self in jail: authorities
(Reuters) – A 63-year-old man charged with killing three adults and wounding a child during a shooting spree at a trailer park in Corpus Christi, Texas, committed suicide in his jail cell, police said on Friday.
Police check car, apartment in search for missing Virginia student
(Reuters) – Police looking for a missing University of Virginia student searched a car and apartment on Friday in a major break in the case, a police spokeswoman said.
University of California votes not to divest from fossil fuels
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The University of California voted on Friday to maintain its investments in fossil fuels, frustrating a student-led effort to divest its portfolio in oil, natural gas and coal.
Utah doctor sentenced to 15 years to life for wife’s 2007 murder
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – A Utah judge sentenced a former doctor to 15 years to life in prison on Friday for murdering his wife by drugging her with a powerful cocktail of painkillers and holding her head underwater in a bathtub until she drowned, cou…
Exclusive: Angry with Washington, 1 in 4 Americans open to secession
BOSTON (Reuters) – The failed Scottish vote to pull out from the United Kingdom stirred secessionist hopes for some in the United States, where almost a quarter of people are open to their states leaving the union, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
Judge concerned over U.S. embassy bombing case guilty plea
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An Egyptian man pleaded guilty in New York on Friday to charges stemming from the deadly 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 224 people.
Crews hope break in weather will aid fight against California wildfire
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Crews hoped to take advantage of improved weather conditions on Friday to stop a raging Northern California wildfire before it claims 12,000 homes in the path of the flames that have already charred nearly 120 square miles of dr…
Angelina Jolie surgery sparks surge in female cancer tests: study
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Hollywood star Angelina Jolie’s decision to make public her double mastectomy more than doubled the number of women in Britain seeking to have genetic breast cancer tests, according to a study released on Friday.
