New York Mayor Bill de Blasio defended his decision not to cancel classes for the city's 1.1 million public school students on Thursday despite great opposition and anger by parents and teachers. City Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina also received flak for her comments about the weather By late Thursday, the city is expected to receive nearly a foot of snow.
On January 27, Moscow City Court removed five jurors from the jury presiding over the trial of slain Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. Seven years after her murder, the case is not even close to a conclusion, as it has gone through major fits and starts. The jury change is the second in the Politkovskaya murder case. On November 14, the court had disbanded the previous jury after three more jurors had withdrawn for various reasons, "leaving the panel with less than 12 people required by law,"
CandySwipe creator Albert Ransom openly called European game maker King greedy for filing a trademark challenge against his game that reports said the Candy Crush maker actually copied from.
The lawsuit filed by New Orleans-based Forum for Equality to recognize the marriage of same-sex couples who got married elsewhere was met with criticism in Louisiana, particularly with conservative interest groups, the Advocate said.
