Gay rights bill clears big hurdle in Senate
The Senate voted 61 to 30 to move ahead on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, crossing a major threshold toward prohibiting workplace bias against gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans. The measure draws seven Republican votes, with President Obama praising the momentum while the House remains a hurdle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Congress
Bill Clinton
Tammy Baldwin
Dwis
Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Barack Obama
House
John Boehner
Ohio
Susan Collins
Rmaine
Collin
CCSU lockdown ends after student charged with breach of peace
A three hour campus emergency at Central Connecticut State University followed reports of a student carrying a sword or handgun. David Kyem, 21, son of professor Peter Kyem, was arrested on breach of peace and released on 1000 bail amid no weapons recovered and no campus threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Connecticut State University
David Kyem
CCSU
Peter Kyem
Kyem
University
Hartford
James Hall
Study finds billions of Earth sized planets in habitable zone
NASA based study in PNAS reports at least 8.8 billion stars in the Milky Way host Earth size planets in the Goldilocks zone. Co author Geoff Marcy says this many Earth like worlds imply high odds for life somewhere in our galaxy. Next steps include atmosphere studies with upcoming space telescopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Milky Way
Earth
Goldilocks Zone
NASA
Proceedings
The
National Academy of Science
Geoff Marcy
University of California At Berkeley
Report slams doctors involved in torture
A 20 member task force from the Institute on Medicine as a Profession faults Defense Department and CIA health professionals for aiding interrogation and torture, including force-feeding. It urges full inquiry into military and intelligence physicians and psychologists and says health workers must be held to higher ethical standards than interrogators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense Department
CIA
Institute On Medicine
U.S
Heath
Court could take up new abortion case
The Supreme Court on Monday avoided a fresh abortion dispute for now while mounting state limits raise the odds the issue returns. A filing seeks to block Texas restrictions shrinking abortion access, while Oklahoma challenges an ultrasound requirement and Arizona with 16 states seeks 20 week ban enforcement with medical exceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Child Care Aware of America
Mississippi
Massachusetts
Washington
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Texas
Arizona
Calif man skydives at 100 to mark centennial birthday
Vernon Maynard of Perris California celebrated his 100th birthday by skydiving from 13 000 feet near Los Angeles. He jumped with two great nephews and instructors after obtaining a doctor s note, fulfilling a lifelong wish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perris
Calif
Vernon Maynard
California
Jean Walcher
U.S. Parachute Association
Maynard
Los Angeles
Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld
Also Mentioned on This Page
R-Maine
D-Wis
Jeff Merkley
D-Ore
U.S. Capitol
Morton
Kansas
Mortonbuildings.com
Morton Buildings
SHICK
Kansas Department For Aging & Disal
New Britain, Conn
Planned Parenthood
Casey
Iran
United Nations
U.N
Tehran
Mohammad Khazaee
General Assembly
Disarmament Committee
Hassan Rouhani
Geneva
Khazaee
T Inc
Yiul TU
Vave Arms
Elen
Bcbsks.com
GoBlueNow
BlueCross BlueShield
Value Kansans Trust
Tion
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!