2015 April 21

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Little Rock officials defy Arkansas state ban, enact anti-LGBT discrimination statute

The governing board of Arkansas’s capital city on Tuesday adopted an ordinance forbidding discrimination against gays and transgender people in municipal hiring, setting the stage for a legal confrontation with the state government which has...

Dan Savage: Why would Santorum and Huckabee’s ‘imaginary gay friends’ invite them to their wedding?

The real question is not whether Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin or other GOP presidential hopefuls would attend a same-sex wedding, columnist Dan Savage said on Tuesday — it’s how anybody believes they would be invited to one at all....

Spread the wealth: Koch brothers considering donating to five GOP presidential candidates

Conservative billionaire Charles Koch is considering giving money to several candidates for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination before settling on a single recipient, USA Today reported on Tuesday. Koch told the newspaper he was thinking...

Oregon teacher sues school officials over PTSD caused by surprise ‘active shooter’ drill

An elementary school teacher in Halfway, Oregon filed a federal lawsuit against local school district officials saying she was traumatized by a surprise drill simulating a school shooting, the Portland Oregonian reported. The suit stated that...

Hundreds of protesters march in Baltimore as Justice Dept. announces probe of Freddy Gray’s death

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Baltimore on Tuesday to protest the death of a 27-year-old black man who died after being arrested by local police. The U.S. Justice Department is looking into the case of Freddie Gray, who arrested on April...

DEA head Michele Leonhart resigns as Congress prepares investigation into sex parties

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s chief will step down within weeks, the Obama administration said on Tuesday, as a congressional panel planned to examine whether DEA agents divulged secrets at sex parties that Colombian drug...

Pulitzer Prize winner leaves journalism: ‘It was too difficult to make ends meet’

A Pulitzer prize honoring his work as a journalist came a bit too late for Rob Kuznia, who had to quit the profession because it didn’t pay enough. Kuznia, 39, was honored Monday for his reporting with the Daily Breeze, a 63,000...

Former Missouri cop: I quit because I feared for my safety, not because new mayor is a black woman

The former assistant police chief in Parma, Missouri denied allegations on Tuesday that racism and sexism played a part in his leaving the department following the election of a black woman, Tyus Byrd, (pictured above) as mayor....

Native American groups say Michigan land sale to Canadian mining co. violates 1836 treaty

A group of Native American tribes and environmentalists in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula lost their fight to save roughly 10,000 acres of public land to a Canadian mining company. The Michigan Department of National Resources (DNR) recently...

Activist group wants to turn the Internet red by April 28 for marriage equality — here’s why

With a week until the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in a crucial case involving same-sex marriage, the activist group the Human Rights Campaign is pushing to paint Internet social circles red. The group announced on Tuesday that it wants to...

SWAT team leader who fatally shot 7-year-old during reality show filming gets job back

Five years after shooting a seven-year-old girl to death while on duty, Joseph Weekley has rejoined the Detroit police. While filming with an A&E crew in 2010, Officer Joseph Weekley led a SWAT team of officers into a Detroit residence in...

Tennessee lawmaker tables abortion bill exceptions because rape and incest are ‘not verifiable’

Tennessee state Rep. Sheila Butt (R) on Tuesday moved to table an amendment that would have exempted victims of rape and incest from new restrictions on access to abortion because she said that their claims were “not verifiable.”...

‘I’ll drop your ass’: Video catches LAPD cop turned GOP congressman threatening protester

A freshman Republican congressman was caught on video threatening to knock out a conservative protester during a demonstration outside his office last week. A video featured Monday at SantaClarita.com showed Rep. Steve Knight (R-CA) threatening...

Fox host: Solution to terror recruitment is a more ‘manly, not feminized version of Christianity’

Fox News guest host Rachel Campos-Duffy, a former cast member of MTV reality show The Real World, argued on Tuesday that terrorism recruitment could be stopped if the Christian religion was more “manly” and less...

Chicago gunman opens fire on crowd — but is quickly shot and incapacitated by nearby Uber driver

The Uber driver who shot and wounded a gunman in Chicago last Friday will not be charged, Chicago Tribune reports. The driver fired six shots from a handgun at 22-year old Everardo Custodio when the latter started firing at a group of people...

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Little Rock officials defy Arkansas state ban, enact anti-LGBT discrimination statute

Dan Savage: Why would Santorum and Huckabee’s ‘imaginary gay friends’ invite them to their wedding?

Spread the wealth: Koch brothers considering donating to five GOP presidential candidates

Oregon teacher sues school officials over PTSD caused by surprise ‘active shooter’ drill

Hundreds of protesters march in Baltimore as Justice Dept. announces probe of Freddy Gray’s death

DEA head Michele Leonhart resigns as Congress prepares investigation into sex parties

Pulitzer Prize winner leaves journalism: ‘It was too difficult to make ends meet’

Former Missouri cop: I quit because I feared for my safety, not because new mayor is a black woman

Native American groups say Michigan land sale to Canadian mining co. violates 1836 treaty

Activist group wants to turn the Internet red by April 28 for marriage equality — here’s why

SWAT team leader who fatally shot 7-year-old during reality show filming gets job back

Tennessee lawmaker tables abortion bill exceptions because rape and incest are ‘not verifiable’

‘I’ll drop your ass’: Video catches LAPD cop turned GOP congressman threatening protester

Fox host: Solution to terror recruitment is a more ‘manly, not feminized version of Christianity’

Chicago gunman opens fire on crowd — but is quickly shot and incapacitated by nearby Uber driver

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