- Voters in Ireland take to the polls today to determine whether or not to change the country's constitution to allow same-sex marriage, in what is expected to be a close vote.
- Washington DC police have arrested 34-year-old Daron Dylon Wint in connection with the death of construction company owner Savvas Savopoulos and three others, found after a suspicious arson.
- A Maryland grand jury has returned indictments against all six police officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray last month, with arraignment set for July 2.
- Puerto Rico's House has passed a bill raising the island's sales tax from 7% to 11.5% in an effort to balance the US protectorate's nearly $10 billion budget shortfall.
- House Republicans are cutting National Science Foundation research funding by as much as 50%, and barring all federal agencies from using DoE research on fossil fuels to set regulations.
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. -- Benjamin Franklin
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