A Kentucky clerk has been sued by four couples angered by the clerk’s refusal to issue marriage licenses to avoid having to issue same-sex marriage licenses. A federal lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky against Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis on behalf of two homosexual and two heterosexual couples. The […]
BP To Pay $18.7B In Gulf Oil Spill Settlement
Under a settlement with the U.S. government and five states, BP has agreed to pay $18.7 billion for its role in the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig 50 miles offshore of Louisiana resulted in the deaths of 11 workers and […]