Reuters said California State Assemblyman Richard Bloom said that his proposed legislation that would ban killer whale performances like the ones at SeaWorld was inspired by the South by Southwest 2013 documentary titled "Blackfish."
The Wall Street Journal said Boston State Attorney Jeffrey Ashton is expected to clear the FBI agent who shot and MMA fighter Ibragim Todashev, of whom the authorities have said had ties with Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
The state of Michigan has already filed for an appeal to reverse the decision made by Judge Bernard Friedman of Federal District Court, who declared the ban on same-sex marriage in Michigan unconstitutional, The New York Times said.
A Bloomberg report said Turkey Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was successful in blocking social media platform Twitter as a response to the leaks that supported allegations of misconduct by him and his office.
