• Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey, denounced comments by fellow Republican Gov. Rick Perry of Texas comparing homosexuality with alcoholism, for which people can choose to change their behavior, saying it is not "an apt analogy and not one that should be made because I think it's wrong."
• Rick Scott, the Republican governor of Florida, signed a bill that redefines the state's current third-trimester abortion ban and makes abortions illegal at any point in a pregnancy if a doctor determines that the fetus could survive outside the womb.
• Pope Francis told the Barcelona newspaper La Vanguardia that almost all Vatican officials initially opposed his idea of getting the Israeli and Palestinian presidents together for a prayer meeting, though they eventually warmed up to the idea for the gathering, which occurred Sunday.
• Jennifer Ashley received a refund and a free salad after she found a razor blade in her salad at a Flagstaff, Ariz., Burger King where an employee was fired after admitting the blade, left on a shelf, fell into a tub of lettuce.
• Marcel Lehel Lazar, 42, a Romanian who U.S. authorities say accessed and distributed personal emails and photographs belonging to the family of former President George W. Bush, was charged in federal court in Virginia with several crimes including cyberstalking and aggravated identity theft.
• Gerlmy Javon Todd, 22, who is accused of crashing a Mercedes-Benz into a lobby at CNN Center, the news network's headquarters in downtown Atlanta, is facing charges of driving under the influence, reckless driving and marijuana possession.
• Rick Fancher, 62, of Big Sky, Mont., who Gallatin County deputies say drove drunk to bail his wife, 44-year-old Stacey Jo Fancher, out of jail after her DUI arrest hours earlier, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence.
• Elias Guevara, 17, and Rozco Gutierrez, 16, were charged as adults with murder and attempted murder, accused of killing Fiji runner Roy Ravana Jr. and injuring another man, Kevin Ohta, in a gang shooting in Northern California.
• Andre Davis, 53, a Chicago man who served 32 years in prison before DNA evidence overturned his conviction in the 1980 rape and murder of a 3-year-old girl, was charged with killing 19-year-old Jamal Harmon after a dispute in a dice game in October.
A Section on 06/14/2014