HOUSTON MAYOR WEDS LONGTIME PARTNER IN CALIFORNIA
In this photo provided by the Houston mayor’s office, Houston Mayor Annise Parker, right and her long-time partner, First Lady Kathy Hubbard, celebrate at their wedding Thursday, Jan 16, 1014…
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NEW NYC MAYOR SEEKS TO ADVANCE LIBERAL AGENDA
By JONATHAN LEMIRE FILE – In this Dec. 5, 2013 file photo, William Bratton, left, speaks while New York Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio looks on during a news conference in…
TAKING HELM OF NYPD, BRATTON PROMISES REFORMS
By COLLEEN LONG New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton walks into his first press conference at police headquarters, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)…
DE BLASIO VOWS SWEEPING CHANGE AS NYC’S NEXT MAYOR
By JONATHAN LEMIRE Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio stands with his wife, Chirlane McCray as they talk with school children at MS 51 after he announced Carmen Farina as the next…
UTAH ASKS SUPREME COURT TO BLOCK SAME-SEX UNIONS
FILE – In this Dec. 20, 2013, file photo, same-sex couples Natalie Dicou, left, and Nichole Christensen, middle left, and James Goodman, middle right, and Jeffrey Gomez, right, wait in…
SAFETY QUESTIONS AFTER ND OIL TRAIN DERAILMENT
By DAVE KOLPACK and JAMES MacPHERSON A fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment Monday, Dec 30, 2013, in Casselton, N.D. The train carrying crude oil…
S SUDAN REBELS TAKE MOST OF STRATEGIC CITY OF BOR
By JASON STRAZIUSO The United States special envoy to South Sudan Donald Booth speaks to the media, as U.S. Ambassador to South Sudan Susan D. Page, left, listens in Juba,…
EGYPT: 3 KILLED AS POLICE CLASH WITH PROTESTERS
By MAGGIE MICHAEL Egyptian security forces fire tear gas to disperse supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi as they protest at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Dec. 27, 2013.…