• California Gets Go-Ahead to Vote on Legalization of Marijuana

  Californians are set to decide whether to make recreational marijuana use legal, as other Western states have done, after the California Secretary of State's office said on Tuesday the issue could be put to voters in the November ballot.

  

• Islamic State Prime Suspect After Suicide Bombers kill 41 at Istanbul Airport

  Turkish investigators pored over video footage and witness statements on Wednesday after three suspected Islamic State suicide bombers opened fire and blew themselves up in Istanbul's main airport, killing 41 people and wounding 239.

  

• Mississippi Clerks Cannot Claim Religious Exception To Gay Marriage: Judge

  A federal judge on Monday ruled that clerks in Mississippi may not recuse themselves from issuing marriage licenses to gay couples based on religious beliefs, despite a bill passed by the state legislature intended to carve out that exception for them.

  

• Pakistani Clerics Declare Transgender Marriages Legal Under Islamic law

  A group of clerics in Pakistan has declared marriage between transgender individuals permissible in Islam, saying they have a right to be buried in Muslim ceremonies, according to a copy of a religious edict Reuters obtained on Monday.

  

• Supreme Court Firmly Backs Abortion Rights, Tosses Texas Law; Obama Praises Move

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down a Texas abortion law imposing strict regulations on doctors and facilities in the strongest endorsement of abortionrights in America in more than two decades.