North Carolina officer indicted in shooting of mentally ill teen
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) – A North Carolina police officer accused of shooting and killing a teenager with schizophrenia last month has been indicted by a grand jury on a voluntary manslaughter charge, a district attorney said on Tuesday…
Democrats feud over California pension reform measure
(Reuters) – A campaign for a ballot initiative that would cut California’s public pension benefits and could become a model for other states has stalled as Democrats battle each other in America’s largest state.
45 arrested, 16 juveniles rescued in Super Bowl prostitution bust
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Forty-five people were arrested and 16 juveniles rescued in a two-week crackdown on prostitution in the New York-New Jersey area leading up to last Sunday’s Super Bowl, Federal Bureau of Investigation officials said on Tuesday.
West Virginia wants action on chemical spill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Frustrated West Virginians demanded information about the safety of their drinking water in the wake of a chemical spill in January that left 300,000 of them without safe tap water for more than a week, even as U.S. lawmakers pre…
The pen, phone and iPad: Obama’s tech push in U.S. schools
ADELPHI, Maryland (Reuters) – President Barack Obama has a pen. He has a phone. And on Tuesday, he wielded an iPad to help make a point about how he hopes to do more for schools without more funding from Congress.
U.S. deficit to decline, then rise as labor market struggles: CBO
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Congressional Budget Office on Tuesday reduced its estimate of the U.S. budget deficit for the current fiscal year but said sluggish economic growth and stubbornly high unemployment will cause the improvement to be short-live…
District of Columbia city council to vote on decriminalizing pot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The District of Columbia’s city council will vote on Tuesday on whether to decriminalize marijuana in a move that could make smoking a joint a violation comparable to a parking ticket.
U.S. court to hear lawsuit against Virginia gay marriage ban
(Reuters) – A federal court will consider a bid to overturn Virginia’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage on Tuesday after the state’s attorney general said he would not defend it.
Florida lawmakers to probe biometric scans of school children
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Florida lawmakers on Tuesday will begin tackling questions of privacy that arise when technology catches up with science fiction.
Four dead in Tennessee plane crash near community health center
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) – Four family members died in an airplane crash in Tennessee on Monday that nearly struck a crowded community health center and retirement village, federal and local officials said.
