On strike: Faculty at 14 state-owned universities ... - Pittsburgh Post
Faculty at the 14 state-owned universities went on strike today and began taking up picket lines on campuses statewide and at the Dixon Center in Harrisburg after bargaining to prevent the first classroom walkout in the system's 34 years collapsed. The strike against the State System of Higher Education by the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties affects 105,000 students and more than 5,000 faculty. Both sides had negotiated for five days but the talks broke apart ..>> view originalJailed 96 days on bogus charge: It is no one's fault?
By JEFF AMY, Associated PressACKERMAN, Miss. — Pulled over for traffic violations, Jessica Jauch was held for 96 days in a Mississippi jail without seeing a judge, getting a lawyer or having a chance to make bail. She was charged with a felony based on a secretly recorded video that prosecutors finally acknowledged showed her committing no crime. Only when she finally got a hearing and a lawyer, who persuaded prosecutors to watch the video, did the case fall apart. Then, the 34-year-old ..>> view originalStudy Urges Tougher Oversight for Police Use of Facial Recognition
Photo The report found that 16 states allow law enforcement officials to compare the faces of suspects to photos on driver’s licenses and other IDs without a warrant. Credit Caspar Benson/Getty Images A new report by a think tank at Georgetown University calls for greater oversight in the use of emerging facial recognition software that makes the images of more than 117 million Americans — a disproportionate number of them black — searchable by law enforcement agencies...>> view originalSuspects on loose in San Francisco school shooting
In the end, four students were shot in the parking lot of the small public high school, San Francisco Police Officer Carlos Manfredi told CNN. According to CNN affiliate KRON, investigators are now searching for multiple suspects who may have targeted a female student who is now in critical condition.The San Francisco Unified School District said the shooting was "an isolated incident outside of the school building where one student was being targeted by outsiders."Once the shooter struck the st..>> view originalTrump, Clinton gear up for final showdown
They are poised for another clash in the third presidential debate, which will be their final chance to change the trajectory of the election as millions of viewers tune in for the last big televised spectacular of a rancorous campaign.Trump is under intense pressure to use the debate, just 20 days before Election Day, as a springboard for a comeback after a slide in the polls that started after Clinton's victory in the first debate and leaves him a heavy underdog.Clinton will seek to consolidat..>> view originalVet who killed cat with bow and arrow gets suspended license
A state panel Tuesday suspended the license of a Texas veterinarian who used a bow and arrow to kill a cat that had wandered onto the property where she lived and boasted of the kill online. Texas vet Kristen Lindsey who posted about killing a cat on Facebook could have her license revoked today https://t.co/LvgcIl7rIb pic.twitter.com/NjVDL2gRPa— KXAN News (@KXAN_News) October 18, 2016 The Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners in Austin determined that Kristen Lindsey can't practice for a..>> view originalWhat it would mean to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall
Donald Trump has made no secret of his plan to build a wall along the entire U.S.-Mexico border — and persuade Mexico to pay for it. The Republican nominee has been remarkably vocal about the proposal, one that 6 in 10 voters disagree with. The wall, he argues, is needed to curb illegal immigration, reduce gang violence near the border and stop drugs from reaching the United States. For now, fences cover just 700 miles of the nearly 2,000-mile-long border. Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nomine..>> view originalVideo Shows Cop Nearly Hit After Her Squad Car is Rear-Ended on I-94
"Slow Down and Move Over!" That's the message the Hudson Police Department wants to impart on motorists after one of their squad cars was rear-ended and significantly damaged on Interstate 94 Monday morning. According to a post on the department's Facebook page, the squad car was rear ended while the police officer was assisting with a disabled vehicle on an I-94 bridge. Video shows the squad car parked in the left lane before it was hit by a truck (not seen) at highway speed. The officer was no..>> view original'Stop. Prevent Your Death!' said sign at Fla. underwater cave. These experienced divers ignored it.
Sign in Eagle's Nest Sink, a popular and extremely deadly cave diving location pic.twitter.com/brHrrqpzFj — GarbageDay (@Day4Garbage) June 12, 2016 The sign at the mouth is black and white, its macabre message clear. “STOP. PREVENT YOUR DEATH!” it warns. “THERE’S NOTHING IN THIS CAVE WORTH DYING FOR!” Beside these words looms an image of the grim reaper. The sign guards one of Florida’s most treacherous underwater caves, Eagle’s Nest Sinkhole. It’s near a spot famous for its “mermaid” shows:..>> view originalCop Fatally Shoots 'Irrational' 66-Year-Old Woman Allegedly Swinging Baseball Bat
Police with evidence (NBC New York) An NYPD sergeant has been placed on modified duty after killing a woman in a Bronx apartment building yesterday evening. The officer had a Taser but did not use it, and a number of city officials are now demanding answers. Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. said, "While I certainly understand the hard work that our police officers undertake to keep the streets of our city safe every single day, I also know what excessive force looks like." Assistant ..>> view original
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