New York high school student accepted at all eight Ivy League schools
A high school senior on Long Island has been accepted at all eight of the elite Ivy League schools – Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Yale, Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania, he told Reuters between classes on Tuesday.
Report finds wide racial disparity in U.S. children’s well-being
NEW YORK (Reuters) – African-American children’s poverty, poor housing and lack of access to education pose a national crisis, said a report released Tuesday that found a wide gap in well-being among U.S. children of different races.
Accused ‘Craigslist killer’ to make Pennsylvania court appearance
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – A woman dubbed the “Craigslist killer” suspect makes her first court appearance on Tuesday in Pennsylvania since making controversial claims that she is a serial killer with at least 22 victims.
CIA misled public on interrogation program, newspaper reports
(Reuters) – The Central Intelligence Agency misled the U.S. government and public for years about aspects of its brutal interrogation program, concealing details about harsh treatment of detainees and other issues, according to a report in the Washingt…
Atlanta archbishop apologizes for lavish living, may sell mansion
(Reuters) – The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Atlanta has apologized for building a $2.2 million mansion to use as his home, a move that made him the object of derision and complaint, and said he may sell it.
Pit bull mauls Texas toddler and her mother
(Reuters) – A Texas toddler suffered severe injuries to her face and head, and her mother was also hurt, in an attack by a pit bull the mother was watching for her boyfriend, police said.
Slow speed, faulty warning system blamed in fatal Asiana plane crash
(Reuters) – The Asiana Airlines Inc flight that crashed in San Francisco in July, killing three passengers, was likely because the pilots were flying dangerously slow and a warning system that should have alerted them was inadequate, according to concl…
D.C. police say body may be that of girl’s abductor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Police may have found the body of a janitor suspected of murdering his wife and abducting an 8-year-old girl whose disappearance had made national headlines, District of Columbia Police Chief Cathy Lanier said on Monday.
New Mexico governor urges calm after violent protests
ALBUQUERQUE (Reuters) – New Mexico’s governor urged calm on Monday after weekend protests over the police shooting of a mentally ill homeless man in Albuquerque turned to scuffles and ended with shots of tear gas into the crowd.
Boston exhibit to showcase relics of Marathon bombing aftermath
BOSTON (Reuters) – Archivists in Boston used to handling documents ranging from budget records to minutes of city council meetings, along with an occasional file dating to the city’s 17th-century founding, have spent the last year processing thousands …
