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The Alabama attorney general is asking a federal judge to stay a ruling that overturned Alabama's ban on gay marriage, as advocates cheer what once seemed an improbable victory in the deeply conservative state.
Attorney General Luther Strange's office asked a federal judge on Friday to put the ruling on hold since the U.S. Supreme Court plans to take up the issue of gay marriage this term, "resolving the issues on a nation-wide basis."
Alabama seeks to stay order overturning gay marriage ban
Anonymous donor gives families of slain NYPD officers large donation
An anonymous donor from Hong Kong has given the families of slain NYPD officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos $1 million.
Liu's father will get $100,000 a year for five years and Ramos' children now have a $500,000 education fund.
"In every tragedy, there are individuals who step forward and step up to the plate, and that's what this story is all about here today," said Michael Palladino, president of the NYPD's detectives union during a ceremony at union headquarters.
Extended Tamir Rice shooting video shows officers restrained sister
Cleveland police officers forced Tamir Rice's 14-year-old sister to the ground, handcuffed her and placed in the back of a Cleveland police car steps away from her wounded 12-year-old brother.
The scene plays out within the first two minutes of the 30 minute video taken from the Cudell Recreation Center surveillance camera that captured the shooting. The additional video was obtained by Northeast Ohio Media Group after protracted talks with city officials, who initially refused to release it.
Michael Brown grand juror sues St. Louis County prosecutor, asking to speak out on case
A member of the grand jury who declined to file criminal charges against former Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown sued St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch Monday for the right to speak publicly about the proceedings.
The plaintiff, identified in court documents only as "Grand Juror Doe," has alleged First Amendment violations in a civil suit filed in federal court in St. Louis. According to the lawsuit, Doe wants to talk publicly about the experience of serving on a grand jury, the evidence and investigation that the plaintiff believes would educate the public and "to advocate for legislative change to the way grand juries are conducted in Missouri."
After surviving a plane crash, a 7-year-old girl treks through the woods to safety
Larry Wilkins was watching television Friday evening when he heard a faint knock on his front door of his home in Lyon County, Ky., east of Paducah. When he opened the door, he discovered a 7-year-old girl standing in the cold. She was bloodied, covered in scratches and barefoot except for a single sock.
“She told me that her mom and her dad were dead, and she was in a plane crash, and the plane was upside down,” Wilkins told NBC News. “She asked if she could stay here. I said, ‘Honey, what can I do for you?’ I got a washcloth and cleaned her up. And of course called 911.”
Expert: Fired employee may have been behind Sony hack
A former employee angry over being fired may have organized the hacking of Sony Pictures' computer network, a security expert says.
The FBI has blamed the government of North Korea, allegedly as reprisal for the movie The Interview. The movie depicts a talk show host and producer who score an interview with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and are then recruited by the CIA to assassinate him.
5+ Die in Pennsylvania Spree Killing
The suspected gunman remains on the loose after a killing spree in Montgomery County that left five people dead at three locations.
A woman was found dead in Lower Salford Township, two people were found dead in Lansdale and two people were found dead in Souderton.
Meanwhile, police remain on the scene of a fourth location in Pennsburg. The exact situation in Pennsburg is not yet known.
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