Gay pride parades draw huge crowds after marriage rulings

By Ronnie Cohen SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dancing, cheering and toting placards, gay rights supporters took to the streets in huge numb...

Wikileaks founder says Snowden info will keep getting published

By Deborah Charles WASHINGTON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said on Sunday that Edward Snowden made sure that the inform...

Democrat predicts House will pass Senate immigration bill

By John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled House of Representatives will bow to political pressure and pass th...

Western United States swelters amid dangerously high heat

(Reuters) - Scorching heat baked the western United States and Sunday's forecast offered no relief from the soaring temperatures that ...

Obamacare 1.0: States brace for Web barrage when reform goes live

By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - About 550,000 people in Oregon do not have health insurance, and Aaron Karjala is confident the s...

Gay marriage opponents ask Supreme Court to reimpose California ban

By Steve Gorman and Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Opponents of gay marriage filed a long-shot petition on Saturday with the ...

Supreme Court petitioned to reimpose California gay marriage ban

By Steve Gorman and Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Opponents of gay marriage filed a long-shot petition on Saturday with the ...

U.S. asked Ecuador not to give Snowden asylum: Correa

By Brian Ellsworth QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said on Saturday the United States had asked him not to grant a...

Biden asked Ecuador not to give Snowden asylum: Correa

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's President Rafael Correa on Saturday said the United States asked him not to grant asylum for former U.S. s...

Obama urges House to pass immigration reform by August

By Jeff Mason PRETORIA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday urged the House of Representatives to follow the lead of the Sena...

Gay marriages resume in California after five-year hiatus

By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Same-sex couples rushed to San Francisco's City Hall on Friday to be legally married after ...

Court lifts ban on gay marriage in California

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Gay marriage can resume immediately in California after an appeals court on Friday lifted an injunction preventi...

Colorado theater gunman to be tethered to courtroom floor for trial

By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - A Colorado judge ruled on Thursday that accused theater gunman James Holmes will tethered to the co...

Boston bombing suspect accused in four deaths, could face execution

By Scott Malone and Stephanie Simon BOSTON (Reuters) - Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was indicted by a federal grand...

Accused Boston Marathon bomber charged in four deaths

By Scott Malone and Stephanie Simon BOSTON (Reuters) - A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokha...

Accused Boston Marathon bomber indicted by grand jury

By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - A grand jury has indicted accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on charges of killing fou...

Supreme Court declines to take up two more gay rights cases

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court, a day after deciding two major cases on gay marriage, declined on Thursday to take up two more c...

Defense seeks to undermine key witness in Trayvon Martin case

By Tom Brown and Barbara Liston SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - Defense attorneys in the murder trial of neighborhood watchman George Zimm...

Gay marriage gets big boost in two Supreme Court rulings

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a landmark victory for gay rights on Wednesday by forcing th...

Supreme Court delivers wins for gay marriage movement

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday handed a significant victory to gay rights advocates by ruling...

Supreme Court strikes down Defense of Marriage Act in win for gays

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a federal law that restricts the definition of marriage to opposite-sex ...

Supreme Court strikes down federal marriage law in win for gay rights

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a central portion of a federal law that restricted the definition of mar...

Supreme Court to set legal course on gay marriage

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - America's top court was expected to deliver rulings on Wednesday in two high-profile case...

Supreme Court due to set legal course on gay marriage

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - America's top court was expected to deliver rulings on Wednesday in two high-profile case...

Supreme Court guts key part of landmark Voting Rights Act

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday gutted a key portion of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965, ...

Supreme Court strikes down key part of Voting Rights Act

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a major blow to civil rights activists, the Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down an import...