What now for gun control? A look at the issue
The impassioned push for new gun laws, born from the slaughter of schoolchildren, has collided with the marble-hard realities of Congress.
Activists: Rebels capture base in central Syria
Syrian rebels captured a military base in the strategic Homs province on Thursday as opposition fighters fought to expand territory under their ...
Gun control backers: Senate defeat won't stop us
One day after the demise of gun control legislation, Senate supporters of the measure vowed to try again, while a leading opponent accused President ...
Cheers and Maori song as NZealand OKs gay marriage
The halls of Parliament echoed with a traditional Maori love song after lawmakers made New Zealand the 13th country in the world and the first in the ...
Arkansas approves Medicaid expansion alternative
Arkansas' plan to use federal money to buy private insurance for low-income residents won final approval from state lawmakers Wednesday, endorsing a ...
Gun control loses: No expanded background checks
Senate Republicans backed by a small band of rural-state Democrats scuttled the most far-reaching gun control legislation in two decades Wednesday, ...
NZealand is 13th country to legalize gay marriage
Hundreds of jubilant gay-rights advocates celebrated at New Zealand's Parliament as the country became the 13th in the world and the first in the ...
Obama lambasts Senate gun vote as 'shameful day'
A visibly infuriated President Barack Obama surrounded himself with tear-stained parents of Connecticut school shooting victims Wednesday and declared ...
McCartney lends voice to anti-gun violence effort
Paul McCartney added his voice to Tony Bennett's campaign against gun violence Wednesday. The former Beatle recorded a voice message that was part of ...
Senate kills Dems' attempt to ban assault weapons
The Senate has rejected an attempt by Democrats to ban assault weapons, one of their leading answers to December's slayings of children and staff at ...
Senate rejects effort to ease concealed gun limits
The Senate has rejected a Republican plan that would have required most states to recognize permits other states issue that allow people to carry ...
Russian opposition leader's trial adjourned
The embezzlement trial of a Russian opposition leader was adjourned for a week shortly after it started Wednesday in a northwestern city besieged by ...
Letter to Miss. senator tests for ricin
An envelope addressed to Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi tested positive Tuesday for ricin, a potentially fatal poison, authorities said, heightening ...
Senate plans background check vote Wednesday
The Senate set a long-awaited vote for Wednesday on a bipartisan plan for expanding background checks to more firearms buyers, with supporters facing ...
Syria's Assad reduces sentences for some rebels
Syria's president on Tuesday slashed prison terms by three quarters for an unspecified number of rebels convicted as "terrorists," as fierce battles ...
Gun background check deal in jeopardy in Senate
A bipartisan proposal to expand background checks to more gun buyers seemed in jeopardy Monday as a growing number of Republican senators expressed ...
France forces ministers to show financial records
Tax Day generally passes unnoticed in France but this year a major tax scandal involving a top member of government has made April 15 a day of ...
New York's assault weapon registration begins
Key measures of New York's tough new gun law kicked in Monday, with owners of firearms now reclassified as assault weapons required to start ...
Anti-Putin activist Alexei Navalny ready for trial
Far from the streets of Moscow where he galvanized tens of thousands in anti-government protests, Alexei Navalny faces trial this week on charges that ...
Former Sen. Lugar to be knighted by the British
Former Sen. Richard Lugar is being knighted on orders from the Queen of England, joining a select list of Americans to receive the distinction.
High court rejects challenge to NY gun law
The Supreme Court is staying out of the gun debate for now. The justices on Monday declined to hear a challenge to a strict New York law that makes ...
As US talks up diplomacy, NKorea takes hard line
The United States and Japan opened the door Sunday to new nuclear talks with North Korea if the saber-rattling country lowered tensions and honored ...
Close vote seen on background checks on gun buyers
A bipartisan Senate proposal to expand background checks for gun buyers gained the backing of one Republican and the potential support of a second ...
Gun debate revives questions about self-defense
The beam from the intruder's flashlight pierced the blackness of the bedroom at 4:45 a.m., sweeping across the down comforter and into Eric Martin's ...
Kerry: US, China pledge to work together on NKorea
U.S. and Chinese leaders said Saturday that their countries are committed to finding a peaceful way to ensure a nuclear-free Korean peninsula. "We are ...
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