Colorado students stage walkouts to protest proposed curriculum
DENVER (Reuters) – Hundreds of high school students in Colorado’s second-largest school district staged a walkout on Wednesday to protest proposed changes to a history curriculum that would stress patriotism and discourage civil disobedience.
Lawyers for Florida quarterback, accuser discussed payment for her silence in rape case: report
ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) – Lawyers involved in the case over rape accusations against Florida State University quarterback, Jameis Winston, said a financial payoff was discussed in exchange for the silence of his female accuser, but they disagreed over w…
ACLU sues Mississippi county over long detentions
(Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit against a Mississippi county for holding detainees for close to a year without formal charge or access to an attorney, a lawyer for the group said on Wednesday.
Pennsylvania ambush suspect spotted several times, police say
BLOOMING GROVE Pa. (Reuters) – The suspect in the killing of a Pennsylvania trooper is playing a cat-and-mouse game in the deep woods of the Pocono Mountains, eluding capture even though trackers have spotted him several times since the Sept. 12 shooti…
Mass shootings on the rise in United States, FBI report finds
(Reuters) – Mass shootings have occurred in the United States with increasing frequency over the past 14 years, with 486 people killed in 160 incidents, according to a Federal Bureau of Investigation analysis released on Wednesday.
Jury seated in north Florida retrial of loud music shooting
JACKSONVILLE Fla. (Reuters) – A jury was seated on Wednesday in the north Florida retrial of a middle-aged white man charged with killing an unarmed black teenager during a dispute over loud rap music.
Appeals court overturns ruling that halted Wisconsin campaign probe
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Wednesday overturned an earlier ruling that had halted an investigation in Wisconsin into possible illegal coordination between Governor Scott Walker’s campaign and special interest groups in 2011 and 20…
Jury seated in north Florida retrial of loud music shooting
JACKSONVILLE Fla. (Reuters) – A jury was seated on Wednesday in the north Florida retrial of a middle-aged white man charged with killing an unarmed black teenager during a dispute over loud rap music.
Los Angeles officials give initial OK to $15.37 minimum wage for hotel workers
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Workers at large Los Angeles hotels would see their wages rise to $15.37 an hour under a measure given preliminary approval by city leaders on Wednesday that would grant employees in that sector one of the highest wage floors in…
Prosecutors will not seek death penalty in hot-car death of Georgia toddler
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty against a Georgia man indicted for murder after leaving his 22-month-old son strapped in a hot car for seven hours in June, the local district attorney announced Wednesday.
