Same-Sex Marriage

O.C. hate crimes fall; attacks based on sexual orientation rise

2013-05-23 00:05:00

The number of reported hate crimes in Orange County fell by 21% last year, even though such crimes based on sexual orientation almost doubled, according to a report released Thursday. The Orange County Human Relations Commission found that 61 hate...

Immigration bill a testament to compromise

2013-05-23 00:00:00

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Tuesday to send the bipartisan immigration bill — more formally known as the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernizing Act — to the full Senate. The 800-plus page bill is by far...

Florist challenges demand to provide flowers for same-sex wedding

2013-05-21 06:30:00

A tempest in a flowerpot over whether a Washington state florist should have to provide bouquets to a same-sex wedding has taken a new turn with a countersuit filed by the shop owner claiming her religious freedoms gave her the right to refuse. In an...

Immigration bill: Gang label amendment goes down

2013-05-20 18:26:00

The Senate Judiciary Committee continued its markup of a bipartisan immigration reform bill Monday, rejecting an amendment by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) that would have barred undocumented immigrants who are merely suspected of belonging to a gang,...

Immigration: A wider better welcome mat

2013-05-21 00:00:00

As an immigrant and an engineer, I know the magnetic pull that the United States exerts on anyone who dreams of a career in science. From the time I watched NASA technicians on television during the first lunar landing in 1969, I resolved to get the...

Salt Lake City has highest rate of same-sex couples raising kids

2013-05-21 00:00:00

Salt Lake City: the gay parenting capital of the United States? Unexpected as it may sound, a new study finds that the Utah capital and its outskirts have the nation's highest percentage of gay or lesbian couples raising children. --------------------...

Immigration reform: Closer to reality or destined for failure?

2013-05-21 22:55:00

Oh, how much things have changed in just a few months. Last May, Republicans and Democrats couldn't agree on any aspect of immigration reform. But on Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed a far-reaching immigration bill, clearing the way for a...

Medical marijuana: Measure D still the best choice

2013-05-15 11:54:00

Way at the bottom of Tuesday’s ballot are three confusing propositions -- Measures D, E and F -- that have to do with medical marijuana. Voters can’t be blamed if they feel frustrated and unsure of what to do when confronted by three...

N.J. father arrested after son, 4, shot and killed playmate

2013-05-14 08:37:00

The father of a 4-year-old boy who shot and killed his 6-year-old playmate after finding a loaded .22-caliber rifle in his parents' home has been arrested after officials found "multiple" unsecured weapons accessible to children in the New Jersey house....

Convicted abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell is spared death penalty

2013-05-14 14:35:00

PHILADELPHIA — Kermit Gosnell, the abortion doctor convicted of killing three babies who were born alive in his grimy clinic, agreed Tuesday to give up his right to an appeal and now faces life in prison but will be spared a death sentence. The...

Parade shooting: New Orleans police chase teen with criminal past

2013-05-14 10:53:00

Three victims remained in critical condition at a hospital Tuesday as New Orleans officials sought a teenage suspect in the Mother's Day parade shooting that wounded 19 people. Akein Scott, 19, was named late Monday night as a suspect in the shooting....

New Orleans parade suspect roamed free while facing gun charge

2013-05-14 15:40:00

The shocking parade shooting that brought New Orleans residents together has now turned some of its public officials against one another as the city confronts its longtime crime epidemic. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu told local judges to "wake up"...

A masked protester waves a French flag as movements against gay marriage demonstrate in Paris.

2013-05-16 00:00:00

Gay marriage

2013-05-15 05:36:00

State Sen. Scott Dibble, left, sponsor of a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in Minnesota, greets a crowd with his partner, Richard Leyva, at the Capitol. The bill cleared the Senate, 37 to 30.

2013-05-13 00:00:00