WASHINGTON — The future of same-sex marriage and President Obama's health care law hang in the balance as the Supreme Court's 2014 term draws rapidly to a close this month. But those aren't the only big issues on the justices' plate.Free speech and fair elections. Religious liberty and racial discrimination. Clean air and capital punishment. All await rulings over the next three weeks as the court completes action on 20 cases remaining this... [...]
The family of a man suspected in a brazen attack on Dallas Police headquarters Saturday said he harbored a personal grudge against cops, and has a violent criminal history that includes death threats and assaults on relatives, and alleged plans to gun down innocent people at schools and churches.The suspect in the late-night shootout in downtown Dallas identified himself to police negotiators as James Boulware, 35.Before cutting communications,... [...]
SAN DIEGO, June 11 (Reuters) - A San Diego judge sentenced a barber on Thursday to 10 years in prison for inexplicably slashing a customer's throat during a haircut and shave before pedaling away on his bike.U.S. Navy Petty Officer Timothy Vaughn, 33, was at Vic's Barber Shop in Imperial Beach, just south of San Diego, for a haircut in October when barber Daniel Roberto Flores calmly slashed a straight razor across Vaughn's throat twice."Mr.... [...]
As I've gotten older, I've come to realize there is a lot that I don't know. One thing I do know is that you don't know until you know.
It's likely that I have said the wrong thing to a friend who has lost a parent or spouse. I don't know that, I haven't lived it. How I went about helping a friend whose child is struggling may have been entirely unhelpful. I don't know their struggle, I haven't lived it. The dinner I sent and the offer to... [...]
I recently wrote an article entitled, "10 Things This Single Mom Wants Her Kids to Know," in which I discussed raising my three children post-divorce almost entirely on my own. You can read it here.
My now ex husband has been living overseas for more than five years, beginning (almost to the day) two years prior to when we officially separated during January of 2012. Although we legally agreed to joint custody, the reality is, due to my... [...]
