Law & Society

69-year-old archbishop Robert Carlson's statement on sexual abuse by priests in the Archdiocese of St Paul and Minneapolis in the in his testimony at a trial last month was noted to be different from his earlier statements in a dated deposition, Buzzfeed said.

Despite acknowledging that progress in pushing for more tighter gun control measures has been slow, US President Barack Obama promised that his administration has not lost sight of the goal to curb gun-related violence in the country, Businessweek said.

Circuit Judge James Daniel has rescheduled the decision hearing on Marissa Alexander's second "stand your ground" for August 1, The Washington Post said.