Federal judge rules Mississippi gay marriage ban unconstitutional
(Reuters) – A U.S. district judge on Tuesday struck down Mississippi’s ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional.
In blow to tax negotiators, Obama threatens veto
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama pledged on Tuesday to veto a deal still under negotiation in Congress that would make several expiring business tax breaks permanent.
Obama heckled over immigration policies in Chicago appearance
CHICAGO (Reuters) – President Barack Obama was interrupted several times by hecklers during a speech on his immigration policy on Tuesday, and their complaint was that his plan did not go far enough in protecting illegal immigrants from deportation.
New Jersey pension system funding plummets under new rule
(Reuters) – New Jersey’s retirement system for public employees is in worse shape than previously reported, thanks to recent accounting changes that are starting to be rolled out across the country.
More troops deployed in Ferguson to guard against fresh riots
FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) – Missouri’s governor ordered hundreds more National Guard troops on Tuesday to the St. Louis suburb rocked by rioting after a white policeman was cleared in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager, while the local mayor…
Florida police arrest students in alleged prostitution ring
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida prostitution ring allegedly run by high school students who tried to recruit classmates with the promise of $40 and liquor was broken up after a second teenager was arrested in the underage sex scheme, police said on…
Honeymoon interrupted as disorderly Brit hauled off plane in Bermuda
HAMILTON, Bermuda (Reuters) – A British man headed to his honeymoon on a Cuba-bound flight instead found himself grounded in Bermuda after drunkenly threatening the flight crew, with his wife continuing on to Cuba without him, authorities in Bermuda sa…
U.S. judge rules Arkansas ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – A U.S. district judge ruled on Tuesday that an Arkansas constitutional amendment that defines legal marriage as being only the union of one man and one woman was unconstitutional.
Judge denies Boston bomb suspect request for triple murder evidence
BOSTON (Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday denied a request by lawyers for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for evidence in the ongoing investigation of a 2011 Massachusetts triple murder, saying the information wouldn’t help their c…
Oklahoma woman shot and killed by three-year-old son: police
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – An Oklahoma woman was fatally shot in the head by her 3-year-old son who came across a handgun in their Tulsa home, police said on Tuesday.
