Idaho school system removes book from curriculum after parental outrage
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – The largest school district in Idaho has banned from its curriculum an award-winning book about the struggles of a Native American teenager after complaints by parents that the novel was rife with profanity, racial epithets an…
General Dynamics says U.S. Army denied armored vehicle protest
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – General Dynamics Corp said on Friday that the U.S. Army denied its protest about the terms of multibillion-dollar competition for a new armored vehicle, which General Dynamics said were skewed to favor its rival, BAE Systems Plc….
Daughter of Iraqi-American man cross-examined at California murder trial
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – An Iraqi-American man charged with murdering his wife in their California home in what was first investigated as a hate crime heard testimony from his daughter on Friday that showed deep conflict within the family.
General Dynamics says U.S. Army denied armored vehicle protest
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – General Dynamics Corp said on Friday that the U.S. Army denied its protest about the terms of multibillion-dollar competition for a new armored vehicle.
‘Verbal altercation’ may have led to Fort Hood rampage: Army
FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) – The suspected gunman at Fort Hood in Texas argued heatedly with fellow soldiers before going on a shooting spree that left three dead and 16 injured at the expansive U.S. Army base, a military investigator said on Friday.
U.S. federal judge sentences Florida pill mill doctors
MIAMI (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday sentenced a South Florida doctor to more than six years in prison on a money-laundering conviction related to prescriptions she wrote for thousands of painkillers to addicts and drug dealers.
California’s senator Yee indicted on gun, corruption charges
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – A prominent Democratic California state senator and gun-control advocate was indicted by a San Francisco grand jury on charges of corruption and conspiracy to traffic in firearms, according to court documents released…
Lawsuit over American drone strikes dismissed by U.S. judge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed against the U.S. government by the families of three American citizens killed in U.S. drone strikes in Yemen in 2011 but said their case raised serious constitutional issues.
Operator who crashed train at Chicago’s O’Hare is fired
(Reuters) – Chicago transit officials on Friday fired a train operator who dozed off and did not wake up until cars jumped the end of the track at O’Hare International Airport and ran part-way up an escalator and stairs, a spokeswoman said.
U.S. judge refrains from making GM ‘park’ recalled cars
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge refrained on Friday from issuing an emergency order that would have parked millions of General Motors Co cars recalled for defective ignition switches linked to at least 13 deaths.
