Principal, teachers face criminal charges in Philadelphia test scandal
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A Philadelphia elementary school principal and four teachers were accused of conspiracy and other charges on Thursday, the first criminal counts filed in a test cheating scandal in city schools, authorities said.
Oklahoma stays execution to probe botched lethal injection
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oklahoma’s attorney general has agreed to a six-month stay of execution for a death row inmate whose capital punishment had been temporarily suspended because of a botched execution in April that was widely criticized as cruel…
U.S. appeals court presses Obama administration on contraception
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Thursday pressed the Obama administration on whether a compromise it reached with religious non-profit groups over contraception coverage required by Obamacare still violates the religious rights of the gr…
Police eye California mountains in hunt for fugitive fire chief
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – Homicide detectives searching for a California fire chief suspected of fatally stabbing his girlfriend turned their attention to the state’s massive mountain ranges on Thursday, saying he may be hiding out along trail…
White House under lockdown again after items tossed over fence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two individuals threw items over the White House fence on Thursday, triggering the second lockdown at the president’s residence this week.
Dover Air Force Base in Delaware lifts lockdown
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. Air Force Base in Delaware lifted a lockdown on Thursday after declaring personnel safe following a report of a suspicious person on base, a military spokesman said.
Little help for a million Californians on wells in historic drought
FORT BRAGG, California (Reuters) – Michael Holmes got by at his rural home near California’s rugged northern coast on a disability pension and water from a decades-old well — until the well dried up.
Arizona high school student charged in sex attacks on 11 girls
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona high school student whom authorities accuse of being a serial rapist has been indicted on multiple counts of sex-related crimes for attacks on 11 girls, one as young as 12 years old, authorities said on Thursday.
Quake warning adds new worries to tornado-prone Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – A warning from U.S. scientists that Oklahoma may be hit by a major earthquake has caused a run on insurance policies for tremors in the heartland state, adding to the woes of residents already in the firing line of devastating…
Texas judge sets stricter probation in criticized rape sentence
DALLAS (Reuters) – A Texas judge on Thursday imposed stricter probation conditions on a man convicted of rape in a case in which the previous judge laid blame on the then-14-year-old female victim.
