U.S. Episcopal Church elects first black presiding bishop
(Reuters) – The U.S. Episcopal Church elected its first black presiding bishop on Saturday at its general conference in Salt Lake City, where members of the Christian denomination discussed its position on same-sex marriage, gun violence and outreach.
Siegfried & Roy’s white lion Legend dies following procedure in Ohio
(Reuters) – A rare white lion loaned to an Ohio Zoo by Las Vegas magicians Siegfried & Roy has died following a diagnostic procedure, officials said.
Baltimore police open probe into new shooting of unarmed black man
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Police have opened an investigation into the killing of an unarmed black man by law enforcement officers outside Baltimore, authorities said on Saturday, two months after the city was rocked by protests over the death of another …
Activist takes down Confederate flag outside South Carolina capitol
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – An activist climbed a flagpole outside the South Carolina state capitol early on Saturday and took down the Confederate flag, state officials said, a day after U.S. President Barack Obama called the banner a symbol of racia…
Big business on winning side in U.S. top court’s major rulings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Big business was on the winning side in the U.S. Supreme Court’s two major cases of the year, with hundreds of employers pushing hard in favor of gay marriage and the healthcare industry backing the insurance subsidies available …
For many black Americans, Confederate flag debate a distraction
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – As calls grow to remove the Confederate flag from public spaces across America’s South, Vanessa White says she questions whether that would mark real progress for black Americans like her.
Crews recover bodies of nine victims of Alaska plane crash
JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) – Emergency crews recovered on Friday the bodies of nine people from the wreckage of a sightseeing plane that remains teetering on a steep rock face after crashing in Alaska, a rescue official said.
Bill Cosby’s lawyer says revealing court documents would cause ’embarrassment’
(Reuters) – A lawyer for Bill Cosby argued that unsealing court documents from a 2005 Pennsylvania sexual assault case filed against the comedian would cause severe “embarrassment,” court records show.
Landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizes gay marriage nationwide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the U.S. Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry, handing a historic triumph to the American gay rights movement.
California governor blocks parole of killer who buried man alive
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown has blocked the parole of a convicted murderer who beat and buried alive a mentally disabled man three decades ago, his office said on Friday.
