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Indian couple Utkarsh Saxena, left, and Ananya Kotia, chat inside a public park in New Delhi, India, Jan. 18, 2023. The couple, now 15 years into their relationship, is joined by three other couples who have filed a petition to India's Supreme Court that seeks the legalization of same-sex marriage.

In India, couples begin their legal battle for same-sex marriage

Couples have filed petitions to India's Supreme Court seeking the legalization of same-sex marriage. The decision could make India the second economy in Asia after Taiwan to recognize the unions.

Naval hospital corpsman Devon Rideout receiving a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal on Feb. 23, 2018.

Murder victim's mother files federal suit over alleged killer's gun purchase

In the suit, the victim's mother said the federal government failed to place the alleged killer on the list banned from owning guns after he was found mentally incompetent by a military court for desertion.

President Biden, seen speaking at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, N.C., on April 14, 2022, has reestablished a tradition that presidents make their tax filings publicly available after former President Trump failed to do so.

The Bidens paid a 24.6% tax rate on $610,702 in earnings, their filings show

Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff earned $1,655,563 in 2021 and paid $523,371 — a federal income tax rate of 31.6% — their tax filings show.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks to reporters on Friday during her weekly news conference ahead of the House vote on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Despite not achieving everything Democrats wanted, the $737 billion act will focus on slowing climate change, lower health care costs, a 15% corporate minimum tax, a 1% fee on stock buybacks and enhancing IRS enforcement.

Democrats passed a major climate, health and tax bill. Here's what's in it

On Friday, the House sent to President Biden's desk what Democrats call a historic piece of legislation, but it's still a much smaller version of what they — and Biden — originally called for.

Shoppers drink juice in plastic cups at a market in New Delhi, on Wednesday. India banned some single-use or disposable plastic products Friday as part of a longer plan to phase out the ubiquitous material in the nation of nearly 1.4 billion.

India begins to ban single-use plastics including cups and straws

Other items like water or soda bottles or snack bags aren't banned yet. But the government has set targets for manufacturers to be responsible for recycling or disposing of them after their use.

Republican House candidate Harriet Hageman speaks to supporters Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, in Cheyenne, Wyo., after defeating Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., in the Republican primary.

Who is Harriet Hageman, the woman who beat Liz Cheney in the Wyoming House race?

Former President Donald Trump endorsed Hageman after Cheney broke with fellow Republicans to impeach Trump and criticize his handling of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

The Federal Justice Center in downtown San Diego in this undated photo.

Chula Vista woman sentenced for faking cancer diagnosis to avoid prison

A Chula Vista woman who faked a cancer diagnosis to avoid prison time was sentenced Tuesday to two years behind bars.

Ducks swim in a lake at Earvin "Magic" Johnson Park in Willowbrook, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. The lake is part of a system designed to filter and recycle stormwater runoff for the lake and irrigation and prevent it from washing out to sea.

California storms feed systems set up to capture rainwater

The banked rainwater is a rare bright spot from downpours that killed at least 20 people, crumbled hillsides and damaged thousands of homes. In rural parts of the state, depleted groundwater basins got a boost thanks to the storms.

In this Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018 file photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference in Washington.

Fed attacks inflation with its largest rate hike since 1994

The Federal Reserve intensified its drive to tame high inflation by raising its key interest rate by three-quarters of a point.

The next round of counting begins in Alaska. Here's how ranked-choice voting works

This process will decide two outstanding congressional races: Republican Lisa Murkowski's seat in the Senate and Democrat Mary Peltola's seat in the House.

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