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Warning raised on possible ISIS 4th of July terror bomb attacks in New York and other US cities
The warning was issued by Republican Rep. Peter King, chairman of the House Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, who cited information he gathered.
Court order to remove Ten Commandments monument in Oklahoma draws protest
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ordered the removal of a Ten Commandments monument on the State Capitol grounds, ruling that it violated the state Constitution's ban on the use of government property to benefit a religion.
California governor signs vaccination law that prohibits personal belief exemptions
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed on Tuesday the controversial bill for the vaccination for school chidren in public and private schools and prohibits exemptions based on personal beliefs.
Obama gets image boost with 2 Supreme Court decisions, Charleston church eulogy
President Obama's image got a needed boost with the the US Supreme Court decisions on the Affordable Care Act and same-sex marriage and his emphatic eulogy for the nine people who were killed in Charleston, South Carolina.
Mississippi officials consider options to avoid issuance of gay marriage licenses
Mississippi has started issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples as one state official floated the idea of getting out of the business altogether.
Abortion clinics stay open in Texas after High Court suspends legal restrictions
The US Supreme Court on Monday temporarily suspended an appeals court ruling that threatened to close down 10 of the 19 abortion clinics in Texas.
Online petition urges US Congress to pass constitutional amendment on marriage
Following the US Supreme Court's decision legalizing same-sex marriage in the US, an online petition has been launched to urge Congress to declare that marriage as only between a man and a woman.
US Supreme Court upholds lethal injection drug, says pain inherent in any execution
The US Supreme Court has upheld Oklahoma's use of a drug in its lethal injection to execute death-row inmates.
Gay conversion therapy by Jewish group a fraud, New Jersey jury rules
A state jury in New Jersey ruled that a conversion therapy offered by a Jewish organization claiming to change clients from gay to straight was fraudulent.
After its Obamacare ruling, Supreme Court becomes issue in US election
Conservatives and Republicans, who were disappointed with the US Supreme Court ruling that upheld the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, said they will make the role of the court a major issue in the 2016 presidential election.
Justice Clarence Thomas: Supreme Court decision 'distorts principles on which this nation was founded'
Along with the US Supreme Court's decision legalizing same-sex marriage in the US, Justice Clarence Thomas issued his dissenting opinion to declare that the ruling "threatens the religious liberty our Nation has long sought to protect."
California Assembly passes bill on kids' vaccination without exemption
The California State Assembly has passed the controversial bill that orders vaccination for school children and prohibits exemptions based on personal or religious beliefs of parents.
California's assisted death bill stalls as LA archbishop warns lawmakers
California's assisted death bill has been pulled out from a key committee after it failed to gain support.
Black church in North Carolina set on fire; pastor forgives arsonist
Investigators ruled that an overnight fire at a black church in in Charlotte, North Carolina on Wednesday was arson and have asked the public for more information.
Charleston church resumes Bible study a week after shooting rampage
A week after Dylann Roof killed nine people inside the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, people gathered to resume Bible study in the same room where the massacre occurred.
Supreme Court backs Obamacare as critics slam 'attack on rule of law'
The US Supreme Court has upheld the tax subsidies in the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare but critics claim that it was an attack on the "rule of law"