Same-sex couple cheers gay marriage ruling in Kentucky
By CLAIRE GALOFARO and ADAM BEAM April Miller and Karen Roberts hugged as the news flashed across their television screen, and their hug turned into a brief slow dance across…
Family issues
Governor: Vermont mom is ‘alleged perpetrator’ in 4 deaths
By DAVE GRAM and LISA RATHKE A woman who lost custody of her 9-year-old daughter killed three relatives in a Vermont home and then headed to a nearby state office…
High court throws out conviction for Facebook threats
By SAM HANANEL The Supreme Court on Monday threw out the conviction of a Pennsylvania man prosecuted for making threats on Facebook, but dodged the free-speech issues that had made…
Former Md. Gov. O’Malley jumps into 2016 Democratic race
By KEN THOMAS Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley on Saturday joined the Democratic presidential race with a longshot challenge to Hillary Rodham Clinton for the 2016 nomination and tried to…
Irish gays wake up to whole new world: When’s the wedding?
By SHAWN POGATCHNIK Ireland’s gay citizens woke up Sunday in what felt like a nation reborn — some with dreams of wedding plans dancing in their heads. Many weren’t rising…
Justice Kennedy sent clearer signal in 2013 marriage case
By MARK SHERMAN Two years ago, Justice Anthony Kennedy left little doubt during Supreme Court arguments that a part of the federal anti-gay marriage law was doomed. When the justices…
Gay marriage a difficult issue for GOP White House hopefuls
For Democratic politicians, same-sex marriage has become an easy issue: They’re for it. Many Republican VIPs — notably the presidential hopefuls — face a far more complicated landscape. By DAVID…
New Hampshire Republican voters are relishing crowded field
For New Hampshire Republicans, the early days of the 2016 presidential campaign feel like an embarrassment of riches. The state’s notoriously fickle, independent-minded voters are relishing a wide-open Republican race…