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Reuters – by MARICE RICHTER

The Boy Scouts of America is expected to end its ban on gay adult leaders on Monday, dismantling a policy that has deeply divided the membership of the 105-year-old Texas-based organization.

The Boy Scouts National Executive Board will consider a resolution that was unanimously approved by the organization’s executive committee on July 13. The organization is urging an end to the ban because of “sea change in the law with respect to gay rights.”   Continue reading “Boy Scouts expected to lift ban on gay adult leaders on Monday”

Star Tribune – by Erica Werner, AP

WASHINGTON — It’s a rare Sunday session for senators, and on the agenda are efforts to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care law and reviving the federal Export-Import Bank.

Both are amendments to a must-pass highway bill that the Senate is trying to complete ahead of a July 31 deadline. If Congress doesn’t act by then, states will lose money for highway and transit projects in the middle of the summer construction season.   Continue reading “Senate set to meet in rare Sunday session; health care repeal, lending bank renewal on agenda”

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Yahoo News

Nairobi (AFP) – A batch of Kenyan newborn babies have been named in honour of US President Barack Obama’s visit to the country — with some mothers evidently hoping their offspring will be future high-flyers.

Already there are numerous young Barack Obamas living in Kogelo, the president’s ancestral village, but soon after Obama touched down on Friday night two mothers in the western city of Kisumu took the unusual decision to name their sons after the president’s jet, Air Force One.   Continue reading “‘Air Force One Obama’ – Kenyan babies named for presidential visit”

NBC News – by Chris Jansing

NAIROBI, Kenya — President Barack Obama spoke proudly of his Kenyan heritage before a raucous and affectionate crowd in Nairobi on Sunday.

“I am proud to be the first American president to come to Kenya, and of course I’m the first Kenyan-American to be president of the United States,” he told the packed sports hall in Nairobi. It is the time he referred to himself as such.   Continue reading “Obama in Africa: I’m Proud To Be First Kenyan-American President”

Fox News

HEMPSTEAD, Texas –  A black woman found dead in a Southeast Texas jail three days after a traffic-stop confrontation with a white officer hanged herself using a clear plastic bag tied into a slip knot, according to an autopsy report released Friday.

The medical examiner’s report, which the Waller County District Attorney’s Office made public, corroborates findings prosecutors detailed a day earlier about the death of 28-year-old Sandra Bland.   Continue reading “Autopsy: Woman found dead in Texas jail hanged herself using plastic bag tied into slip knot”

Huffington Post – by Paige Lavender

Louisiana state Rep. Terry Landry Sr. (D) called for more gun control at a press conference Friday after the shooting at a Lafayette, Louisiana movie theater.

A shooter identified by police as 59-year-old John Russel Houser opened fire in a movie theater Thursday night, killing two people and himself.   Continue reading “Louisiana State Rep. Calls For Stricter Gun Control Laws After Theater Shooting”

ABC News

The gunman who opened fire inside a packed movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana, Thursday night, was John Russel Houser, police said at a news conference this morning.

Houser, 59, is among three people who died, police said.

Nine others were injured.   Continue reading “Lafayette, Louisiana Movie Theater Gunman ID’d as John Russel Houser, 59, of Alabama”

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CT Post – by Neil Vigdor

Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson are history in Connecticut.

Under pressure from the NAACP, the state Democratic Party will scrub the names of the two presidents from its annual fundraising dinner because of their ties to slavery.   Continue reading “Democrats drop Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson names from annual fundraising dinner”

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Yahoo News – by Lisa de Moraes

“You don’t have that much time to take away Americans’ guns and declare martial law… if you’re going to do that, you better get started,” Jon Stewart advised President Obama, who Tuesday was making his final visit to Stewart’s The Daily Show.   Continue reading “Jon Stewart Warns Obama Little Time Left To Take Away Americans’ Guns, Declare Martial Law”

Patch – by Liz Taurasi

Massachusetts State Police have been searching the area near Rte. 140 in Mansfield near the Foxboro line, for a suspect who fired a gunshot, possibly from a muzzleloader rifle, at an MSP cruiser overnight.

The cruiser was being operated on Rte. 140 around 2:20 a.m. when the trooper reported a shot fired at him. A subsequent search of the area off the highway led to the discovery of a black powder rifle. Muzzleloader — or black powder — guns are often sold for hunting.   Continue reading “State Police Cruiser Shot at Overnight”

Reuters – by Carey Gillam

The House of Representatives was set to vote Thursday on a hotly debated measure that would block mandatory labeling of foods made with genetically engineered crops, including pre-empting a state law set to take effect next year in Vermont.

Dubbed the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act by supporters, but the “Deny Americans the Right to Know” or DARK Act, by opponents, the measure appeared likely to pass the House, according to lawmakers and lobbyists. It sailed through the House Agriculture Committee last week.   Continue reading “House set to vote on anti-GMO labeling law”

NBC News – by ALEXANDER SMITH, DAVID WYLLIE and SHAMAR WALTERS

Two teens were taken into custody after five relatives were found stabbed to death at the Oklahoma home where they all lived, police told NBC News early Thursday.

The suspects, aged 18 and 16, allegedly ran out the back door when officers arrived at the scene in the Tulsa suburb of Broken Arrow.   Continue reading “Five Found Dead in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; Two Teen Relatives Detained”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

In what seems a lot like a strawman for just how much they can pressure the population, AP reports California water regulators proposed a first-of-its-kind, $1.5 million fine for a group of Central Valley farmers accused of illegally taking water during the drought. This would be the first such fine for holders of California’s oldest (most senior) claims to water, and follows suits from the farmers to the government arguing their ‘law changes’ are illegal.   Continue reading “California Regulators Slap Farmers With Record $1.5 Million “Water-Taking” Fine”

i24 News

The European Union on Monday called on Israel to “halt plans for forced population transfer and house demolitions” in the Palestinian village of Sussiya in the West Bank, days after Washington issued a similar call.

Israel’s military ruling authority in the West Bank claims the Palestinians built their homes in the village of Sussiya without permission and lack necessary infrastructure.    Continue reading “EU calls on Israel to halt plans for demolishing Palestinian village”