How state fights against same-sex marriage may backfire
Efforts by some states to challenge the Supreme Court ruling will likely prove futile.Read More ...
The next act: What happens now in Greece's drama
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Greece has entered the twilight zone.Read More ...
Survey shows enough votes to remove Confederate flag in SC
COLUMBIA,
S.C. (AP) — A survey of South Carolina legislators shows there is
enough support to remove the Confederate flag from Statehouse grounds if
all supporters cast a vote.Read More ...
Shot during capture, New York inmate in serious condition
Sweat,
35, was being treated at Albany Medical Center following his capture on
Sunday near the Canadian border. Fellow escapee Richard Matt was shot
and killed on Friday. The convicted murderers escaped from the Clinton
Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, where they were discovered
missing on June 6.Read More ...
Divided U.S. Supreme Court upholds Oklahoma lethal injection process
By
Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday
found that a lethal injection drug used by Oklahoma does not violate the
U.S. Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment, a ruling that
provoked a caustic debate among the justices about the death penalty in
America. The 5-4 ruling, with the court's five conservatives in the
majority, prompted liberal Justices Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader
Ginsburg to say for the first time they believe capital punishment as
currently practiced may be unconstitutional. The decision was a defeat
for death penalty foes and for the three death row inmates who
challenged the use of a sedative called midazolam as part of Oklahoma's
lethal injection process, saying it cannot achieve the level of
unconsciousness required for surgery, making it unsuitable for
executions.Read More ...
Obama signs trade bills into law, says tough battle still ahead
By
Roberta Rampton and Lindsay Dunsmuir WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.
President Barack Obama on Monday signed into law legislation that gives
him "fast-track" power to push ahead on a Pacific Rim trade deal that
has been the subject of intense debate in Congress and across the
nation. Flanked by some of the lawmakers who supported the bill through a
six-week congressional battle, Obama acknowledged that his fight to
secure the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership was far from over. "We
still have some tough negotiations that are going to be taking place,"
Obama said at a signing ceremony.Read More ...
At end of contentious term, justices go out with a bang on lethal injection case
The justices will most likely need to cool off before the term begins again in October.Read More ...
Supreme Court justice wonders whether death penalty violates Constitution
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Supreme Court upholds use of controversial execution drug
The
Supreme Court on Monday upheld the use of a controversial drug that has
been implicated in several botched executions. Two of the justices said
for first time that death penalty itself probably is unconstitutional.Read More ...
Supreme Court allows Texas abortion clinics to remain open
The Supreme Court is refusing to allow Texas to enforce restrictions that would force 10 abortion clinics to close.Read More ...
Stocks tumble on Greece and Puerto Rico debt woes
David
Kotok, chief investment officer at Cumberland Advisors, expects the
market to be "rocky" and volatile in the face of these cross-Atlantic
debt concerns but remains overall bullish on stocks.Read More ...
Ted Cruz: Justices 'rewrote the Constitution'
The presidential candidate tells Yahoo's Katie Couric that the Supreme Court overstepped on gay marriage and Obamacare.Read More ...
French beheading suspect denies jihad motivation
The man being held in France under suspicion of beheading his boss and trying to blow up a chemicals plant has told investigators there was no religious motivation behind the attack, a source close to the inquiry said on Monday. The source said Yassin Salhi, 35, told investigators he was not a jihadist and repeated earlier statements that he committed the act outside the southeast city of Lyon on Friday after a row with his wife the day before and his boss a few days earlier. The severed head of his boss was found hanging on the fence of a site belonging to U.S-based gas and chemicals company Air Products, next to flags bearing professions of the Muslim faith.
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US stocks fall in early trade as Greece debt woes escalate
Greece shuts its banks for six days in a dramatic turn in its struggle with heavy debts.Read More ...
Meet the officer who caught escaped killer David Sweat
Sgt. Jay Cook was alone and on a routine patrol when he shot and captured the fugitive.Read More ...
Decisions in last 3 Supreme Court cases expected Monday
WASHINGTON
(AP) — The Supreme Court is meeting for the final time until the fall
to decide three remaining cases and add some new ones for the term that
starts in October.Read More ...
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