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JACL among groups supporting decision.
Posted On June 29, 2015 Civil Rights, Politics
Rafu Wire and Staff Reports
Madeleine Troup, of Houston, wipes tears of joy away Friday after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriages nationwide. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Except for some reporters and cameras on the East Front, the Capitol grounds were fairly quiet Friday morning, standing in stark contrast to the electric crowds across the street.
Today, in Michael Ferguson v. JONAH – a case brought by the Southern Poverty Law Center in New Jersey Superior Court against practitioners of so-called “conversion therapy” – the jury found that the defendants providing this dangerous and discredited anti-LGBT practice are guilty of fraud under New Jersey’s consumer protection laws. HRC praised the decision as an important legal victory.
Celeb: Actress Kelly Rutherford might be best known for her role on CW's "Gossip Girl," playing the chic matriarch of an Upper East Side clan prone to affairs, faked deaths and other scandalous dealings.
At least two lawmakers received have received notices that their personal data may now be in the hands of hackers believed to be working for China.
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Festival Convenes Global Filmmakers With U.S. and International Leaders
Posted on June 23, 2015
Tar Balls that came ashore last month at Manhattan Beach have been traced to the oil spill off Santa Barbara County.
During the first week of June tarballs washed ashore closing all three beach cities. Results indicate the source was from the Refugio spill.
Posted: Monday, June 22, 2015 4:40 pm | Updated: 5:39 pm, Mon Jun 22, 2015.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tar from the Santa Barbara oil spill washed up at least as far away as a Los Angeles County beach last month, according to test results released Monday.
The findings confirmed what was suspected by many after globs of oil began swamping Southern California beaches in the weeks after a pipeline dumped up to 101,000 gallons of crude oil on the coast May 19.
Workers examine the coastline in Long Beach for tarballs. The tarballs have also washed ashore in Oxnard, Malibu and the South Bay.
Crude oil from a pipeline rupture in Santa Barbara County last month floated down the coast to beaches in Ventura and Los Angeles counties, according to separate lab results released Monday by both state officials and the Texas pipeline company.