SPENCER MICHELS: Newsom's actions set off a long and noisy debate in the streets and in the courts. Eventually, the state supreme court approved same-sex marriages, reasoning that the law discriminated on the basis of sexual orientation. But opponents countered with Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment on the ballot limiting marriage to one man and one woman. It was approved by 52 percent of the voters in 2008. So, gay marriage supporters, including gay and civil rights groups, went to federal court last spring, contending that Prop 8 was unconstitutional, since it took away rights from same-sex couples.

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By Mark SavageBBC Music Correspondent Getty ImagesDr Dre helmed the Super Bowl half-time show in 2022Rapper Dr Dre has sent a cease-and-desist letter to US politician Marjorie Taylor Greene, after she used one of his songs in a promotional video. Greene used his hit song Still D.R.E. in a Twitter video celebrating Kevin McCarthy's election as speaker of the US House of Representatives. "They can't stop what's coming," she captioned the video.

Robert Mitchum, 79, the swaggering, sleepy-eyed actor with slick black hair and a classically cleft chin who was among the last of the giants of Hollywood's golden era, died July 1 at his home in Santa Barbara, Calif. He had emphysema and lung cancer. Critics praised the actor for his "easy physical grace." For many, he appeared as a man to be reckoned with while still maintaining a sense of gallant sensitivity.

There’s something about tequila that activates the revelry gland, whatever part of the American brain it is that responds to a bottle of Cuervo by bawling “PAAAAARRRTY!” No one bawls “PAAAAARRRTY!” when they see a bottle of Glenlivet. Is it some dormant memory of Cancun vacations past? Did we all come of age in a Texas honky-tonk, where swallowing the worm at the bottom of a bottle was a means to prove we had hair on our chests?