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Arkansas schedules first executions in 10 years but expects legal challenge
Arkansas will resume lethal injections after a 10-year gap starting next month with a double execution, Governor Asa Hutchinson said on Wednesday as he announced execution dates for eight death-row inmates. Arkansas hasn’t executed an inmate since 2005, largely because of court challenges to the state’s lethal injection law and a nationwide shortage in the…
Supporters of Jailed Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis Rally to Her Defense
About 200 supporters of a Kentucky county clerk jailed for refusing to hand out marriage licenses to gay couples rallied and prayed Saturday as she faced a third day behind bars. Some in the crowd — chanting, “Thank you, Kim; Thank you, Kim” — swiftly defended Kim Davis, who defied court orders to issue the…
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Police chief blames immigration, crime policies in murder of California woman
(CNN)When a California woman died after an undocumented immigrant and another man allegedly sexually assaulted her and beat her with a hammer, a police chief wasted little time blaming top officials of his state and the United States. “I think it starts in Washington, D.C., with this administration that we see and their policies. I…
Police: Louisiana Theater Shooter Bought Gun Legally
LAFAYETTE, Lousiana – John Russell “Rusty” Houser methodically shot 11 people in a Lafayette, Louisiana, movie theater on Thursday night using a handgun he legally purchased from an Alabama pawn shop, authorities said Friday. Houser stood up in the theater where the comedy “Trainwreck” was showing and fired off one 10-round clip, Lafayette Police Chief…
The Latest: Rick Santorum Favors Curbs on Legal Immigration
The latest on the Republican presidential contenders wooing social conservatives at the annual Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa, an event that’s attracting thousands of potential Iowa caucus-goers. All times are local. ___ 6:20 p.m. Several Republicans presidential candidates are vowing to stop illegal immigration. But Rick Santorum says the U.S. needs to curtail legal…
Standoff over social media passwords breaks new legal ground
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas man used social media to promote his gun store, posting politically charged messages that criticized the president and promoted Second Amendment rights. But after losing ownership of his suburban Houston store in bankruptcy, Jeremy Alcede spent nearly seven weeks in jail for refusing a federal judge’s order to share with…
Gay marriage declared legal across the US in historic supreme court ruling
Same-sex marriages are now legal across the entirety of the United States after a historic supreme court ruling that declared attempts by conservative states to ban them unconstitutional. In what may prove the most important civil rights case in a generation, five of the nine court justices determined that the right to marriage equality was…
D.C. can require gun applicants to provide a ‘good reason’ for now
A federal appeals court has ordered a stay of a judge’s ruling in a challenge to the District’s gun laws. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia temporarily blocked a decision made last month by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Scullin Jr. that stopped the District from enforcing a key provision of…