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As the country awaits major decisions on gay marriage and insurance subsidies, here are previous rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court which greatly impacted the nation.

From the WTVM News Leader 9 news desk, here are the three stories you need to know for Tuesday, June 23. 

The basking shark is the second-biggest fish next to the whale shark.

There’s a lot more to modeling than just good looks, and some local aspiring models learned that firsthand in Columbus Monday night. 

The family of 34-year-old Descartes “Reggie” Baldwin is mourning, trying to understand why someone would want to hurt a father of five.

South Carolina’s decision to remove the Confederate flag from their capital grounds has ignited a firestorm of debate. Many are at odds over the flag’s symbolic nature.

A 6-year-old Decatur child is being praised as a hero by his family for helping in the rescue of his grandfather after a jet ski accident Sunday.

A Russell County jury called it quits for the night after deliberating for about two hours on Monday. Defendant Willie Dickerson is accused of stabbing and killing then-26-year-old Willie Pugh in Barbour County in January 2012.

Fashionistas in the Chattahoochee Valley won’t have to wait much longer for HM to arrive in Columbus.