The Kansas Senate has approved anti-choice legislation that literally prioritizes a doctor’s personal beliefs over women — currently alive, breathing women — by permitting doctors and other healthcare providers to refuse...

WASHINGTON — Two-thirds of American adults are too fat, and a major overhaul of US policies — from schools to restaurants to urban planning — is needed to stem the epidemic, medical experts said Tuesday. In a hefty, 400-plus page...

MIAMI — George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer accused of killing an unarmed black teenager earlier this year, on Tuesday waived his right to a speedy trial and asked for more time to prepare his case, according to court documents....

NEW YORK — Twitter is challenging a court order to turn over to law enforcement data on one of its users involved in Occupy Wall Street in a case described by a civil liberties group as a major test of online freedom of speech. The motion filed...

Sen. Mark Kirk, a moderate Republican representing Illinois, released video on Tuesday that outlines the walking rehabilitation program he is currently undergoing. Kirk was elected in 2010 to the Senate seat previously held by President Barack...

WASHINGTON — A series of cyber attacks has been targeting US natural gas pipeline operators, officials acknowledged Tuesday, raising concerns among security experts about vulnerabilities in key infrastructure. The Department of Homeland Security...

WASHINGTON — Republican US lawmakers gave cautious reaction Tuesday to socialist Francois Hollande’s presidential win in France, with one senator warning the result could mark an “unnerving” setback in Afghanistan. “If...

NEW YORK — Nude photos from what is said to have been Marilyn Monroe’s last formal photo shoot, just six weeks before her 1962 death, failed to sell at auction Tuesday in New York. The collection on sale as “Marilyn Monroe —...

Tim Kaine, Virginia Senate candidate and former chair of the Democratic National Convention, danced around the issue of same sex marriage on Tuesday. Kaine was questioned by reporters at a breakfast sponsored by Third Way about the issue,...

In what appears to be the first case of its kind, a teenager in the United Kingdom has been convicted of religiously harassing a female pagan who worked at McDonalds, according to the Telegraph. The unnamed 16-year-old boy from Lawford, north...

The Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, said Monday that a foundation supportive of LGBT students cannot present a scholarship to a student at one of the Diocese’s schools because the foundation’s mission is “contrary to the teachings of the Catholic...

A federal appeals court on Tuesday barred the enforcement of a controversial law that allowed for the arrest and prosecution of individuals who made audio recordings of police officers without their consent. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the...

A Republican running for U.S. House in North Carolina’s 8th Congressional District is continuing to insist that President Barack Obama is not an American citizen because he has examined the birth certificate of one of his staffers who was...

I get the feeling that this episode is going to be controversial, but I love it. It’s a classic example of how good “Mad Men” is about pulling the rug out from under your expectations, but doing so in a way that works really...

The Republican National Committee’s Director of Hispanic Outreach Bettina Inclan said she “misspoke” Tuesday afternoon when she said she was unaware of likely Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s immigration...