South Korea says North Korea has fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area.More >>
South Korea is analyzing whether projectiles North Korea fired into its eastern waters over the weekend are short-range missiles or a new type of artillery the country may be developing, officials said Monday.More >>
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(RNN) - Tornadoes have touched down in Oklahoma and Kansas, leaving a trail of damage.There are no reports of fatalities or injuries, but homes and businesses are damaged in Witchita, KS and outside ofMore >>
A tornado outbreak in the Midwest caused heavy damage to homes and businesses and one death has been reported in Oklahoma. More >>
With a bullet still in his body, the police officer who survived a showdown with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects says he's determined to return to duty.More >>
With a bullet still in his body, the police officer who survived a showdown with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects said Sunday he's determined to return to duty.More >>
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The Alabama Department of Transportation will conduct its annual rehearsal of the plan that helped safely evacuate the Gulf Coast during Hurricane Ivan in 2004 and Hurricane Dennis in 2005. On Wednesday,More >>
The Alabama Department of Transportation will conduct its annual rehearsal of the plan that helped safely evacuate the Gulf Coast during Hurricane Ivan in 2004 and Hurricane Dennis in 2005. More >>
It's all about the odds, and one lone ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching each of the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials...More >>
Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million - the highest Powerball jackpot in history.More >>
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has 30 days to remove the controversial Ten Commandments Monument from the state Judicial Building. A federal judge ruled Monday the monument violates the constitution's ban on government promotion of religion and must be removed.
U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson gave Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore until December 18th to remove the 53-hundred-pound granite monument. Thompson said in a 96-page opinion that he does not believe all Ten Commandment displays in government buildings are illegal, but that the monument in the judicial building crosses the line "between the permissible and the impermissible." (Click the link to the left to read the full opinion .)
Morris Dees, lead counsel and co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, urged Moore to remove the monument immediately. But a spokesman for Moore says the chief justice will ask a federal appeals court to overturn the ruling. More's attorney, Stephen Melchior, also says Moore also will ask the court to issue a stay against the judge's requirement that the monument be removed within 30 days.
One of Moore's supporters, Alabama Christian Coalition President John Giles, says he is shocked that Thompson would order the monument removed. He says he believes there may be a backlash against the ruling in Alabama, a Bible Belt state in which Moore won easily two years ago.
Another Moore supporter, Dean Young, executive director of the Gadsden-based Christian Family Association, called the ruling a case of "a liberal federal judge standing up and saying we can't acknowledge God in our courtrooms."
Chief Justice Roy Moore with his wife
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