The safety of using artificial turf fields on playgrounds has prompted a study being handled by a team-up of U.S. federal agencies. The initiative was prompted by parental concerns that contact with the fields, created from recycled tire materials, can lead to illness, such as cancer.
Parliament member Martin Fayulu was arrested and later released two days before a planned anti-government demonstration. The leader of the Commitment to Citizenship and Development political party was arrested for alleged civil disobedience.
Louisiana Attorney General Jefff Landry has dropped his motion against Governor John Bel Edwards' withdrawal of the lawsuit filed by his predecessor, Bobby Jindal, against the state's adoption of the Common Core Math and English subjects
A Pakistani student accused 7-Eleven of underpayment, saying he was paid as little as 47 cents an hour to work.
