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Cop who killed Texas woman knew she was mentally ill, says lawyer

A Houston-area police officer knew his neighbor suffered from mental illness and should have offered assistance but instead he fatally shot the 44-year-old woman, a lawyer for the victim’s family said Thursday.

In first for Asia, Taiwan approves same-sex marriage

Taiwan’s legislature voted Friday to legalize same-sex marriage, a first in Asia and a boost for LGBT rights activists who had championed the cause for two decades.

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Alabama governor invokes God in banning nearly all abortions

Alabama’s Republican governor has signed the nation’s strictest abortion ban into law, making performing an abortion a felony in nearly all cases, punishable by up to life in prison, and with no exceptions for rape and incest.