Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Mix of sun and clouds. Scattered thunderstorms this afternoon into early evening…High 90. Great news...Expect lower temperatures and humidity starting Wednesday
On its busy final day before a three-month recess, the Supreme Court ruled
for the first time yesterday that the Second Amendment provides all Americans a fundamental right to bear arms. The Supreme Court was also split between liberals and conservatives in its 5-4 ruling against a Christian student group saying that the University of California's Hastings College of the Law can legally deny recognition to a Christian student group that won't let homosexuals join. The Law school said no recognized campus groups may exclude people due to religious belief or sexual orientation. The high court upheld the lower court rulings saying the Christian group's First Amendment rights of association, free speech and free exercise were not violated by the college's decision
http://www.news-record.com/content/2010/06/28/article/justices_extend_gun_owner_rights_nationwide
This is day two for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan’s Senate confirmation hearings. Fox News reports Senate Republicans pledging to scrutinize what they called Kagen's "liberal activism and lack of judicial experience." (RnR)
Federal agents have arrested 10 individuals in spying case. Those arrested are suspected of working for Russia in order to infiltrate US government policy making circles.
Tropical Storm Alex is slowly gaining strength and will likely becoming the first hurricane of the season. As of 4am, Alex was located about 460 miles southeast of Brownsville, Texas with top winds of 70 mph. On its current forecast track, Alex should make landfall Wednesday evening or early Thursday morning, either in northeast Mexico or the lower Gulf Coast of Texas. http://www.weather.com/newscenter/hurricanecentral/update/index.html
A 2-year-old girl was killed last night after the mother's Dodge Caravan began to roll backwards, striking the little girl with the car door. The incident happened at a house along Ivy Avenue shortly before 9pm. According to Winston-Salem police, the mother and daughter were standing outside their vehicle when it began to roll backwards for reasons unknown, causing the van door to hit the 2 year old and her mother. That’s when little Kaylee Olivia-Noyola fell under the vehicle as it rolled backwards. Kaylee was taken to Wake Forest Medical Center, where she later died. http://www.news-record.com/content/2010/06/29/article/girl_2_dies_after_hit_by_mothers_van
A father and his two young sons were uninjured when their U-Haul truck crashed on I-85 in Greensboro, forcing crews to close the road for nearly two hours. The family, who is moving to Texas, was driving near mile marker 121 when a tire on the U-Haul blew out causing the truck to lose control, hit a guardrail, cross the median, land on its side and catch fire. A passerby saw the accident and helped get everyone out of the vehicle. No one was injured.
Some local fireworks displays over the 4th are in limbo? City officials in Reidsville have canceled their traditional Fourth of July fireworks display over Lake Reidsville due to budget constraints. The bill for last year's fireworks reached $10,000. This year's budget was already tight, so the city decided to eliminate the expense. The Fourth of July celebration at High Rock Lake is still on…but could end after this year unless organizers receive more sponsor money for next year's show. The annual fireworks show has been held by the High Rock Lake River Rats for the last 13 years, a group that started in Davidson County back in the mid 1980's to protect the ake environment. http://www.myfox8.com/wghp-story-high-rock-lake-fireworks-100626,0,1636256.story
JONI EARECKSON TADA HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH MALIGNANT BREAST CANCER. The 60-year-old Tada, who has been paralyzed from the neck down since a diving accident at age 17, underwent surgery on Monday to determine the stage of the cancer. The Christian Post reports despite the news, Tada remains positive.
Home Sweet Home…finally… for the newest member of the Duggar family. Josie, the 19th child born to Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, returned to their busy house last week after spending most of the first six months of her life in a neo-natal intensive care unit where she fought for her life after being born premature. Although little Josie was released from Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock on June 3, her homecoming was delayed because 12 of her siblings got the chicken pox. Josie spent three weeks with mother (Michele) in a rental house near the hospital until the other children recovered back home with dad. Finally, last Friday, June 25, Michelle and Josie made the 200-mile road trip back home. The family, whose lives are chronicled on the TLC reality show 19 Kids and Counting, is now settling into a routine with Josie, who has now grown to a "chunky" 9 lbs., 1 oz. Michelle says that Josie, “has a double chin now. It is so precious." www.people.com/people/article/0,,20397849,00.html
SPORTS
(Wimbledon) Andy Roddick loosing to a 82 ranked player from Taiwan
The South Carolina Gamecocks, including former baseball star at Davie High School, Whit Merrifield, will be going for the College World Series title tonight in game two.
FYI: The Gamecocks beat UCLA…7 – 1 in game one last night
