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Sunday, May 19, 2013
12:22pm

Friday night in New York's Greenwich Village, police say a gunman, who is in custody but has yet to be identified, followed Mark Carson, taunting him with anti-gay slurs and homophobic language, before tragically shooting him in the head.

03/20/12

Portland police arrested a man accused of assaulting a gay couple in downtown Portland last week but said they are s

03/20/12

A high-school principal whose contract was not renewed last week and a community member have raised the issue that t

03/20/12

I’m not sure I recall another time when a state political party has offered to reach out to another state – let alon

03/20/12

At multiple events in New York City on Monday, March 19, First Lady Michelle Obama—in campaigning for her husband’s

03/16/12

For months now, the Indiana General Assembly has been trying to rescind a specialty license plate that benefits the

03/16/12

His campaign issued a statement saying the amendment was discriminatory:

03/16/12

The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted 91 to 6 to confirm Los Angeles attorney Michael W. Fitzgerald to a seat on the federal court for Central California

03/16/12

This year’s update has run into opposition from Republicans who object to new provisions, such as one that includes

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