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/
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 […]
A 9-year-old New Mexico girl who got lost after she wandered away from her family’s campsite in a Northern California park was found uninjured and in good spirits Saturday after spending the night alone in the woods, authorities said. Two people on mountain bikes who had joined the intensive search for Ida Rothschild of Santa […]
Police are looking for two people suspected of fleeing a Houston car crash in which three teenagers were killed. KPRC-TV reports ( http://bit.ly/1luTFYH ) the accident occurred around 2:30 a.m. Saturday on a freeway feeder road in the southeast part of the city. READ MORE: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/teens-killed-hit-run-crash-houston-24139630
FLORENCE, S.C. – The large armored truck parked outside the Florence County Sheriff’s Office in South Carolina offers deputies more protection than they’re likely to ever need. “But if it exceeds our needs, then it will obviously meet our needs,” explained sheriff’s Capt. John Crouse, adding that his county didn’t have to pay a dime […]
President Obama today ruled out sending U.S. troops “back into combat” in Iraq despite the threat from a surging army of Islamic militants. But as several cities in the once American-occupied nation fall under the flags of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, Obama told reporters his National Security Council was still considering options. “I’ll be […]