Supports ratification of Start II arms reduction treaty and opposes increase in arms output. Clinton says he'll sign bill. Texas governor prevails over Sen. John McCain in Republican voting. Removes Rezulin from market because of link to liver failure. Gen. Claudia J. Kennedy, the army's highest-ranking woman, files complaint charging a general, whose name was withheld, groped her in 1996.
Environmentalists applaud ruling.
Tribune Company and Times Mirror Company announce merger, ending 119 years of ownership of L.A. Times by Otis and Chandler families. Judge rules state constitution prohibits the use of taxpayers' money to send students to private schools. When enacted, legislation will give state the nation's most sweeping rights for same-sex couples. It acted in exchange for the end of some prohibitively expensive lawsuits.