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Kentucky clerk's office ends ban on same-sex marriage licenses

By Steve Bittenbender MOREHEAD, Ky. (Reuters) – A county clerk’s office in rural Kentucky issued marriage licenses to two gay couples on Friday morning after defying a U.S. district judge’s orders for months. After Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis was jailed on Thursday for refusing to follow the orders of U.S. District Judge David Bunning, her deputies processed a marriage license to James Yates and William Smith, who had previously

Kentucky clerk's office ends ban on same-sex marriage licenses

By Steve Bittenbender MOREHEAD, Ky. (Reuters) – A county clerk’s office in rural Kentucky issued marriage licenses to two gay couples on Friday morning after defying a U.S. district judge’s orders for months. After Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis was jailed on Thursday for refusing to follow the orders of U.S. District Judge David Bunning, her deputies processed a marriage license to James Yates and William Smith, who had previously

Gunman kills one student, wounds two others at Sacramento college

One student was killed and two others injured after a fistfight at a Sacramento community college escalated into a shooting, a school official and police said, but classes were to be held as normal on Friday. Sacramento City College has not released the names of the three male students. One of those injured was taken to hospital, Sacramento police Sergeant Doug Morse said, and the other had graze wounds and

Gunman kills one student, wounds two others at Sacramento college

One student was killed and two others injured after a fistfight at a Sacramento community college escalated into a shooting, a school official and police said, but classes were to be held as normal on Friday. Sacramento City College has not released the names of the three male students. One of those injured was taken to hospital, Sacramento police Sergeant Doug Morse said, and the other had graze wounds and