Bloomberg: Primary win a good sign for gun control
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says a victory by a candidate he supported in a House primary in Illinois is a sign of things to come for ...
Father of Newtown victim: Ban assault weapons
Fighting tears, the father of one of the first graders slain in the Newtown, Conn. mass shooting is begging the Senate Judiciary Committee to ban ...
House chairman opposes universal background checks
The Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said Wednesday he opposes universal background checks on gun sales and doesn't foresee such ...
Anti-gun Democrat wins primary to replace Jackson
The newly elected Democratic nominee to replace disgraced former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. vowed to become a leader in the fight for federal gun control ...
Anti-gun Democrat shoo-in to replace Jackson Jr.
The newly elected Democratic nominee to replace disgraced former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. vowed to become a leader in the fight for federal gun control ...
3 dead in Swiss workplace shooting
A longtime employee opened fire at a wood-processing company in central Switzerland on Wednesday, leaving three people dead, including the assailant, ...
Senate panel hearing from Newtown father, doctor
Sen. Dianne Feinstein says there has never been a greater need for a federal ban on assault weapons. The California Democrat made the remark as the ...
Australian Muslim activists lose free speech case
Australia's highest court on Wednesday narrowly rejected the case of two Muslim activists who argued they had a constitutional free-speech right to ...
Court appears conflicted over DNA sampling issue
The Supreme Court on Tuesday struggled with what one of the justices called its most important criminal procedure case in decades, whether to let ...
Egypt's main opposition coalition to boycott vote
Egypt's main opposition coalition said Tuesday it will boycott upcoming parliamentary elections, a decision likely to push the country into a new ...
Fierce clashes near landmark mosque in Syria
Syrian rebels battled government troops near a landmark 12th century mosque in the northern city of Aleppo on Tuesday, while fierce clashes raged ...
Israelis plan to press Obama to free convicted spy
Israel's Nobel-laureate president, backed by thousands of followers, is leading an effort to press President Barack Obama during his upcoming visit ...
Court takes up question of arrestee DNA sampling
The Supreme Court on Tuesday struggled with what one of the justices called its most important criminal procedure case in decades, whether to let ...
As atrocities pile up, Syrians collect evidence
Syrian activist Yashar hopes the security agents who tormented him during five months of detention will one day be put on trial. In detention, he ...
Experts: Pistorius violated basic firearms rules
Even if Oscar Pistorius is acquitted of murder, firearms and legal experts in South Africa believe that, by his own account, the star athlete violated ...
Gun laws in selected countries
In South Africa, where Oscar Pistorius is charged with premeditated murder in the Feb. 14 shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, gun ...
Court won't allow challenge to surveillance law
A sharply-divided Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out an attempt by U.S. citizens to challenge the expansion of a surveillance law used to monitor ...
Koop, who transformed surgeon general post, dies
With his striking beard and starched uniform, former Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop became one of the most recognizable figures of the Reagan era ...
US caught in awkward embrace of Myanmar 'crony'
The image was meant to convey growing friendship between the United States and Myanmar, the world's hottest frontier market. Flanked by national ...
Italy faces political gridlock after crucial elex
Italy faced political paralysis Monday as near-complete results in crucial national elections showed no clear winner and raised the possibility of a ...
Bork: Nixon offered next high court vacancy in '73
Robert Bork says President Richard Nixon promised him the next Supreme Court vacancy after Bork complied with Nixon's order to fire Watergate special ...
Voters ponder guns, ethics in Jackson Jr. district
Candidates for Jesse Jackson Jr.'s former congressional seat made their final push for votes Monday ahead of a high-stakes primary, but turnout was ...
Senate panel likely to write gun bills next week
The Senate Judiciary Committee seems all but certain to start voting on an assault weapons ban and other gun curbs next week, Congress' first roll ...
Jordan: No news of activist held in Saudi Arabia
Jordan says it has no official word from Saudi Arabia about one of its citizens apprehended by authorities there 50 days ago. Jordanian foreign ...
Lawmakers dispute records for private gun sales
A dispute over whether to require record keeping for private gun sales is holding up a compromise between Republican and Democratic senators over ...
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