Judge blocks Louisiana governor’s move to scrap Common Core tests
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – In a blow to Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal’s move to withdraw his state from Common Core education standards, a state judge on Tuesday blocked Jindal’s plan to scrap a key set of standardized tests due to be introduced in the …
California lawmakers pass bill banning inmate sterilizations
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – California lawmakers sent a bill to ban sterilization surgeries on inmates in California prisons to Governor Jerry Brown on Tuesday, after media reports and a later audit showed officials failed to follow the state’s rules…
Kroger in cross hairs as U.S. gun fight spills into its aisles
(Reuters) – Kroger Co, the largest U.S. supermarket operator, is the latest high-profile company caught in the battle over gun rights and gun control in the United States.
Los Angeles schools to ease discipline policies to stem dropouts
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Los Angeles schools will take a more lenient approach to offenses such as alcohol possession and fighting to allow students a better chance to graduate, officials said on Tuesday.
Islamic State says beheads U.S. journalist, holds another
BAGHDAD/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State insurgents released a video on Tuesday purportedly showing the beheading of U.S. journalist James Foley, who had gone missing in Syria nearly two years ago, and images of another U.S. journalist whose life they …
California business tax breaks would have to prove effectiveness
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – Tax credits aimed at persuading businesses to locate in California would be subject to detailed performance reviews to make sure they are boosting the state’s economy under a bill passed on Tuesday by the Legislature.
In riot-hit Ferguson, traffic fines boost tension and budget
NEW YORK (Reuters) – When calm and order is finally restored to Ferguson, Missouri, the city’s leaders may find little room to maneuver to resolve an issue that has long inflamed racial tensions: traffic tickets.
Florida pair sentenced in multimillion-dollar coin laundry bank fraud
MIAMI (Reuters) – The leaders of a multimillion-dollar bank fraud and real estate scheme run out of an abandoned Florida coin laundry store have been sentenced to decades in jail by a federal judge.
Indicted Texas Governor Perry has fingerprints, mug shot taken
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) – Texas Governor Rick Perry, a possible Republican presidential candidate in the 2016 race, was fingerprinted and had his mug shot taken by judicial authorities on Tuesday after being indicted last week on two felony charges of a…
Islamic State says beheads U.S. journalist, holds another
BAGHDAD/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State insurgents released a video on Tuesday purportedly showing the beheading of U.S. journalist James Foley, who had gone missing in Syria nearly two years ago, and images of another U.S. journalist whose life they …
