Celebrity food personality Paula Deen, who has faced allegations of racism which has caused much of her empire to crumble, defended herself against what she called "horrible, horrible lies" about her in an nationally televised interview on the "Today" Show.
NFL New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was arrested and booked at a police station in North Attleborough, Massachusetts, on Wednesday morning. Hernandez is scheduled to be arraigned and has been taken to Attleboro District Court. For nearly a week, investigators have been searching the area near Hernandez's home as they continued their investigation into the death of a man whose body was found less than a mile from the house
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.
