Search

Andrea and Leslie Isham got married last year during a drag show at a night club in Tennessee by a friend who was ordained online. A new law in the state seeks to ban online ordinations.

Tennessee Lawmakers Aim To Ban Weddings By Internet-Ordained Ministers

Tennessee lawmakers passed a law to ban officiants ordained online from performing legal marriages in the state. But this month a judge said they can continue temporarily.

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (center) announces that Stockton, Calif., and the city and county of Los Angeles are joining California's lawsuit over the 2020 census citizenship question at a news conference in Los Angeles in May. Becerra is joined by (from left) Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis, City Attorney Mike Feuer, Mayor Eric Garcetti and Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs.

Census Citizenship Question Lawsuits In California Likely To Proceed, Judge Says

Dozens of states, cities and other groups are trying to get a question about U.S. citizenship status removed from the 2020 census. Two cases in New York are already heading toward a potential trial.

Gaming Addiction Disorder; White House Pitches Big Changes For Education Department

Also in our weekly roundup of education news, the Federal Commission on School Safety met publicly to brainstorm ideas around how to make schools safer.

Protesters hold up signs and shirts behind then-Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt while testifying on Capitol Hill in April. Pruitt was one of a handful of Trump administration officials forced to resign while facing ethics investigations this year.

The Year In Washington Scandals: The 'Swamp' Remained Murky In 2018

"Bad optics," charter jets, abusive tweets and insider trading. It has been that kind of year in President Trump's Cabinet and on Capitol Hill.

Flights at LaGuardia Airport in New York were delayed Friday morning as the FAA said it was experiencing an uptick in workers calling in sick.

Flights Delayed At LaGuardia, Newark Airports As Workers Call In Sick Amid Shutdown

The FAA said it was mitigating staff shortages by rerouting traffic and adding workers. The White House said it was monitoring the delays, which also affected Philadelphia International Airport.

Escondido mayor Sam Abed speaks out against California sanctuary law, April 16, 2018.

Local Officials Urge County To Join Challenge Of Sanctuary Law

Elected officials and local residents urged the San Diego County Board of Supervisors Monday to join the federal government's lawsuit challenging California's sanctuary state law.

A worker on a Chrysler car lot passes lines of Jeeps in 2014. The House on Tuesday passed a measure to roll back guidance on auto lending issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Congress Rolls Back Anti-Discrimination Auto Loan Rule

The House voted Tuesday to roll back CFPB guidance issued in 2013, which was intended to limit discrimination in the car loan industry. The vote could lead to further repeals of federal regulations.

Utility trucks move in Monday as the outer bands of Hurricane Dorian approach in Charleston, S.C. Residents in Charleston and many other coastal areas are under an evacuation order.

'They Just Panic': Elderly Residents Face Evacuation Challenges During Storms

Evacuating away from a hurricane is difficult for elderly people who are ill, don't have access to transportation or live on a fixed income. Slow, rainy storms such as Dorian are particularly tough.

Suspected Islamic State militants languish in a prison cell in northeastern Syria in October. The Pentagon has reported about 10,000 ISIS fighters are being held in prison facilities in northeastern Syria. Some 2,000 are said to be foreign fighters, with the rest identified as Iraqi and Syrian nationals. Of the 2,000 foreign fighters, an estimated 800 are from European nations.

Why European Countries Are Reluctant to Repatriate Citizens Who Are ISIS Fighters

Hundreds of ISIS fighters from Europe are in prison facilities in Syria. The prospect of repatriating them is deeply unpopular in much of Europe, and some countries have stripped them of citizenship.

Major retailers report sharp drops in sales of single-use plastic bags, after a fee was instituted in 2015.

Plastic Bag Sales Fell By 90% At England's Large Retailers In Past 4 Years

Major retailers in England issued 7.6 billion single-use plastic bags before a fee was instituted in 2015. In the most recent 12-month period, they cut that to 549 million.

Search results for