Soul singer Percy Sledge dies aged 73. Soul singer Percy Sledge dies aged 73. Percy Sledge, who recorded the classic 1966 soul ballad When a Man Loves a Woman, has died aged 73. Louisiana coroner Dr William Clark confirmed that Sledge died early on Tuesday morning at his home in Baton Rouge.
New Jersey Can Forcibly Medicate Patients in Mental Institutions. Congratulations are in order to the Nurse Ratcheds of the world. The Third Circuit ruled Tuesday that New Jersey can forcibly medicate institutionalized, mentally ill patients in state custody. The appeal came after Disability Rights New Jersey challenged the forced-medication, arguing that it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and the patients' due process rights.
Federal district courts in Hawaii and Maryland have issued nation-wide orders barring the Department from implementing portions of Executive Order 13780, âProtecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry,â including Section 2(c) regarding the suspension of entry for certain nationals of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen.