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A bill that opponents said threatened to all but eliminate every abortion clinic in Texas failed to pass late Tuesday after lawmakers missed a deadline by minutes due to a nearly 13 hour filibuster by one Democratic state senator. Chaotic scenes erupted after a filibuster attempt fell just short as protesters shouted for over 15 minutes up to midnight, as lawmakers tried to hold the vote before the session ended at midnight.

With two landmark decisions, the Supreme Court struck down the 1996 law blocking federal recognition of gay marriage, and it allowed gay marriage to resume in California by declining to decide a separate case.

Jurors in the George Zimmerman trial saw photos of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin's body on Tueusday during police testimony about the night of the shooting, the Orlando Sentinel reported. The first state witness called this afternoon was Sanford police Sgt. Anthony Raimondo, one of the first officers to arrive at the scene after the shooting.