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Two California women were being married Friday afternoon after a federal appeals court dissolved the stay blocking same-sex marriage in California.
A federal appeals court on Friday dissolved the stay blocking same-sex marriage in California, opening the way for weddings immediately across the nation's most populous state.
A wave of record-setting and life-threatening heat is expected to blaze across a wide swath of the West this weekend, with temperatures projected to climb precarious heights.
A third man was in custody Friday in Florida in an expanding murder investigation swirling around Aaron Hernandez, the star NFL tight end accused of orchestrating the shooting death of a friend.
Ammonia nitrate, used in manufacturing fertilizer, is a dangerous and highly combustible explosive, as shown by the April explosion that killed 14 people, including 10 firefighters, and leveled the West Fertilizer Co. plant in the town of West, Texas.But the rules that govern its use and storage—30 tons of it were at West Fertilizer—fall under “a patchwork of U.S. safety standards and guidance—a patchwork that has many large holes,” Rafael Moure-Eraso, chair of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), told a Senate hearing Thursday.
Andrew Shaw has made a long climb from a 19th round National Hockey League (NHL) draft choice to a member of the Stanley Cup-winning Chicago Blackhawks. He says his dedication to the grueling hard work that helped him move from the junior league level Ontario Hockey League to the NHL can be found in a faded wristband he dons before every game.The white lettering stamped on it is worn, but Shaw wears it every day and it's symbolic of his hockey career. It says: "Ironworkers Local 721."
Following the U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling in the Shelby County v. Holder case striking down a portion of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), several states immediately took steps to increase voter suppression efforts. The court ruled unconstitutional the formula used to determine which states and locales needed to get preclearance from the Department of Justice before making changes in voting process. In recent years, Republicans have ramped up efforts to limit the right to vote, particularly through the use of voter identification laws that require eligible voters to purchase state-issued IDs before they can cast their ballots.
