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.
The jury who has been deliberating over the case of Michael Dunn, who has been accused of killing teenage boy Jordan Davis and injuring other minors, requested evidence for review on Wednesday, a CNN report said.
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 On November 14, the court had disbanded the previous jury after three more jurors had withdrawn for various reasons, "leaving the panel with less than 12 people required by law,"
John Drake of New Jersey challenged the current law of the state regarding concealed weapons, and told a local paper that getting a permit is unreasonable for people like him whose businesses deals with a lot of money.
