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Transgender California inmate hoping for sex reassignment surgery recommended for parole
A transgender inmate, who was convicted of second-degree murder in 1986, has been recommended for parole by a California board on Thursday, the same day an appeals court put on hold a decision that ordered the state to provide sex reassignment surgery to her.
Gay marriage in Alabama reaffirmed by judge, but decision stayed pending Supreme Court ruling
A federal judge on Thursday reaffirmed her decision last January that same-sex couples can marry in Alabama but put it on hold until the U.S. Supreme Court makes its decision next month.
U.S. Boys Scouts chief says ban on gays not sustainable amid mounting defiance
In an unprecedented move, Robert Gates, the president of the Boy Scouts of America, said the organization's ban on openly gay adults is no longer sustainable even as he called for major reforms to prevent "the end of us as a national movement."
ISIS news today 2015: 2 California men seeking to fight for ISIS charged
Two terrorist suspects arrested by the F.B.I. in Southern California were charged Friday with conspiring to support the Islamic State after agents overheard them saying on their tapped phones that it would be "a blessing to fight for the cause of Allah."