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Outside Otterbein Week 10: News to know

Here are some of this week’s top stories from the nation and world:

Supreme Court ruling on political campaign contributions: This week’s Supreme Court ruling on McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission removed personal campaign contribution limits. The ruling extended the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling that made corporate campaign contributions unlimited but kept personal contribution limits in place.

Afghanistan votes for next president: Afghanistan’s election for the next president occurred in the midst of shootings and bad weather. The election will decide who succeeds Hamid Karzai as president.

March jobs numbers are out: The first Friday of every month means the monthly jobs report. The U.S. economy added 192,000 jobs in March, and the unemployment rate remained at 6.7 percent. Economists estimate that it takes an additional 80,000 jobs each month to keep up with people entering the job market, including graduates.

Fort Hood shooting left four dead: A soldier killed three people on the Texas military base on Wednesday before he was killed.

Federal judge ruling on same-sex marriage: A district court judge will rule that Ohio is required to recognize same-sex marriages from other states. The ruling will not declare Ohio’s constitutional ban of same-sex marriages unconstitutional.


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