News of the Day From Across the Nation

Officials said Friday that a ban takes effect Tuesday at all four Disney theme parks in Orlando well as at Disney’s water parks and Disney Quest, a gaming attraction at Downtown Disney.

Police officers from around the country gathered Friday for a slain Cincinnati officer’s funeral, where city officials, family and colleagues spoke of his devotion to duty and love for his family and his city.

Hundreds of people honored Officer Sonny Kim, 48, a veteran officer who was killed June 19 by an armed suspect who had made 911 calls and was seeking “suicide by cop,” authorities said.

3 Teacher dismissed: A Georgia school board has voted to terminate the contract of a special education teacher accused of putting a second-grader with autism in a trash can.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday struck down part of a federal law intended to keep people convicted of repeated violent crimes in prison longer.

The justices ruled that a phrase in the Armed Career Criminal Act defining what crimes make a defendant eligible for a longer prison term is too vague.

[...] it also says a violent felony is a crime that “otherwise involves conduct that presents a serious potential risk of physical injury to another.”