Texas
A federal judge said locking mothers and children in family detention violates the law. The Obama administration is fighting to keep doing it.
Texas, where Republican leaders have tried to push back against gay marriage, had balked at recognizing John Stone-Hoskins as the surviving spouse on the death certificate of James Stone-Hoskins, according to court documents.
Opponents have been pushing for a vote for more than a year.
The law is one of the nation's strictest.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
He's going to be OK. No reports on what happened to the armadillo.
Police say they found dog hair in Falls' car, along with bleach, handcuffs and knives.
"We did it on a wing and a prayer."
The former Texas governor now faces one criminal charge instead of two.
Alfred Dewayne Brown spent 12 years imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit.