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Thousands of Seattle teachers hold one-day strike over pay, class size
6 Chinese nationals charged with stealing US trade secrets
US agents make record New York heroin bust
FTC: Family raised $187M for cancer, spent it on themselves
Teachers strike in France to protest school reforms
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Thousands of Seattle teachers hold one-day strike over pay, class size

Posted: 19 May 2015 03:31 PM PDT

By Victoria Cavaliere SEATTLE (Reuters) - Thousands of Seattle teachers walked out of class on Tuesday to demand higher pay and smaller class sizes, marking the largest one-day strike in a series of rolling protests by educators in Washington state over public school funding. More than 50,000 students in Seattle, the state's largest school district, were out of class on Tuesday. Dressed in red, teachers and community members marched through downtown Seattle holding signs that read: "Good Schools Require Good Funding," and "On Strike Against Legislature." About 2,500 Seattle teachers took part in the strike, according to the union, the Seattle Education Association.

6 Chinese nationals charged with stealing US trade secrets

Posted: 19 May 2015 03:27 PM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Three Chinese nationals who earned advanced degrees from the University of Southern California and three others have been charged with stealing wireless technology from a pair of U.S. companies.

US agents make record New York heroin bust

Posted: 19 May 2015 02:44 PM PDT

US agents in New York seized a record-breaking $50 million worth of heroin smuggled from Mexico in the biggest such haul in state history, officials announced Tuesday. The more than 70 kilos (154 pounds) of heroin was seized from a vehicle parked in an upmarket neighborhood of the Bronx, near Horace Mann, one of America's most prestigious private schools. US officials said it was the largest seizure of heroin by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in the state of New York and the fourth largest in the United States.

FTC: Family raised $187M for cancer, spent it on themselves

Posted: 19 May 2015 10:38 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Tennessee man and his family used much of the $187 million it collected for cancer patients to buy themselves cars, gym memberships and take luxury cruise vacations, pay for college tuition and employ family members with six-figure salaries, federal officials alleged Tuesday in one of the largest charity fraud cases ever, involving all 50 states.

Teachers strike in France to protest school reforms

Posted: 19 May 2015 09:47 AM PDT

Teachers in France went on strike Tuesday to protest against a proposed reform of secondary education that has become a bitter battleground for one of the country's rising political stars. Education Minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, 37, has come under fire for the disputed changes, which concern schools for children aged between 11 and 15. Among the most disputed elements of the reforms is a proposal to reduce the teaching of Latin and Ancient Greek, replacing these languages with a general class on classical culture.