Boy Scouts of America end total ban on gay adults
The new policy still allows church-sponsored units to maintain the ban for religious reasons.Read More ...
Arizona Cardinals hire NFL's first-ever female coaching intern
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Colorado theater shooter's sister says his eyes changed
CENTENNIAL,
Colo. (AP) — When the younger sister of Colorado theater shooter James
Holmes visited him in jail nearly two years after the attack, his eyes
bulged from his head and he spoke in short, stilted phrases— a vast
difference from the loving brother who protected her while they were
growing up, she testified Monday.Read More ...
Boy Scouts lift blanket ban on gay adult leaders, employees
By
Marice Richter DALLAS (Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America lifted its
outright ban on openly gay adult leaders and employees on Monday,
rolling back a policy that has deeply divided the membership of the
105-year-old Texas-based organization. The new policy, which takes
effect immediately, comes three years after the organization removed its
prohibition on gay youth, but local Boy Scout units chartered by
religious organizations will still be permitted to exclude gay adults
from volunteering as den leaders, scoutmasters or camp counselors. The
latest move was widely seen as being aimed at quelling a backlash
against the Boy Scouts amid declining membership and the threat of
litigation, while addressing concerns of religious institutions that
account for about 70 percent of the 100,000-plus Boy Scout units
nationwide.Read More ...
Colorado movie gunman's sister sobs, says she still loves him
By
Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - The younger sister of Colorado movie
massacre gunman James Holmes testified at his trial for the first time
on Monday, telling jurors who will decide his fate that the murders were
completely out of character, and she still loves him. Chris Holmes, 22,
was called by the defense during the punishment phase of the trial.Read More ...
U.S. House Benghazi panel says State Deptartment to hand over documents Tuesday
The
U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the 2012 attacks
on an American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, said the State
Department has pledged to hand over 5,000 new pages of documents related
to the incident on Tuesday. "The State Department has informed the
Committee it will make a production of approximately 5,000 pages
tomorrow - the second largest production the Committee has received and
the largest since last summer," Republican Representative Trey Gowdy,
the committee's chairman, said in a statement on Monday. The documents
are not expected to include emails involving former Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton, who has been embroiled in a controversy over her use of
a private email account while she was America's top diplomat.Read More ...
Cosby's accusers speak out in striking cover story
Yahoo's Katie Couric speaks with one of 35 women who shared their eerily similar Bill Cosby stories with New York Magazine.Read More ...
Obama calls GOP criticism of Iran deal 'ridiculous,' 'sad'
ADDIS
ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — President Barack Obama unleashed a blistering
and belittling rebuke of Republican White House hopefuls Monday, calling
their attack on his landmark nuclear deal with Iran "ridiculous if it
weren't so sad."Read More ...
Clinton aims high in green energy plan
DES
MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Calling climate change one of the "most urgent
threats of our time," Hillary Rodham Clinton laid out elements of a
sweeping plan Monday that would see every U.S. home powered by renewable
energy by 2027, even as she declined to take a position on the Keystone
XL oil pipeline opposed by environmental activists.Read More ...
New York Gov. Cuomo announces new LaGuardia Airport
NEW
YORK (AP) — A year after comparing New York's LaGuardia Airport to
"some Third World Country," Vice President Joe Biden helped unveil an
ambitious plan Monday to rebuild its collection of aging terminals into a
modern, unified hub while easing congestion by doubling the space
available for planes to operate.Read More ...
DJ Henry was a black man killed by police. Should he be a cause?
Dan
and Angella Henry sit in the windowed kitchen of their stately home in
Easton, Mass. — the trampoline and swimming pool out back, the trees and
hummingbird feeders all around, the artfully arranged platter of
sandwiches on the granite counter.Read More ...
Boston out of running for 2024 Summer Olympic Games bid
The city of Boston is no longer a candidate to host the 2024 Olympic Games.Read More ...
Bobbi Kristina Brown dies at 22
The only child of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown dies after five months in a coma.Read More ...
A weak open for US stocks; Chinese market drops sharply
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are getting off to a weak start, continuing a recent stretch of losses.Read More ...
Pedro Martinez steals the show on Hall of Fame induction day
Former
Boston Red Sox ace Pedro Martinez has developed quite the reputation
from both his time in the game, and since he's been out of the game.Read More ...
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