Five Things for May 17

Have you voted in this week's poll of the in Warminster?

The Warminster Board of Supervisors meets tonight at 7 p.m. The Archbishop Wood girls basketball team will receive a special congratulations from the board for winning the 2012 state championship.

Sunny today, with a high of 74, according to the National Weather Service.

The House of Representatives passed the Republican version of the Violence Against Women Act on Wednesday, despite strong opposition from Democrats, CNN reports. The GOP version, passed 222-205, offers a stark contrast from the bill passed by the Senate in late April, which will lead to further political fighting as both chambers attempt to work out a compromise over the law's reauthorization.

On this day, May 17, 1954, the United States Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.