Man Follows Obama’s Daughters in Motorcade; White House Goes on Lockdown After he Drives Onto Restricted Property

Mathew Evan Goldstein, 55, is taken into custody by Secret Service after his car ran a roadblock on Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House May 6, 2014 in Washington, DC. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)

Access to the White House complex was halted for about an hour Tuesday after a vehicle followed a motorcade carrying President Barack Obama’s daughters through the gates.

Supreme Court Extends Ruling Allowing Religious Groups to Opt Out of Obamacare Contraceptive Mandate

Nuns attend an antiabortion service marking the 41st anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, hosted by the Little Sisters of the Poor in Scranton, Pa. (Butch Comegys / Scranton Times-Tribune)

The Supreme Court on Friday shielded the Little Sisters of the Poor and other nonprofit religious groups from complying, for now, with the Obama administration’s rule that they provide free contraceptives in the health insurance they offer employees.

Study says that Businesses in the U.S. are Collapsing Faster Than They’re Being Created

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The American economy is less entrepreneurial now than at any point in the last three decades. That’s the conclusion of a new study out from the Brookings Institution, which looks at the rates of new business creation and destruction since 1978.

Penn. First-grader Passes Out Grandmother’s Heroin at School

Officers investigate after a first-grade boy was found with heroin at school.

Rather than a bagged lunch, a Pennsylvania first-grader brought bags of heroin into school — giving some to at least one classmate before teachers caught him with a pocket full of drugs, authorities say.

Man Wants to Marry ‘Pornography-Filled Laptop’

A Florida man seems to be really, really into his laptop.
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A Florida judge has tossed out a bizarre motion from a man who claimed he wanted to marry his “porn filled Apple computer.”

Teen Left Paralyzed by Drunk Driver in ‘Affluenza’ Case to Receive Nearly $3 Million

Ethan Couch, who was sentenced to 10 years’ probation in a drunken-driving crash that killed four people to go to a rehabilitation facility paid for by his parents, is seen during his court hearing in December 2013.
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According to newly filed court documents, one of the victims injured by a teen in a fatal drunken-driving accident has settled for close to $3 million in cash and other payments.

Roland Martin says the Donald Sterling Story Can Prompt a Larger Conversation on Institutional Racism

Roland S. Martin

Roland Martin, host of News One Now, on African American-targeted cable net TV One, as well as a syndicated radio show, says he was not surprised that broadcast as well as cable news outlets went live with last week’s press conference by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver.