Wal-Mart joins program to lift Florida tomato farmworker pay
MIAMI (Reuters) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc joined a program on Thursday promoted by workers’ rights groups that aims to improve pay and working conditions for Florida farmworkers who pick tomatoes sold to grocery store and restaurant chains.
Houston school board bars race-based team names, mascots
HOUSTON (Reuters) – The Houston Independent School District on Thursday banned team names and mascots that depict Native American culture, responding to growing public sentiment that such race-based references are offensive.
NSA collects millions of text messages globally: Guardian
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Security Agency has been gathering nearly 200 million text messages a day from around the world, gathering data on people’s travel plans, contacts and credit card transactions, Britain’s Guardian newspaper repor…
Arizona kindergarten teacher arrested for pulling shirt off six-year-old girl
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona kindergarten teacher has been arrested on suspicion of indecent exposure, accused of pulling the shirt off a crying 6-year-old girl and leaving her briefly topless in front of her class, police said on Thursday.
U.S. judge rejects deal to end Detroit rate swap accords
DETROIT (Reuters) – A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Thursday rejected a deal allowing Detroit to end interest-rate swap agreements with two investment banks, a move that puts pressure on banks for more concessions while throwing a wrench into the city’s pla…
Dallas Cowboys players unsure how much Brent drank before deadly crash
DALLAS (Reuters) – Two Dallas Cowboys players testified on Thursday they had no idea how much their former teammate Josh Brent had been drinking at a private club before he got into high-speed, single-car crash that killed another teammate.
Man linked to New York.’cannibal cop’ case pleads guilty
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Massachusetts hospital police official linked to the so-called cannibal cop case pleaded guilty on Thursday in Manhattan federal court to conspiring to kidnap and kill women.
Dallas Cowboys players unsure how much Brent drank before deadly crash
DALLAS (Reuters) – Two Dallas Cowboys players testified on Thursday they had no idea how much their former teammate Josh Brent had been drinking at a private club before he got into high-speed, single-car crash that killed another teammate.
ACLU seeks probe of alleged abuses at Arizona border checkpoints
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A civil rights group has demanded a federal probe into the operations at U.S. Border Patrol checkpoints in Arizona, charging that agents routinely abuse their authority and violate the constitutional rights of local residents.
Pentagon chief open to incentives to bolster nuclear force
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is willing to consider offering additional incentives to bolster America’s nuclear missile force, the Pentagon said on Thursday, as an exam cheating scandal raises questions about trouble within…
