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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a lower court order requiring a South Carolina couple to turn over a young girl they had raised since birth to her biological father simply because he was an American Indian. By a 5-4 vote, the court ruled in favor of Matt and Melanie Capobianco, who had been caring for the girl they named Veronica until a family court ordered them to turn her over to he...
North Carolina State AFL-CIO President James Andrews says he chose the act of civil disobedience that led to his arrest and the arrests of 120 others yesterday at the state capitol in Raleigh, N.C., because:I stand in opposition to the immoral acts taken against the people of North Carolina by those who claim to govern in their name.
Spectators gathered on Tuesday morning to watch city officials, archivists, and volunteers take down the temporary memorial of the Boston Marathon bombings. The crew placed the items into boxes that will be moved to the City of Boston Archives.City officials decided last week that the time had come to remove the makeshift memorial – a collection of teddy bears, running shoes, and countless other i...
A civilian employee for the Sanford, Fla., police department testified Tuesday that she thought neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman – on trial in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin -- was “meek” but civic-minded and professional.Wendy Dorival said that as part of her job, she assisted neighborhood watch programs, which enlist residents to be the “eyes and ears” of the police department...
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) vetoed a paycheck deception bill, saying the bill targeted a single group of employees and would have placed an undue burden on them. The legislation would've required that employees provide, on an annual basis, a written authorization for both withholding of union dues and for the authorization of the use of that money for political purposes.
This morning’s U.S. Supreme Court decision effectively striking down the heart of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by a 5-to-4 vote is shameful and a major setback to democracy.Fifty years ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, and I believe as he did that the “arc of the moral universe… bends toward justice.” But today’s decision twists that bend in the wrong direction.
Activists and organizers said that they would urge Congress and the president to act quickly after the Supreme Court struck down the formula in the Voting Rights Act that determined which jurisdictions were covered, presenting lawmakers with a challenge some watchers said they may not be ready for.The 5 to 4 vote struck down a section of the historic civil rights legislation that determined which...
Edward Snowden is still inside the transit zone of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday, according to Reuters – the first official word on the fugitive's whereabouts in more than two days.Putin said the former self-identified leaker of classified data arrived as a transit passenger and had made no arrangements with Russia over his future.The comments, made a...
