WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court evaluated two prominent rulings on gay marriage this week. According to Fox News, on Tuesday the court considered California’s ban on same-sex marriage before weighing a provision of the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman for the purpose of deciding who receives forms of federal benefits,= on Wednesday.
Washington — Julia A. Pierson was named the first female head of the Secret Service on Tuesday. Pierson replaced former director Mark J. Sullivan, who retired last month. The transition comes as the Secret Service, the agency best known for protecting the president, vice president and their families, continues to recover from a prostitution scandal last year according to the NYTimes.com
ROME — Amanda Knox was ordered a retrial by the Italian court on Tuesday. Knox, an American student, was accused of murdering her British roommate, but was acquitted of the crime in October of 2011. According to CNN, the prosecution and defense teams are awaiting details explaining why the high court concluded there were procedural errors in the trial that originally acquitted Knox.
