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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Lawmakers in Indiana are scrambling to quiet the firestorm over a new religious objections law that many say could be used to deny services to gays and lesbians. The mayor of Indianapolis and its City Council are demanding the state General Assembly either repeal the law or add protections for sexual orientation and gender identity. And Republican legislative leaders say they're working on adding such language. Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard has issued an executive order requiring anyone who receives money from the city to abide by its human rights ordinance.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Germany's foreign minister says what Iran is looking for in nuclear talks is not yet acceptable to his country, the U.S. or the other four parties at talks in Switzerland. He says the question of limits on nuclear research and development that Iran would be allowed to continue is still problematic. The deadline for the outline of an agreement is Tuesday, but diplomats are still trying to work out substantial differences.
BOSTON (AP) — The defense has begun presenting its case in the trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehv). Tsarnaev's attorneys quickly tried to show Monday that his older brother Tamerlan was the mastermind behind the plan to detonate pressure-cooker bombs near the finish line of the race, killing three people and wounding more than 260. Dzhokhar was 19 at the time of the April 2013 attack. Tamerlan was killed during the police manhunt.
DENVER (AP) — The mother of Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes says she still hopes that her son's life can be spared through a plea deal. Holmes is on trial for the deaths of 12 people and the wounding of 70 others in the 2012 shooting in suburban Denver. Arlene Holmes writes in a new book that she prays for the shooting victims daily. Much of the book is a collection of prayers taken from her handwritten journals since the shooting.
NEW YORK (AP) — Several A-List musicians are co-owners of a new streaming service billed as the first artist-owned platform for music and video. Users can stream content on computers, tablets and smartphones or listen to offline. It costs $10 for standard sound quality and $20 for high fidelity sound quality. The service was quietly launched in October, but Jay Z, Kanye West, Daft Punk, Alicia Keys, Jack White and Nicki Minaj were among the artists who appeared in an event in New York City Monday to announce the service.
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