Trending: Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Published 8:19 CST (GMT - 5:00)

Yesterday's Google trends at bottom

Today's headlines
Same sex Supreme Court ruling (DOMA)
▪ NBCNews: Supreme Court strikes down Defense of Marriage Act, paves way for gay marriage to resume in California
▪ CNN: Supreme Court strikes down federal provision on same-sex marriage benefits
▪ NPR: Same-sex-marriage fight shifts back to states
▪ FoxNews: Supreme Court strikes down DOMA provision denying benefits to gay couples
▪ USAToday: Ruling hands married gay couples potential tax benefits

Obama in Africa
▪ CNN: Obama heads to Africa to promote investment, democracy

Edward Snowden
▪ NBCNews: Hagel calls on Russia to return Edward Snowden to answer for 'serious security breach'
▪ CNN: Snowden's global 'cat and mouse' chase leaves media stuck in transit
▪ FoxNews: Snowden stuck in Moscow? US, Russia wrangle over leaker status

David Hernandez
▪ CNN: Former New England Patriot Hernandez charged with murder

Sarah Murnaghan lung transplant
▪ CNN: Sarah Murnaghan struggles without breathing tube, so it's reinserted

Weather news
▪ NBCNews: Torrential rains prompt flood warnings in Midwest
▪ USAToday: Dangerous heat wave forecast in Southwest

Aviation news
▪ ABCNews: Possible food poisoning strikes passengers on trans-Atlantic flight

Environmental news
▪ CBSNews: Crabs, oysters disappearing in Maryland's shrinking island
▪ NPR: New bugs in Florida stymie researchers, threaten crops

Health news
▪ CNN: No more chemo: Docs say it's not so far-fetched
▪ FoxNews: Breakthrough 'reverse' vaccine may help combat Type 1 diabetes

Science news
▪ CNN: Researchers: Newly found planets might support life

Technology news
▪ CNN: Microsoft previews new Windows, music player, more
▪ NBCNews: Father of the Web scolds 'hypocritical' West over spying

Trans-Pacific Partnership
▪ NBCNews: The huge trade deal you've probably never heard of

Culture-in-the-U.S. news
▪ USAToday: N.J.'s largest newspaper says closure looms
▪ CNN: Texas executes 500th inmate since 1976
▪ NBCNews: Wal-Mart, Home Depot end relationships with Paula Deen
▪ NBCNews: Mom sues Monster energy drink over teen's death
▪ NBCNews: Elizabeth Taylor's first wedding gown sells for $188K

Outside-the-U.S. news
▪ NBCNew: UN: World struggling to cope with legal drugs that mimic illicit substances
▪ CBSNews: EU deal determines who pays for future bailouts

Out-of-the-ordinary news
▪ CNN: 20 tourists survive Canadian Arctic ice breakaway
▪ USAToday: (Video ad first) Two-headed turtle hatches at Texas zoo

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 1M searches
Wendy Davis
▪ NBCNews: After epic Lone Star filibuster, Gov. Perry calls for new special session
▪ NPR: The Wendy Davis ride

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 200,000 but less than 1M searches
Michael Jackson
▪ CNN: 'They're going to kill me,' Michael Jackson told son

Yesterday's Google trends with at least 100,000 but less than 200,000 searches
Jodie Sweetin
▪ USAToday: Jodie Sweetin splits from third husband

Ouya
▪ USAToday: Ouya seeks to shake up video-game console business

Mellody Hobson
▪ CBSNews: George Lucas and Mellody Hobson wed