University of Missouri student arrested for Yik Yak threat
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A University of Missouri student is accused of a campus threat posted on social media. The university says the 18-year-old student was arrested Monday and later released on $4,500 bond. Formal charges had not been filed by midday Tuesday. The student is accused of making a threat on the social media…
US high school graduation rate ticks up to 82 percent
WASHINGTON (AP) – The nation’s high school graduation rate has reached 82 percent, a new high. The Education Department says the rate for the 2013-14 school year is the highest since it started using a new, uniform measure in 2010. Still, the numbers show nearly 1 in 5 students leaving high school without a diploma.…
Illinois woman convicted of killing 2 babies wants clemency
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) – An Illinois woman serving a life sentence for the deaths of her two baby daughters is asking Gov. Bruce Rauner for clemency. Paula Sims’ attorney Jed Stone has argued that the former Alton woman suffered from postpartum psychosis at the time the two babies died, one in 1986 and 1989. Madison…
Ex-Subway pitchman Jared Fogle appealing child porn sentence
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle is appealing his more than 15-year prison sentence for having sex with underage prostitutes and possessing child pornography. Fogle’s attorney, Ron Elberger, said Tuesday that he will appeal the sentence, but he declined to discuss it in detail. He filed a notice of appeal Monday in federal…
