Teachers set strike deadline in contract dispute in Portland, Oregon
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) – Portland teachers put Oregon’s largest school district on formal notice Thursday that they intend to go on strike February 20, disrupting classes for nearly 48,000 students, unless the two sides reach agreement by then on a…
U.S. bans carry-on liquids, gels on flights to Russia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Security Administration is temporarily banning carry-on liquids, aerosols, gels and powders on flights between Russia and the United States, a Department of Homeland Security official said on Thursday.
Delaware doctor denied stepdaughter food, bathroom use: mother
GEORGETOWN, Delaware (Reuters) – A well-known Delaware doctor would punish his stepdaughter by making her stand for hours with her arms outstretched, depriving her of food and forbidding her from using the bathroom, the girl’s mother told a court on Th…
Thirty Minnesota school children treated for carbon monoxide
(Reuters) – Thirty students from an elementary school in southern Minnesota were treated Thursday at a local hospital for possible carbon monoxide poisoning, a hospital spokesman said.
U.S. bans carry-on liquids, gels on flights to Russia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Security Administration is temporarily banning carry-on liquids, aerosols, gels and powders on flights between Russia and the United States, a Department of Homeland Security official said on Thursday.
Stolen 300-year-old Stradivarius violin recovered in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A rare Stradivarius violin worth millions of dollars that was stolen from a concert violinist in an armed robbery last week has been recovered from a Milwaukee residence, law enforcement officials said on Thursday.
U.S. bans carry-on liquids, gels on flights to Russia: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Security Administration is temporarily banning all liquids, aerosols, gels and powders on flights between Russia and the United States, ABC News reported on Thursday.
Loud music murder trial in Florida enters first day
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) – A 17-year-old black teenager was “mall hopping and girl shopping” on a typical Friday outing with friends, when he was confronted and killed by a middle-aged white software engineer in a dispute over loud rap music, a …
Three killed as suspected migrant boat capsizes off Florida
MIAMI (Reuters) – A boat smuggling suspected migrants to the United States capsized off Florida’s southeast coast on Thursday, killing at least three people on board, authorities said.
FBI’s no-fly list mistake kicked off woman’s odyssey, filing says
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A long court battle waged by a Malaysian architect over her mistaken inclusion on the U.S. government’s no-fly list may never have started if a federal agent had marked the correct boxes on an official form.
