Illinois Senate OKs school funding revamp with boost for Chicago
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois' Democrat-controlled Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to revamp the way the state funds K-12 public schools over the objections of Republicans, who labeled it a bailout for...
View ArticleSuspect dead after four stabbed at Massachusetts home, mall
(Reuters) - A man stabbed four people, two of whom later died, in twin attacks in Massachusetts on Tuesday before being shot by police and later dying, authorities said.Two people were stabbed at a...
View ArticleMissouri lawmakers pass bill to restrict viewing of police camera footage
By Eric M. Johnson(Reuters) - Missouri lawmakers passed a bill on Tuesday to restrict the public's access to police camera footage, nearly two years after the slaying of a black teen in a St. Louis...
View ArticleTrump says he would like Speaker Ryan to chair Republican convention: Fox
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump, the presumptive U.S. Republican presidential nominee, said on Tuesday he would like House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan to chair the party's July convention,...
View ArticleSanders takes West Virginia
UNDATED (Reuters) -- U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders defeated Hillary Clinton on Tuesday in West Virginia's primary, winning over voters deeply skeptical about the economy and...
View ArticleMissouri executes man who killed three, including sheriff's deputy
By Fiona Ortiz(Reuters) - A man who killed three people, including a sheriff's deputy, in a dispute over drugs was executed by lethal injection in Missouri on Wednesday night.Earl Forrest, 66, was...
View ArticleDetroit girl, 5, fatally shoots self after finding gun under pillow
(Reuters) - A five-year-old Detroit girl fatally shot herself early on Wednesday with a handgun she found under her grandmother's pillow, police said. The girl was taken to a local hospital and...
View ArticleBoston better prepped for tech talent than Bay Area
By Ian SimpsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boston is the U.S. city best placed to capitalize on the shift to a digital economy, with the tech-centered San Francisco Bay Area second as it lost ground because...
View ArticleMan who killed two in Massachusetts rampage seemed 'disturbed': official
BOSTON (Reuters) - A Massachusetts man who fatally stabbed two people in a string of apparently unprovoked attacks on Tuesday, before an off-duty deputy sheriff shot him dead, had been acting in a...
View ArticleFBI's Comey expects more litigation over access to electronic devices
By Julia HarteWASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI Director James Comey said on Wednesday there will be more U.S. government litigation over accessing electronic devices and said encryption is "essential...
View ArticleTexas fertilizer plant blast that killed 15 was criminal act: ATF
By Suzannah Gonzales(Reuters) - A blast that killed 15 people three years ago triggered by a fire at a Texas fertilizer plant was a criminal act, U.S. agents said on Wednesday after conducting...
View ArticleUzbek citizen arrested for New York-based Islamic State plot
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - An Uzbek citizen has become the sixth individual to be charged for participating in a New York-based conspiracy to provide support to the militant group Islamic...
View ArticleRembrandt painting found in New Jersey basement now in museum
By Barbara GoldbergNEW YORK (Reuters) - A painting languishing in a New Jersey basement that turned out to be one of Dutch master Rembrandt's earliest works goes on display on Wednesday at the J. Paul...
View ArticleU.S. charges 'Porn's New King' with tribal bond fraud
By Nate Raymond and Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) - A man once dubbed "Porn's New King" before he was accused of stock fraud was hit on Wednesday with new criminal charges over an alleged scheme...
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood sues Ohio over plan to restrict funds
By Megan CassellaWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit against Ohio officials on Wednesday over a plan by the state to restrict the U.S. healthcare agency's access to state and...
View ArticleMan shot after standoff at Capitol pleads not guilty to assault
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Tennessee man pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to pointing a weapon at police at a U.S. Capitol tourist checkpoint, a confrontation that ended with him being shot, prosecutors...
View ArticleU.S. orders immediate repairs to troubled Washington subway
By Ian SimpsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal safety officials on Wednesday ordered immediate repairs to Washington's troubled subway system, the second-busiest in the United States, after a series of...
View ArticleArizona grandfather jailed for leaving five-year-old in desert with gun
By David SchwartzPHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona man was sentenced to six months in jail for felony child abuse for leaving his 5-year-old granddaughter in the desert with a loaded and cocked handgun...
View ArticleNorth Carolina students sue U.S. over stance on bathroom access
By Colleen JenkinsWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) - A group of North Carolina public school students and their parents is asking a U.S. court to block two federal agencies from withholding education...
View ArticleHigh-ranking San Francisco politicians call for new police chief
By Curtis SkinnerSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Three members of San Francisco's Board of Supervisors on Wednesday called for the replacement of the city's police chief amid scandals that have rocked the...
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