NO ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN: NOT EVEN IN DEMS’ BILL
By ALAN FRAM FILE – In this Feb. 25, 2013 file photo, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Feinstein, the sponsor of a proposed…
Human rights and civil liberties
NEWSPAPERS WORRIED ABOUT NEW UK MEDIA REGULATION
By RAPHAEL SATTER British newspapers are displayed on sale below greeting cards in a newsagents in London, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Britain’s politicians have finally struck a deal to regulate…
HILLARY CLINTON ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE
By JULIE PACE and KEN THOMAS FILE – In this Jan. 31, 2013 file photo, then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks in Washington. The former Secretary of State announced…
TRIAL OVER NYPD STOP-AND-FRISK TACTIC SET TO BEGIN
By COLLEEN LONG FILE – In this Sunday, June 17, 2012 file photo, Rev. Al Sharpton, center, walks with thousands along Fifth Avenue, during a silent march to end the…
COLO LEGISLATURE OKS EXPANSION OF FIREARMS CHECKS
By KRISTEN WYATT and IVAN MORENO Colorado State Representative Rhonda Fields, speaks to a colleague during a debate period for a gun control bill which she sponsored, inside the Colorado…
VENEZUELA’S OPPOSITION GROUND DOWN BY CHAVISTAS
By FRANK BAJAK Opposition leader Henrique Capriles holds a copy of the constitution as he speaks during a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, March 11, 2013. Capriles registered his…
AP SOURCE: OBAMA POISED TO PICK PEREZ FOR LABOR
By JIM KUHNHENN and SAM HANANEL FILE – In this Thursday, May 10, 2012 file photo, United States Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez, left, who heads up the civil rights…
SOUTH AFRICA: MANDELA SPENDS NIGHT IN HOSPITAL
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA FILE – In this May 11, 1999 file photo, South African President Nelson Mandela, is photographed in Cape Town, South Africa. Mandela, the former South African president…