U.S. schools warned not to deny students over immigration status
(Reuters) – The Obama administration on Thursday issued a stern warning to U.S. state and local school districts not to deny enrollment to undocumented immigrant children.
Alaska trooper was wrongly fired for sex with crime victim: court
JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) – An Alaska state trooper should not have been fired for having consensual off-duty sex with a victim of domestic violence several hours after he participated in arresting her husband, the Alaska Supreme Court has ruled.
Fire victims at tennis star’s Florida home were shot: police
MIAMI (Reuters) – A family of four suffered gunshot wounds before they died in a blaze that destroyed a Florida mansion owned by former professional tennis player James Blake, police said on Thursday.
Despite rebound, minorities still hardest hit by U.S. housing bust
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Despite a rebound in the U.S. housing market, African-American and Latino neighborhoods remain disproportionately impacted by the real estate crash, with many minorities still underwater on their mortgages, a report showed on …
Georgia police search for elderly widow of decapitated man
(Reuters) – Georgia police were searching on Thursday for a missing elderly woman whose husband was found beheaded in their home.
Miami mansion once owned by drug lord Escobar garners nearly $10 million
MIAMI BEACH, Florida (Reuters) – A Miami businessman on Thursday purchased a waterfront mansion once owned by Colombian cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar and said he plans to raze the coral pink house that federal officials seized in the late 1980s.
Federal land worker threatened in Utah as conflict simmers
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – A pair of motorists in a pick-up truck brandished a firearm and flashed a threatening sign at a federal land management agent in Utah, officials said on Thursday, about a month after a widely-publicized armed standoff with a …
London imam describes accident that cost him hands, eye at U.S. trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – For years, the radical London imam Abu Hamza al-Masri has been known as much for the distinctive metal hook he wore in place of his missing right hand as for his fiery sermons.
‘Friday Night Lights’ school in Texas embroiled in sex scandals
DALLAS (Reuters) – The school behind the book, movie and TV series “Friday Night Lights” has become mired in scandal with five staff members investigated for suspected sexual relations with students, including a teacher who died this week, a likely sui…
Colorado high court backs new sanity exam for movie theater gunman
DENVER (Reuters) – The Colorado Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a trial judge’s decision granting prosecutors a second psychiatric examination of accused theater gunman James Holmes, who has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity of murdering 12 mov…
