Alleged shooter to plead guilty in California hair salon rampage
(Reuters) – A former tugboat worker accused of killing his ex-wife and seven others at a California hair salon will change his plea to guilty just weeks before the start of a trial over the largest mass shooting in Orange County history, newspapers rep…
White House pushes colleges to crack down on sexual assaults
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House will press U.S. colleges and universities on Tuesday to do more to curb sexual assaults on students while it launches a new website, NotAlone.gov, to help victims find resources and report crimes.
UAW seeks U.S. State Department help in Mississippi spat with Nissan
DETROIT (Reuters) – The United Auto Workers has aligned with the IndustriALL Global Union in asking the U.S. State Department for help in pressing its claims that Nissan Motor Co Ltd is violating worker organizing rights in Mississippi.
California bill targets websites engaged in ‘mug shot racket’
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – California lawmakers took steps on Monday to bar so-called extortion websites from posting mug shots of people who have been arrested and then demanding payment to remove the photographs, even from people who are neve…
California superintendent race shows Democrats split on school reform
(This version of the story corrects April 25 story to political consultant Hefner is Torlakson’s campaign manager instead of Tuck’s, paragraph 17)
Ex-Blue Angels commander resigns as president of Tailhook Association
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A former commander of the U.S. Navy’s elite Blue Angels squadron has resigned as head of the fraternal Tailhook Association after coming under investigation over complaints that he enabled inappropriate workplace behavior within…
U.S. storm system that killed 16 causes tornado in Mississippi
VILONIA, Arkansas (Reuters) – A ferocious storm system caused a twister in Mississippi and threatened tens of millions of people across the U.S. Southeast on Monday, a day after it spawned tornadoes that killed 16 people and tossed cars like toys in Ar…
Colorado legislature advances restrictions on use of prison solitary
DENVER (Reuters) – Colorado lawmakers approved legislation on Monday that limits the use of solitary confinement for prison inmates, a year after the state’s corrections chief was killed by a parolee who spent the bulk of his sentence in solitary.
Two U.S. soldiers lose bid to dress according to religious custom
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Army has denied requests by two soldiers to dress and groom themselves according to their religious beliefs under a revised Pentagon policy, a spokesman said on Monday.
Three men get 20-year sentences in New York City payroll fraud case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Three men found guilty of engaging in a scheme to line their own pockets while implementing a payroll system for New York City whose costs ballooned to $700 million were each sentenced to 20 years in prison on Monday.
