60-something socialist is Britain's unlikely political star
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Hundreds gather at jail for Kentucky clerk held in gay marriage dispute
Up to 500 supporters gathered outside a Kentucky jail on Saturday to support a county clerk held there for defying a federal judge’s order to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, 49, who refused the licenses due to her Christian belief that marriage can only be between a man and a woman, said she was prepared to remain in jail where she has been reading
Prosecutors seek to re-argue case that ended Connecticut death penalty
Connecticut prosecutors asked the state Supreme Court on Friday to reconsider its recent decision on a narrow vote to end the state’s death penalty, a clerk for the state Supreme Court said. The ruling, on a 4-3 vote, added Connecticut to the growing list of states backing away from the death penalty, including Nebraska and Maryland most recently. Thirty-one states have the death penalty.
Four dead in Dallas traffic accident
(Reuters) – Four people were killed on Saturday night in a traffic accident in Dallas, police said, and authorities have taken four people into custody after they fled the scene of the deadly crash.
Guatemala voters choose new president amid fraud scandal
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — An uncomfortable challenge confronted Guatemala’s presidential candidates on Sunday: trying to win the votes of a nation that has put the last elected leader in court custody.
Rally to support defiant clerk jailed over marriage licenses
They stood chanting outside the jail house, “Thank you, Kim; Thank you, Kim,” and prayed that the defiant county clerk locked inside could hear them.
Clinton personally paid staffer to maintain private server: report
Hillary Clinton used personal funds to pay a State Department staffer to maintain an email server she used for both personal and government matters when she was U.S. secretary of state, The Washington Post said on Saturday, citing a campaign official. The unidentified official for Clinton’s campaign for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination told the Post the pay arrangement with Bryan Pagliano ensured taxpayer dollars were not spent on a
Exhaustion, elation as 5,000 migrants reach Austria, Germany
Thousands of exhausted, elated migrants reached their dream destinations of Germany and Austria on Saturday.
Ohio voters' measured view of 2016 race as wild summer fades
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Supporters gather at jail for Kentucky clerk held in gay marriage dispute
By Steve Bittenbender GRAYSON, Ky. (Reuters) – Around 200 supporters gathered outside a Kentucky jail on Saturday to support a county clerk held there for defying a federal judge’s order to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, 49, who refused the licenses due to her Christian belief that marriage can only be between a man and a woman, said she was prepared to remain in