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Mourners gather for a vigil service for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, at the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn. on Friday night.

Small Conn. Town Trying To Cope With Scale Of Mass Shooting

Newtown, Conn. is a white-collar community an hour and a half northeast of New York City. It's the kind of place where crime hardly ever happens and the biggest thing that happens each year is the Labor Day parade.

For Asian-Americans, Immigration Backlogs Are A Major Hurdle

Although the national conversation about immigration policy tends to focus on Latinos, it is Asian-Americans who encounter some of the knottiest challenges facing immigrants and immigration reformers.

LGBT Group Builds Support In Southern Arizona

Wingspan is working in Tucson to reduce hate and bias against the LGBT community through education.

Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, speaks Tuesday as Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., and Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., listen during a news conference on Capitol Hill calling for no reduction in the Medicare and Medicaid budgets as part of the year-end budget talks.

Democrats Draw Line On Medicaid Cuts

Democrats are worried that cuts to the program will go beyond the impact on the people it serves. It will also affect the Affordable Care Act, which calls for expanding Medicaid to as many as 16 million more people. The states are watching closely because the federal government has promised it will pay most of those additional costs.

Mexico Ending Narco 'Dog And Pony Shows'

Mexico will stop parading drug trafficking detainees in front of the news media, stop using defendants’ nicknames and stop naming the drug cartel the person worked for.

Want To Find A Restaurant That Treats Workers Well? There's An App For That

Smartphone users have a wide range of apps to choose from if they're looking to dine ethically. There are apps that advise which supermarkets have good environmental records and apps that keep tabs on restaurants and markets offering sustainable seafood.

The LGBT Center in San Diego was crowded for the celebration to mark the end of Don't Ask Don't Tell

San Diego Navy Man Reinstated After 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

San Diegan Jase Daniels is believed to be the first gay military member to be reinstated since the repeal of DADT.

A bill proposed by the Senate's Gang of Eight (from left, Jeff Flake, R-Ariz.; Marco Rubio, R-Fla.; Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.; John McCain, R-Ariz.; Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Bob Menendez, D-N.J.; Dick Durbin, D-Ill.; and Michael Bennet, D-Colo.) has passed out of committee and is headed for the full Senate. But the fate of the issue in the House is less clear.

Immigration Measure Faces Test In Senate, Rival Bill In House

Members of Congress are back in their home states this week for a Memorial Day recess. It's a chance to talk with constituents about what could become the year's biggest legislative story: the push on Capitol Hill to fix what Democrats and Republicans alike agree is a broken immigration system.

San Diego City Unions Tentatively Agree To Five-Year Pact

The six unions that represent city of San Diego employees have tentatively agreed to a five-year labor deal that is expected to save the city millions of dollars and largely end a 6 percent salary cut implemented several years ago, it was announced Tuesday.

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus, including its chairwoman, California Democrat Barbara Lee (center), and New York Democrat Charles Rangel (to the right of Lee), listen to a question from the media in front of the West Wing of the White House in March, after meeting with President Obama.

Black Caucus Flexes Muscle In Dispute With Pelosi

With House Democrats set to vote Wednesday on whether to keep Speaker Nancy Pelosi as their leader, the Congressional Black Caucus is threatening to block her path. It's a sign of the caucus's potential to wield more influence in the coming Congress.

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