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Articles from the September 25, 2016 edition


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  • Magistrates Don't Have To Perform Gay Marriages in North Carolina

    Christine Emerson|Sep 25, 2016

    In another North Carolina religious rights controversy, a federal district court judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit seeking to block a NC law allowing religious accommodation for magistrates who don't want to officiate or grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Judge Max Cogburn upheld the law, which allows magistrates in that state to recuse themselves from having to participate in same-sex couple marriages. Same-sex couples may still marry in North Carolina, as provided by a recent Supr...

  • Gorman Pair Who Kidnapped Murder Victim's Children, Are Charged With Murder and Kidnapping

    Christine Emerson, Observer Staff Writer|Sep 25, 2016

    Following a multi-state manhunt for the murderers of a California woman near Gorman, the victim's stepsister and the stepsister's boyfriend were arrested in Colorado and charged today with murder and kidnapping. The victim's three children, ages 5, 3, and 2 were kidnapped by the suspects after she was murdered. Kimberly Harvill was found lying dead in the brush by the side of Gorman Post Road in Lebec by a motorist taking a rest. She had multiple gunshot wounds in her upper body and trauma to...

  • LAX Police Accused of Favoritism, Rule Bending, Tax Fraud. How safe is LAX?

    Christine Emerson, Observer Staff Writer|Sep 25, 2016

    The Assistant Police Chief at LAX resigned hours before CBS2 was to air an investigative report into allegations of corruption in his department. Brian Walker, 52, has admitted to misdemeanor tax fraud and will be sentenced on September 26. However, the crimes he's alleged by current and former police officers under his command to have committed go far beyond tax evasion. Walker's duties at LAX involved overseeing a $130 million budget, human resources, internal affairs, training,...