Powerful Texas school board hears testimony on contentious textbooks
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) – The Texas Board of Education, a group whose decisions can set the tone for school districts nationwide, heard testimony on Tuesday on a new set of school history and social studies textbooks that critics say advance Christian i…
Appeals court lets gay marriage go ahead in South Carolina
CHARLESTON S.C (Reuters) – The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined on Tuesday to stay a district court ruling from last week that struck down South Carolina’s gay marriage ban, meaning same-sex weddings could happen there as soon as Thursday.
U.S. judge overseeing San Bernardino bankruptcy sets deadline for city plan
(Reuters) – More than two years after San Bernardino filed for bankruptcy, a judge on Tuesday set a deadline for the California city to propose a plan to manage its Chapter 9 protection.
Nevada has highest proportion of illegal immigrants in U.S.: study
(Reuters) – Nevada has the highest proportion of illegal immigrants of any U.S. state at 7.6 percent of its population while the number of illegal immigrants nationwide is leveling off at about 11.2 million, according to a study released on Tuesday.
Mother says Vatican criticism of daughter’s Oregon assisted suicide hurtful
(Reuters) – The mother of a 29-year-old woman with terminal brain cancer who took advantage of Oregon’s assisted suicide law to end her life said on Tuesday that the Vatican deeply wounded her by unfairly calling into question her daughter’s decision.
Appeals court lets gay marriage go ahead in South Carolina
CHARLESTON S.C (Reuters) – The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined on Tuesday to stay a district court ruling from last week that struck down South Carolina’s gay marriage ban, meaning same-sex weddings could happen there as soon as Thursday.
Pennsylvania death row inmate gets stay of execution
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania man sentenced to death for murdering four people was granted a stay of execution on Tuesday so he could join lawsuits challenging the state’s execution methods, according to authorities.
Search on for missing New Mexico plane with two on board
ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (Reuters) – Officials searched by ground and air in New Mexico on Tuesday for a single-engine plane with two passengers that went missing after taking off from a small airstrip west of Albuquerque on Friday, authorities said.
Death of Virginia college student ruled a homicide
RICHMOND Va. (Reuters) – The death of Hannah Graham, a University of Virginia sophomore whose remains were found in October, has been ruled a homicide by the state’s medical examiner, police said on Tuesday.
Missouri Governor names panel to address inequity in Ferguson
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) – Missouri’s governor on Tuesday named 16 members to a panel charged with making recommendations to fix social and economic inequalities in Ferguson, the St. Louis suburb hit by protests since a white policeman fatally shot an unarm…
