President Barack Obama plans to sign an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against employees on the basis of their sexual orientation, a White House official said Monday. The move follows years of pressure from gay rights groups for Obama to act on his own while a broader employment non-discrimination measure languishes on Capitol […]
WASHINGTON –  The Supreme Court has left in place a court decision that said public high school graduations in a church adorned with religious symbols violated the separation of church and state. The justices’ action Monday comes more than a month after the court upheld Christian prayer at the start of town council meetings. READ MORE: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/06/16/supreme-court-rejects-appeal-over-graduations-in-church/
BY CHERYL SLAVIN Bingo was not the only big event at the Monday meeting of the Stony Point Senior Club II. During the gathering, club president Tom Robinson presented a $1,000 Homes for Heroes donation to Legislator John Murphy, a retired Marine who has spearheaded the initiative to provide affordable housing for formerly homeless veterans. […]
A police task force in Jamaica arrested 10 people on suspicion of involvement in the Caribbean country’s lottery scam rings, authorities said Sunday. The island’s Lottery Scam Task Force made the arrests during an operation in Browns Town in the mostly rural parish of St. Ann. Computers allegedly containing lottery scam documents and other devices […]
The Obama administration is willing to talk with Iran over deteriorating security conditions in Iraq and is not ruling out potential U.S.-Iranian military cooperation in stemming the advance of Sunni extremists, Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday. The Pentagon, however, quickly tamped down speculation that the United States would coordinate or consult with Iran […]
The parents of a 15-year-old Oregon boy who killed a classmate when he opened fire in his high school locker room apologized Friday, saying they were “horrified and distraught” by the shooting. The letter from Michael Padgett and his ex-wife, Kristina, was delivered to KPTV, the Fox affiliate in Portland, three days after Jared Padgett […]