By Donna Owens BALTIMORE (Reuters) – A Baltimore judge on Thursday denied a request for a change of venue for the trials of six police officers charged in the death of a black man who died from an injury in police custody. The death of Freddie Gray Jr. in April triggered protests, including a day of rioting and fueled a U.S. debate on police treatment of minorities. Defense lawyers for
New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton said on Thursday he was concerned over the level of force used in the arrest of retired U.S. tennis star James Blake, who was mistakenly identified as a suspect in a fraud ring. Blake, at one time ranked fourth in the world, said he had been waiting for a car to take him to the U.S. Tennis Open when he was detained by
Seattle educators and support staff took to picket lines on Wednesday for the first time in three decades on what should have been the first day of the school year. The walkout by the 5,000-member teachers’ union was the latest upheaval in Washington state’s public education system following court cases challenging charter schools and classroom funding. “Seattle Public Schools appreciates our teachers and educators.
Every fall, Apple holds a big media event to introduce its latest products, and it’s always quite a show.
The tennis legend joins Katie Couric to discuss Serena Williams and her attempt to make history winning the Grand Slam in 2015.
Opponents of the deal rallied against it outside the Capitol even as they face almost certain defeat.
Republican frontrunner Donald Trump amped up his criticism of GOP rival Jeb Bush as a “low energy” candidate, releasing a video mocking the former Florida governor’s recent rally where a woman appeared to fall asleep as he spoke.
LYON/PARIS, France (Reuters) – A French court upheld on Thursday a 2012 ruling in which Monsanto was found guilty of chemical poisoning of a French farmer, who says he suffered neurological problems after inhaling the U.S. company’s Lasso weedkiller. The decision by an appeal court in Lyon, southeast France, confirmed the initial judgment, the first such case heard in court in France, that ruled Monsanto was “responsible” for the intoxication
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Thursday said the goal in negotiations over funding for Planned Parenthood was to avoid a government shutdown on Oct. 1 but also to stop the sale of “baby parts.” “The goal here is not to shut down the government. The goal is to stop these horrific practices of organizations selling baby parts,” Boehner told reporters. Conservatives have pushed to cut off federal
Devil’s claw, the commercial name for the plant Harpagophytum procumbens, is marketed as a treatment for arthritis and other forms of joint pain. A study by the New York Botanical Garden, however, concluded that supplements made or distributed by the companies contained a cheaper related species, Harpagophytum zeyheri, Schneiderman said in a statement on Thursday. Kroger Co’s Vitacost.com and Nutraceutical International Corp are among the companies that received letters from
