New York passes fourth consecutive on-time budget
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York legislators approved a $137.9 billion budget for the state’s 2014-15 fiscal year late on Monday, providing funding for statewide full-day pre-kindergarten programs and keeping spending growth below 2 percent.
Body in Washington, DC, park identified as girl’s abductor: Police
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A body found in a Washington, D.C., park has been identified as that of a janitor suspected of murdering his wife and abducting an 8-year-old girl whose disappearance has made national headlines, police said on Tuesday.
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.
