Law & Society

James Egan Holmes, the 24-year-old who opened fire in July at an Aurora movie theater in Colorado, head to court on Wednesday at the preliminary hearing of the murder trial in which Holmes is charged with 142 counts of attempted murder and murder.

The ‘Fiscal Cliff’ bill passed the House in a vote of 257 to 167 late Tuesday night, thus prevent wide spread tax hikes on the middle class. Now, President Barrack Obama must sign the piece of legislation in order put its implementation into effect.

The House of Representatives closed the voting for session without voting on a bill that would grant financial aid to the states that were debilitated by the storm.