A middle school principal accused of giving students additional opportunities to complete a state standardized test has resigned from the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy, officials confirmed Friday.
The condition of a Las Vegas police officer who was shot last week on duty has been upgraded to serious, a University Medical Center official said Thursday.
U.S. Senate hopeful Scott Ashjian will avoid being arrested on felony charges of theft and writing bad checks after he paid $5,575 to cover a bounced check and court fees.
Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., will report raising more than $1.5 million in the first three months of this year for his re-election campaign, putting him closer to the half-way mark for his goal of raising $25 million to defend his Senate seat, his campaign told the Review-Journal Thursday.
BALTIMORE — Donations are pouring in for a fallen Marine’s father who was ordered to pay the court costs of an anti-gay church he’s been battling. Albert Snyder of York, Pa., says it was insulting that the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered him to pay $16,510 in court costs to Fred Phelps, pastor of Westboro Baptist Church.
WASHINGTON — Sen. John Ensign was named in a new ethics complaint filed today that alleges he and other lawmakers who lived in a religious-affiliated group house on Capitol Hill paid cut-rate rents in violation of congressional gift rules.
TOPEKA, Kan. — Want the scoop on what everyone’s talking about at the office? Why not “Topeka” it? As an April Fools’ gag, Google changed its name to “Topeka.” The daylong gesture was a nod to the Kansas capital, which unofficially changed its name to “Google, Kan.” for a month.
SEATTLE — People who lined up to buy the first iPhone knew what they were paying hundreds of dollars for: a new cell phone that promised to be better. Apple Inc.’s newest gadget, the iPad tablet computer, is foreign to most people. And yet plenty of them have happily dropped $500 for a device they’ve never seen.
BEIRUT — The lawyer of a Lebanese TV psychic who was convicted in Saudi Arabia for witchcraft said Thursday her client could be beheaded this week and urged Lebanese and Saudi leaders to help spare his life. Attorney May al-Khansa said she learned from a judicial source that Ali Sibat is to be beheaded on Friday.