That time Hillary Clinton emailed about Gefilte fish

That time Hillary Clinton emailed about Gefilte fish
Federal judge orders Kentucky clerk and her staff to court
This senator is the GOP's anti-Trump
Clerk defies U.S. high court, denies gay marriage licenses
Police hunt for suspects after officer shot dead north of Chicago
University of Tulsa cleaning up small radiation spill at research campus
Supreme Court rules against clerk in gay marriage case
About 150 new Hillary Clinton emails now deemed classified

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 09:04 AM PDT

The latest batch of Clinton's emails includes high-level diplomatic discussions — and a few surprises.

Federal judge orders Kentucky clerk and her staff to court

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 08:41 AM PDT

Kim Davis invokes her religious beliefs and "God's authority" — this time in defiance of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling against her.

This senator is the GOP's anti-Trump

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Jeff Flake still believes politics is "a noble profession" — a view that makes him an anomaly in 2015

Clerk defies U.S. high court, denies gay marriage licenses

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 10:48 AM PDT

Citing her religious objections, Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis has refused to issue any marriage licenses since the Supreme Court in June ruled that same-sex couples had the right to marry under the U.S. Constitution. On Monday the same court rejected Davis' request for an emergency order allowing her to deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples while she appeals a federal judge's order requiring her to issue them. Eight people filed a federal lawsuit against Davis in July challenging her office's policy of not issuing marriage licenses to any couples – gay or straight.

Police hunt for suspects after officer shot dead north of Chicago

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 10:44 AM PDT

Police with dogs and helicopters are searching woods and swampy areas north of Chicago for three armed suspects after a police officer was shot dead on Tuesday in the suburb of Fox Lake, a local law enforcement official said. Lake County sheriff's office Sergeant Christopher Covelli told Reuters the officer had died after being shot, but declined to identify him. Trains were stopped, roads were blocked and schools were on lock-down during the widespread manhunt that encompassed in a heavily wooded area about 40 miles north of Chicago, near the Wisconsin border, media reports said.

University of Tulsa cleaning up small radiation spill at research campus

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 09:17 AM PDT

By Heide Brandes OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - The University of Tulsa is working to clean up what it is calling a minor spill of a radioactive chemical on its research campus and is having 21 people who may have been exposed to the cesium-137 undergo medical evaluations, school officials said on Tuesday. The spill by Tracerco, a subsidiary of British chemical company Johnson Matthey that was contracted by the university, is believed to have occurred last fall but Tracerco did not notify the school about it until Aug. 25, the university said. Tracerco spilled a small quantity of cesium-137, a radioactive isotope often used in research, in a restricted building on a campus that houses research equipment, according to Steadman Upham, the university's president.

Supreme Court rules against clerk in gay marriage case

Posted: 31 Aug 2015 04:48 PM PDT

MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled against the Kentucky county clerk who has refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses, and the clerk will arrive at work Tuesday morning to face her moment of truth.

About 150 new Hillary Clinton emails now deemed classified

Posted: 31 Aug 2015 09:27 PM PDT

Among the soon-to-be released emails from Hillary Clinton's private email server, approximately 150 have been deemed classified by the State Department. The roughly 150 emails are among 7,000 pages of new emails from Hillary Clinton's private server that the State Department will publish on its public records website later tonight -- part of its ongoing effort to make all of 30,000 emails public. The exact number of newly classified emails to be released tonight in redacted form is still being calculated, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said today.