As anti-abortion activists watched closely, Texas Senator Wendy Davis stood from 11:18 am until 10 pm on Tuesday, in a feat of stamina and conviction, and filibustered the Republican sponsored abortion bill in the Texas State Senate.
After 15 days in space, China's Shenzhou-10 return capsule touched down in inner-Mongolia on Wednesday, making the successful flight the longest space mission undertaken by the Chinese.
The Supreme Court revealed their decision on the Defense of Marriage Act in their last seession before they take their summer break. They ruled that the federal government must recognise the marriages between people of the same sex in states where that marriage is legally recognised.
Pavlov, the Aleutian chain volcano that has been erupting for the last month has escalated its activity on Tuesday according to the Alaska Volcano Observatory.