Sharpen the pencils: Tennessee revives cursive teaching
NASHVILLE (Reuters) – Children in Tennessee will have to get used to holding a pencil again next year when new cursive handwriting standards go into effect in schools throughout the state.
University of New Mexico suspends soccer coach over hazing
ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (Reuters) – The University of New Mexico women’s soccer coach and 22 players on the team were ordered suspended on Friday over a hazing incident that landed one extremely intoxicated freshman athlete in the hospital last weekend, the a…
Judge blocks Montana from logging in grizzly territory
(Reuters) – Conservation groups on Friday hailed a court decision that blocks Montana from building roads and logging in nearly 37,000 acres of a state forest that serves as core habitat for protected grizzly bears.
Tennessee death row inmates sue to stop electric chair
NASHVILLE Tenn. (Reuters) – Tennessee death row inmates whose execution dates have been set filed suit on Friday against the state to stop it from using the electric chair.
Activists carry coffin of woman killed by Phoenix police
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Activists protesting the fatal shooting of a mentally ill woman by a Phoenix police sergeant last week carried her coffin to City Hall on Friday, demanding an independent investigation into her killing.
Exclusive: Amid Ferguson rage, council’s lone black member keeps low profile
FERGUSON Missouri (Reuters) – In many ways Dwayne James is a beacon of hope in Ferguson, which has been torn apart by racially charged riots. The only black councilman in a predominantly black town, James is widely respected even by political opponents…
Judge denies restraining order in San Francisco rent case
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday denied a motion for a temporary restraining order that would have frozen for the plaintiffs a controversial San Francisco city law that makes landlords pay a hefty fee when evicting tenants to take pr…
Connecticut preschool teacher’s aide faces child porn charges
WILTON Conn. (Reuters) – A Connecticut preschool teacher’s aide has been charged with possessing and sharing child pornography, police said on Friday.
Florida judge approves new state congressional maps, no special elections
TALLAHASSEE Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida judge on Friday approved the new congressional maps redrawn by Republican legislative leaders in a lawsuit over gerrymandering, and ruled that he would not order a special election in affected districts.
U.S. undercover investigators among those exposed in data breach
BOSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A cyber attack at a firm that performs background checks for U.S. government employees compromised data of at least 25,000 workers, including some undercover investigators, and that number could rise, agency officials said…
