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Court lifts ban on Calif. gay marriages

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 04:02 PM PDT

Two men hold hands while walking on Castro Street in San Francisco, Thursday, June 27, 2013. The Supreme Court issued rulings Wednesday that struck down a provision of a federal law that denies federal benefits to married gay couples and also cleared the way for state laws that recognize marriage equality. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)An appeals court clears the way for same-sex marriages to start immediately.       


Chicago prepares for concealed weapons

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 01:31 PM PDT

In this Feb. 26, 2013 file photo, Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy stands near guns confiscated in Chicago and talks about the department's efforts to curb gun violence during a news conference in Chicago. As Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn mulls whether to sign off on eliminating the nation's last ban on public possession of guns, the question in Chicago is whether it will matter in the crime-weary city where a spiking murder rate drew national attention last year. McCarthy calls a requirement that people go through only 16 hours of training before they are issued a concealed carry permit "Incredibly troubling." (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)In a city where gun violence is prevalent, any citizen can now carry a loaded gun.


Man paralyzed after saving drowning girl, dies at 43

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 02:08 PM PDT

PattersonMichael Patterson, the 43-year-old Georgia man who dived into a creek to save a 4-year-old girl from drowning and became paralyzed from the chest down during the rescue, died after spending three weeks in a hospital, The Associated Press reports. Patterson's family shared the news on Facebook. Patterson's bravery left many, including the woman whose [...]


Appeals court lifts hold on Calif. gay marriages

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 04:02 PM PDT

Two men hold hands while walking on Castro Street in San Francisco, Thursday, June 27, 2013. The Supreme Court issued rulings Wednesday that struck down a provision of a federal law that denies federal benefits to married gay couples and also cleared the way for state laws that recognize marriage equality. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday cleared the way for the state of California to immediately resume issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples after a 4 1/2-year freeze.


Violence flares in Egypt before weekend protests

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 03:42 PM PDT

Egyptian protesters wave their hands and hold national flags during anti-President Mohammed Morsi demonstration in Tahrir Square, the focal point of Egyptian uprising in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, June 28, 2013. Tens of thousands of backers and opponents of Egypt's Islamist president held competing rallies in the capital Friday and new clashes erupted between the two sides in the country's second largest city, Alexandria, in a prelude to massive nationwide protests planned by the opposition this weekend demanding Mohammed Morsi's removal.(AP Photo/Amr Nabil)CAIRO (AP) — Tens of thousands of supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi rallied Friday in Cairo, and both sides fought each other in the second-largest city of Alexandria, where two people were killed — including an American — and 85 were injured while at least five offices of Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood were torched, officials said.


Mandela family feud over where he should be buried

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 12:18 PM PDT

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela addresses the media in front the house of her former husband and former South African President Nelson Mandela in Soweto, Friday, June 28, 2013. Members of Nelson Mandela's family as well as South African Cabinet ministers have visited the hospital where the 94-year-old former president is critically ill. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — As Nelson Mandela remained in critical condition in hospital Friday, a family feud over where the 94-year-old former president should be buried went to the courts, according to South Africa's national broadcaster.


Obama's ties to Mandela loom over S. Africa visit

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 11:29 AM PDT

FILE - This two-picture combination of file photos shows Nelson Mandela on Aug. 8, 2012, left, and President Barack Obama on May 31, 2013. It was as a college student that President Barack Obama began to find his political voice. Inspired by Nelson Mandela's struggle against South Africa's apartheid government, the young Obama joined campus protests against the white racist rule that kept Mandela locked away in prison for nearly three decades. Now a historic, barrier-breaking figure himself, Obama will arrive in South Africa Friday to find a country drastically transformed by Mandela's influence, and a nation grappling with the beloved 94-year-old's mortality. (AP Photo/File)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Inspired by Nelson Mandela's struggles in South Africa, a young Barack Obama joined campus protests in the U.S. against the racist rule that kept Mandela locked away in prison for nearly three decades.


Pa. girl doing well after 2nd lung transplant

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 04:02 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 30, 2013 file photo provided by the Murnaghan family, Sarah Murnaghan, center, celebrates the 100th day of her stay in Children's Hospital of Philadelphia with her father, Fran, left, and mother, Janet. The 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl, who underwent a double-lung transplant amid a national debate over the organ allocation process, has undergone a second transplant after the first failed and is now taking some breaths on her own, her parents said Friday, June 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Murnaghan Family, File)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl who underwent a double-lung transplant amid a national debate over the organ allocation process received a second set of lungs after the first failed, and has now taken some breaths on her own, the girl's parents said Friday.


Neighbor testifies about Martin-Zimmerman fight

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 03:00 PM PDT

George Zimmerman leaves the courtroom court for the day in his trial in Seminole circuit court in Sanford, Fla. on Thursday, June 27, 2013. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Jacob Langston, Pool)SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Two neighbors and a police officer gave accounts Friday in George Zimmerman's murder trial that seemed to bolster the neighborhood watch volunteer's contention that he was on his back and being straddled by Trayvon Martin during their confrontation.


Phoenix, Las Vegas bake in scorching heat

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 02:37 PM PDT

Elvis impersonator Cristian Morales wipes sweat from his brow while standing out on The Strip posing for photos with tourists, Thursday, June 27, 2013 in Las Vegas. Morales preferred to stand out in the 112 degree heat of the day instead of working the cooler evening hours saying "We'd much rather fight with the sun than fight with the drunk people." A high pressure system parking over the West is expected to bring temperatures this weekend and into next week that are extreme even for a region used to baking during the summer. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)PHOENIX (AP) — A blazing heat wave expected to send the mercury soaring to nearly 120 degrees in Phoenix and Las Vegas settled over the West on Friday, threatening to ground airliners and raising fears that people and pets will get burned on the scalding pavement.


Sears, Penney sever ties with Paula Deen

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 04:30 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2010 file photo, Paula Deen speaks in Pasadena, Calif. Sears Holdings Corp. announced Friday, June 28, 2013, that it is cutting ties with Southern celebrity chef Deen, adding to the list of companies severing their relationship following revelations that Deen used racial slurs in the past. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Paula Deen's media and merchandising empire is collapsing.


Conn. man arraigned in ex-Patriot's murder case

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 04:02 PM PDT

Carlos Ortiz is shown during a hearing in court in Bristol, Conn., Friday, June 28, 2013. New Britain State's attorney says investigators arrested the 27-year-old Ortiz in Bristol on Wednesday in connection with the murder case against former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez. A judge ordered Ortiz turned over to Massachusetts authorities during the hearing. (AP Photo/The Bristol Press, Mike Orazzi, Pool)ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) — An arrested man from former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez's hometown was transferred to Massachusetts on Friday to face a gun charge connected to the murder case against Hernandez while a third suspect surrendered to authorities in Florida.


Millions of fans fete victorious Blackhawks

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 01:59 PM PDT

Fans cheer during a rally in Grant Park for the NHL Stanley Cup hockey champion Chicago Blackhawks on Friday, June 28, 2013, in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)CHICAGO (AP) — From the jubilant parade all the way to the boisterous rally, millions of excited fans spent a sun-drenched Friday celebrating another Stanley Cup title for the Chicago Blackhawks.


Status of the states on same-sex marriage

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 04:17 PM PDT

FILE - Christian Olivera, of Newark, N.J., shouts toward the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J. on Thursday, June 27, 2013 as he and other advocates for gay marriage in New Jersey gather, saying they'll press their case in the legislature and the courts after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that invalidates parts of the federal Defense of Marriage Act. Gov. Chris Christie said he would again veto a same-sex marriage bill if it reaches his desk, and that Wednesday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down a ban on federal benefits for same-sex married couples will have no effect on New Jersey, one of a handful of states that allows civil unions. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)The Supreme Court issued a pair of decisions this week with major consequences for efforts to legalize or bar same-sex marriage. One ruling opened the way for California to become the 13th state to allow gay marriage; the other struck down part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act and directed the government to recognize legally married same-sex couples.


Obama yet to have African legacy like predecessors

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 11:18 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, makes a toast during an official dinner with Senegalese President Macky Sall at the Presidential Palace on Thursday, June 27, 2013, in Dakar, Senegal. Obama is visiting Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania on a week long trip. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)CENTURION, South Africa (AP) — President Barack Obama is receiving the embrace you might expect for a long-lost son on his return to his father's home continent, even as he has yet to leave a lasting policy legacy for Africa on the scale of his two predecessors.


Syrian rebels capture major checkpoint in south

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 11:19 AM PDT

This citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows anti-Syrian regime protesters holding Syrian revolution flags, during a demonstration in the neighborhood of Bustan Al-Qasr in Aleppo, Syria, Friday, June 28, 2013. Intense shelling by Syrian government troops on a village in the country's south killed several women and girls overnight as forces loyal to President Bashar Assad pushed ahead with an offensive against rebels near the border with Jordan, activists said Friday. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)BEIRUT (AP) — Rebels captured a major army post in the southern city of Daraa Friday after nearly two weeks of intense fighting, as battles raged between troops and opposition forces in the province that borders Jordan, activists said.


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