Syracuse, University of Iowa crowned as U.S.’s top party schools
BOSTON (Reuters) – New York’s Syracuse University edged out the University of Iowa for the crown of top party school in the United States, according to an annual ranking released on Monday by test-prep company the Princeton Review.
Florida same-sex marriage ban struck down in third case
TAMPA Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida judge on Monday struck down the state’s same-sex marriage ban in a ruling centered around whether a woman who entered into a civil union in another state could get divorced.
A dozen Washington homes burn in aggressive West Coast wildfire season
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A newly sparked wildfire was burning unchecked on Monday in central Washington state, charring about a dozen homes and threatening wide evacuations as crews scrambled to contain the blaze in an unusually destructive fire season on t…
California’s new state budget emphasizes funding for education
(Reuters) – California’s newest budget package of $152.3 billion in state spending emphasizes large increases for education, pays down debts, and proposes a 32-year plan to fully fund the teachers’ pension system, the state’s nonpartisan fiscal and pol…
Detroit residents get more time to deal with unpaid water bills
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Detroit residents with unpaid water bills now have 21 more days to pay or set up a payment plan as the city reassesses its policy on how to deal with a $90 million backlog in unpaid bills, the mayor said on Monday.
Star witness back on stand in Virginia ex-governor’s corruption trial
RICHMOND Va. (Reuters) – Defense lawyers for former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell in his federal corruption trial on Monday wrapped up their cross-examination of the businessman alleged to have given McDonnell and his wife gifts and loans.
Parents of bullied Florida girl who killed herself sue school board
ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) – The parents of a 12-year-old Florida girl who killed herself after being bullied by schoolmates filed a lawsuit Monday accusing the school system of negligence for failing to stop the torment.
Virginia family of five killed in apparent murder-suicide
(Reuters) – A Culpeper, Virginia, family of five was shot to death in an apparent murder-suicide, with the father the suspected shooter, police said on Monday.
Kurds ask U.S. court to scrap seizure order, allow crude delivery
HOUSTON (Reuters) – The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of Iraq asked a U.S. court on Monday to throw out an order to seize some 1 million barrels of disputed crude oil and allow the cargo to be freely delivered in Texas.
Two Detroit men charged in shooting of eight-year-old boy
(Reuters) – Two Detroit men have been charged in last week’s fatal shooting of an 8-year-old boy who had been sleeping in his bed, prosecutors said on Monday.
