Day: 1 August 2012

In a further twist to the on-going equal marriage debate in California, opponents have lodged an appeal with the US Supreme Court in order to allow the ban, which was deemed unconstitutional in 2010, to be re-instated.

Celebrated author, playwright and political commentator Gore Vidal passed away in his home in the Hollywood Hills last night. His nephew Burr Steers, who said he had died of complications from pneumonia, though he had suffered from heart ailments for some time, confirmed the news.