NY City mayor-elect names former teacher to lead schools
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City’s Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio on Monday named Carmen Farina, a longtime teacher and administrator, as the next chancellor of the nation’s largest public school system.
One-third of Americans reject evolution, poll shows
NEW YORK (Reuters) – One-third of Americans reject the idea of evolution and Republicans have grown more skeptical about it, according to a poll released on Monday.
NYC sues FedEx for illegally shipping cigarettes to homes
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City has sued FedEx Corp, accusing it of illegally delivering millions of contraband cigarettes to people’s homes and seeking $52 million in fines and unpaid taxes.
Cleveland man confesses to murders, rapes, sentenced to 445 years
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A former neighbor of Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro pleaded guilty on Monday to murders and rapes committed nearly two decades ago and was sentenced to more than 400 years in prison with no chance of parole, prosecutors said.
Colorado shooter went bowling, entered school by unlocked door
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – The teenage gunman who killed a classmate at a Colorado high school before taking his own life this month went bowling before the attack then drove to school and entered through a door that should have been locked, a sheri…
Florida may soon overtake New York as third most-populous state
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Florida is less than 100,000 newcomers away from surpassing New York as the third most populous state in the nation, a milestone demographers say could be reached as early as 2014, according to newly released data.
Detroit mediators ask judge to approve swaps deal
DETROIT (Reuters) – The mediators who oversaw negotiations between Detroit and two banks to strike a deal to end a costly interest-rate swap agreement recommended on Monday that the judge in charge of Detroit’s bankruptcy approve the agreement, arguing…
Donors pitch in to pay for surgery for extremely obese Texas girl
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Nearly 1,500 donors have pledged more than $62,000 to help pay for surgery for a 12-year-old Texas girl diagnosed as morbidly obese due to a brain disease that is causing her to gain about two pounds a week.
Philadelphia priest gets bail after abuse cover-up conviction reversed
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A Philadelphia judge on Monday set bail at $250,000 for a senior U.S. Roman Catholic Church official whose conviction in a high-profile child sex abuse case was overturned last week.
Official who oversaw building of Obamacare website retires
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. health official Michelle Snyder, who oversaw the building of the troubled Obamacare website, HealthCare.gov, is retiring from her job as chief operating officer at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
