HO– USE PASSES PRO-BUSINESS CYBERSECURITY BILL
By ANNE FLAHERTY FILE – In this Oct. 8, 2012 file photo, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., left, and and the committee’s ranking Democrat, Rep. C.A. “Dutch”…
Human rights and civil liberties
NEW ZEALAND LAWMAKERS APPROVE GAY-MARRIAGE BILL
By NICK PERRY New Zealand lawmaker Louisa Wall, who sponsored the gay marriage bill, stands on the steps of Parliament in Wellington before voting for the same-sex marriage Tuesday, April…
LAWSUIT FILED TO BLOCK NEW ARKANSAS ABORTION LAW
By JEANNIE NUSS Rita Sklar, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas, speaks during a news conference at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday,…
AP INTERVIEW: JOAN BAEZ RETURNS TO PAST IN VIETNAM
By CHRIS BRUMMITT In this April 5, 2013 photo, Joan Baez speaks to a reporter in her hotel room in Hanoi, Vietnam. The folk singer and social activist visited Vietnam…
OBAMA TO BRING SOME SANDY HOOK FAMILIES ON AF1
By NEDRA PICKLER FILE – In this Jan. 16, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, talks about proposals to reduce gun violence, in the…
UN: CHEMICAL INVESTIGATORS READY TO GO TO SYRIA
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, right, attends a breakfast meeting with Netherlands’ Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans, not in the photo, in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, April 8, 2013. Ban is on…
SWEEPING ANTI-ABORTION BILL GOES TO KANSAS GOV.
By JOHN HANNA Kansas House Speaker Ray Merrick, right, a Stilwell Republican, watches the chamber’s electronic tally board as it approves a sweeping anti-abortion bill, Friday, April 5, 2013, at…
LAWS, RUMORS HAVE AMMO FLYING OFF STORE SHELVES
By MICHAEL VIRTANEN FILE–In this Feb. 21, 2007 file photo, Bruce Martindale takes aim as he competes in a weekly air gun league in Troy, N.Y. Martindale, who normally uses…