By Nicole Neroulias | OLYMPIA, Wash (Reuters) - A Democratic-backed bill to legalize gay marriage in Washington state won final legislative approval on Wednesday in a largely party-line vote that moved the state one step closer to becoming the seventh ...
With two Miramonte teachers accused of lewd acts on students, the district faces potential legal liability that could run into the millions of dollars.
By Jon Nielsen | MCKINNEY, Texas (Reuters) - Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum, a day after his stunning sweep of nominating contests in three states, scrambled in Texas on Wednesday to round up the support and money he needs to take on ...
By LOUISE RADNOFSKY And LAURA MECKLER Republicans said Wednesday they would push ahead with legislation to block the Obama administration's requirement that virtually all health-insurance plans cover contraception, as religious leaders and women's ...
(ABCNEWS.com) A social worker pleaded with a 911 dispatcher throughout a nearly seven-minute call to quickly get police to Josh Powell's house after he locked himself inside with his two sons.
Newt Gingrich got trounced Tuesday. His plan has been built on surviving until Super Tuesday, where geography favors him more. But it's hard to see how Mr.
By ZINIE CHEN SAMPSON CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - A former University of Virginia lacrosse player and the ex-girlfriend he is accused of killing traded allegations of infidelity and angry emails in the months before her death, with one of his messages ...
LOS ANGELES, Feb 8 (TheWrap.com) - Rush Limbaugh has finally weighed in on Clint Eastwood's Super Bowl ad for Chrysler, deeming it "puke city" and suggesting that the actor/director got "suckered" into narrating the spot.
A federal judge in San Diego on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals that had sought an order forcing SeaWorld to free five orcas.
(Reuters) - A bridge company that owns the busiest crossing between the United States and Canada will comply with a judge's order to finish a road project in part to keep its billionaire owner from being jailed for contempt, officials said on Wednesday ...
By Katie Leslie and Marcus K. Garner It wasn't just the nature of Brandon White's videotaped beating, delivered by strangers amid a hail of anti-gay slurs, that captured the world's attention this week.
A judge has rejected efforts by federal prosecutors in the botched prosecution of former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens to keep secret a 500-page investigation into allegations of prosecutorial misconduct in the case.
By ANDREW ACKERMAN And BRODY MULLINS WASHINGTON—The House of Representatives is expected to approve legislation Thursday to tighten insider-trading rules in Congress, despite changes made by a top lawmaker to remove a key disclosure provision.
MOUNTAIN CITY, Tenn. - A father who was upset after a Tennessee couple deleted his adult daughter as a friend on Facebook has been charged in the shooting deaths of the couple, authorities said Wednesday.
By AP Reaction to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's State of the State Address to the General Assembly on Wednesday, the opening day of the 2012 General Assembly session: "I'm hoping election-year politics will not intrude on the session any more than usual.
By PETER STONE WASHINGTON -- Five Democratic "super" political action committees are reaching out to party mega-donors seeking $1 million to $10 million contributions, now that President Barack Obama has blessed the outside spending group working to ...
By Michael A. Memoli The president is firing marshmallows across the East Room. Michelle Obama is engaged in a tug of war in the Diplomatic Reception Room.
