US District Judge Lynn Adelman's recent ruling on the voter ID law in Wisconsion caused the strikedown of the measure, saying that the law on serves the state in terms of preventing voter fraud but ultimately discriminates people who cannot afford to comply with the law's requirement, Bloomberg reported.
Journalists and right activists lost over a US Supreme Court decision to reject the hearing of a case that challenges a law that allows the US government to detain individuals who were found to have substantially supported al Qaeda, the Taliban or forces associated with the two groups, Reuters said.
According to Connecticut police, they answered a report about a family dispute at the home of singer-songwriter Paul Simon and his wife Edie Brickell prior to their arrest on Saturday, The Guardian said.
Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammad Badie and 683 others had been sentenced to death by an Egyptian court on Monday, the same court who handed out capital sentences to hundreds of others last month, CNN said.
