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Lawmakers in Colorado on Tuesday approved a bill to allow same-sex civil unions, the latest US state to back legalized gay marriages or partnerships.

An unlikely coalition grouping the Obama administration, major corporations, Republican lawmakers and Clint Eastwood has found common cause in urging the US Supreme Court to legalize gay marriage.

US President Barack Obama's administration threw its weight behind gay marriage on Thursday, urging the Supreme Court to strike down California's ban on same-sex unions.

US President Barack Obama's administration threw its weight behind gay marriage, urging the Supreme Court to strike down California's ban on same-sex unions.

The northeast of the United States crawled out Sunday from under a monster blizzard that caused at least nine deaths and paralyzed the region with high winds and vast drifts of snow.

The US northeast slowly dug out early Sunday from a mammoth blizzard that choked air, road and rail travel, left some 650,000 homes and businesses without power and caused at least seven deaths.

The US northeast slowly dug out from a mammoth blizzard that choked air, road and rail travel, left some 650,000 homes and businesses without power and caused at least seven deaths.

A ferocious snowstorm pummeled the northeastern United States for a second straight day Saturday, killing at least two people, bringing transportation to a halt and cutting off power to at least half a million customers.

US Vice President Joe Biden says he has not made up his mind yet on whether he will run for the top job in 2016 -- a prospect that could entail a clash with Hillary Clinton.

Hundreds of US elementary school children who survived the gun massacre of 20 of their schoolmates and six staff finally returned to class Thursday at a new, heavily-guarded building.

Students at a US elementary school where a gunman massacred 26 children and teachers last month return to classes Thursday, at an alternative campus described by police as "the safest school in America."

Students at the elementary school where a gunman massacred 26 children and teachers last month were returning Thursday to classes at an alternative campus described by police as "the safest school in America."

The father of the deranged gunman who massacred 20 small children and six other people at an elementary school and also killed his mother has finally been able to lay his son's body to rest.

For the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) 2012 proved to be a rocky year. For the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) 2012 proved to be a rocky year. While the nation's most vociferous opponent of gay marriage was successful in getting a constitutional amendment limiting marriage to heterosexual couples approved in North Carolina, little else went the group's way. In an end-of-the-year blog post at EqualityMatters.org, Carlos Maza highlighted some of NOM's biggest missteps in 2012. An important story which went largely unnoticed was NOM's shrinking support from donors. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) revealed that ?just two donors were responsible for funding 75 percent of the anti-gay group.? Federal tax documents from 2011 also showed that NOM's budget had declined from the previous year ? from $9.1 million to $6.2 million. (Related: Funding for anti-gay marriage group NOM plummets 30 percent.) In New York and New Hampshire, NOM has been unable to follow through on its pl

Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson has described being the church's first openly gay bishop as a 'remarkable opportunity'. New Hampshire Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson has described being the Anglican Church's first openly gay bishop as a ?remarkable opportunity.? In an exit interview with the AP, Robinson, 65, said it took him a few years to realize that he had been given a unique opportunity to advocate for equality. ?I'd been given this really remarkable opportunity and it would be selfish of me not to be the best steward of that opportunity,? he said. ?We went from my consecration, which set off this international controversy, to nine years later seeing gay, lesbian and transgender congregants welcome at all levels of the church, including bishop.? Robinson, who was elected in 2003, announced his retirement in 2010. His successor, A. Robert Hirschfeld, takes over the pastoral staff in a ceremony at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Concord on Saturday, January 5. Robinson's installment sp

Gay couples in Maine will get their first marriage licenses Saturday after the northeastern US state's same-sex marriage law goes into effect.

Charlie Morgan will lead the Pledge of Allegiance at New Hampshire Governor-elect Maggie Hassan's inaugural ceremony. Chief Warrant Officer Charlie Morgan of the New Hampshire National Guard will lead the Pledge of Allegiance at Governor-elect Maggie Hassan's inaugural ceremony, which will take place on Thursday, January 3. Morgan and her wife, Karen, are two of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as it relates gay and lesbian service members. Morgan has been diagnosed with terminal breast cancer and doctors believe she has only months to live. Six couples are represented by OutServe-SLDN in the legal challenge filed in the same Boston federal court which ruled last year that DOMA is unconstitutional. DOMA prevents federal agencies from recognizing the legal marriages of gay couples. With the law in place, Karen would be barred from receiving military, Social Security and other benefits which would help her care for the co

Charlie Morgan will lead the Pledge of Allegiance at New Hampshire Governor-elect Maggie Hassan's inaugural ceremony. Chief Warrant Officer Charlie Morgan of the New Hampshire National Guard will lead the Pledge of Allegiance at Governor-elect Maggie Hassan's inaugural ceremony, which will take place on Thursday, January 3. Morgan and her wife, Karen, are two of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as it relates gay and lesbian service members. Morgan has been diagnosed with terminal breast cancer and doctors believe she has only months to live. Six couples are represented by OutServe-SLDN in the legal challenge filed in the same Boston federal court which ruled last year that DOMA is unconstitutional. DOMA prevents federal agencies from recognizing the legal marriages of gay couples. With the law in place, Karen would be barred from receiving military, Social Security and other benefits which would help her care for the co

The US northeast was battered by heavy snow and strong winds as a powerful storm carved a violent arc across several states, killing more than a dozen people and snarling holiday travel.

On the heels of the deadly shooting tragedy in Connecticut, parents' anxiety is driving a surge in sales of bullet-proof backpacks, in the hope the armored bags can give their kids a safety edge.