Newtown board mulls plans for Sandy Hook school
Newtown officials struggled Friday night to move toward a decision on what to do with the elementary school where 20 first-graders and six educators ...
California prison crowding plan still falls short
Underlying California's attempts to meet a federal court order for reducing its prison population is an unsettling question: Will the public be in ...
RI now 10th state to allow gay marriage
Rhode Island has become the nation's 10th state to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed, after a 16-year effort to extend marriage rights in this ...
Fla. lawmakers OK plan for Everglades restoration
Florida lawmakers have approved a new plan to help pay for Everglades restoration. The legislation was sent to Gov. Rick Scott on a 39-0 vote by the ...
Rhode Island becomes 10th state with gay marriage
Rhode Island on Thursday became the nation's 10th state to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed, as a 16-year effort to extend marriage rights in this ...
May Day activists cheer state immigration laws
As Congress debates the first national immigration overhaul in decades, a state-level push advancing rights for people in the U.S. illegally has ...
Dems have edge in sprint to Mass. special election
National Republicans cheered former Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez's Massachusetts primary victory, but Democratic Congressman Ed Markey enjoys tremendous ...
Markey, Gomez win Mass. US Senate primaries
Democratic U.S. Rep. Edward Markey and Republican former Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez won their party primaries on Tuesday, setting up a race between a ...
Men's pro sports finally joins gay-rights trend
By coming out as gay while still an active NBA player, Jason Collins breaks one of the last remaining barriers for gays and lesbians in era of ...
A new front for gun background checks: the ballot
After struggling to sway both state and federal lawmakers, proponents of expanding background checks for gun sales are now exploring whether they will ...
Bombing shifts Mass. Senate race before primaries
Even before the explosions, polling suggested that Massachusetts voters weren't excited about the looming special election to replace former U.S. Sen.
New conservative lobbying push for gay marriage
A national group of prominent GOP donors that supports gay marriage is pouring new money into lobbying efforts to get Republican lawmakers to vote to ...
Coordinated strategy propelled gay marriage in RI
Phone banks, an army of volunteers and alliances with organized labor, business leaders and religious clergy propelled gay marriage to victory in ...
Spanish land grant fight putting hundreds in limbo
Fernando Martinez's family has lived on the Arroyo Hondo Land Grant for more than two centuries, passing property from generation to generation in the ...
RI on way to be 10th state to allow gay marriage
Rhode Island is on a path to becoming the 10th state to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry after a landmark vote in the state's Senate on ...
Drug czar: Pot legalization won't change mission
The nation's drug czar said Wednesday the legalization of marijuana in Washington state and Colorado won't change his office's mission of fighting the ...
2nd Miss. man investigated in ricin case
A second Mississippi man investigated in connection to ricin-laced letters sent to the president and a U.S. senator said Wednesday that investigators ...
Congressional immigration debate signals big shift
The national mood on immigration has changed dramatically since Arizona approved a first-of-its-kind immigration law, igniting a furor over border ...
RI Senate leader plays key role in marriage debate
If Rhode Island joins the rest of New England in allowing gay and lesbian couples to wed, it will be because a formidable opponent, Senate President ...
As Boston buries its dead, more evidence gathered
The Boston area held funerals for two more of its dead Tuesday — including an 8-year-old boy — as evidence mounted that the older Tsarnaev brother had ...
RI Senate to vote on gay marriage
The Rhode Island Senate is poised to hold a landmark vote Wednesday on gay marriage legislation, the culmination of years of efforts by supporters who ...
Suburbs now playing a key role in gun legislation
In the emotional politics of gun control, the suburbs seem to be emerging as a new sphere of influence. The Senate's defeat last week of firearms ...
Recall bid against Ariz. sheriff faces tough odds
Volunteers set up a table outside a music festival one day last month to gather signatures for a drive to oust the notoriously polarizing sheriff of ...
Arkansas turns to different lethal injection drug
After surrendering its supply of a lethal injection drug to federal agents in 2011, Arkansas turned to a somewhat surprising place to look for another ...
Boy Scouts propose to lift gay ban for youth
Searching for compromise on a divisive issue, the Boy Scouts of America is proposing to partially lift its long-standing exclusion of gays — allowing ...
Email
US
International
India
Россия
Română
Singapore
South Africa
México
Indonesia
Brasileira
