President Barack Obama on Tuesday named veteran Secret Service agent Julia Pierson as the agency's new director Pierson, who most recently served as the agency's chief of staff, will take over from Mark Sullivan, who announced his retirement last month.
North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple has signed into a law what is being called the nation's toughest anti-abortion measure, a law that bans most abortions after six weeks when a fetal heartbeat is first detected.
A New York state appeals court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of Anthony Marshall, who was found guilty in 2009 of siphoning millions of dollars from socialite Brooke Astor's estate.
The daughter of the multimillionaire mogul, and former New York Post publisher Peter Kalikow was arrested in a Bronx apartment with her boyfriend for allegedly selling heroin to an undercover policeman on Sunday. They appeared in court on Monday.
