A bill going through the New York state senate would ban "ex-gay" therapy for minors. Religious fundamentalists have favored "ex-gay" therapy as way to "cure" LGBT people from their sexuality; this pseudo-science has been used with very little success for decades and has, over time, gained only disclaimers from the medical community.
Julian Castro could be the Cabinet's new Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, an attempt by the administration to court Hispanic voters ahead of the 2016 election.
Some are getting too much subsidy payments. The federal government could be giving more subsidies to Americans who signed up for health care under ObamaCare than they deserve, a new report from the Washington Post says.
"El Pelon" was arrested along with seven others in a provincial town in Guatemala. Drug cartels have wreaked havoc across Central America and Mexico, and one of the hardest hit countries is Guatemala.
Same-sex marriages in Arkansas were put on hold on Friday after the state Supreme Court suspended the ruling of a lower court that struck down the state's same-sex marriage ban.
An Ohio kindergarten teacher was suspended for 10 days after she was allegedly caught on camera grabbing and shaking a 6-year-old student. However, the parents of the boy are pushing to take legal action against the teacher and get her fired.
With less than a month until the first ball kick, Brazil continues to see protests against the biggest sporting event of the year. Preparations for the World Cup have been followed by a specter of popular discontent, and as the games near. more people hit the streets to voice their displeasure with the government and the Cup.
Hundreds of the nation's homeless and displaced citizens have banded together in small groups across the U.S. to form makeshift communities known as tent cities.
On Friday, General Motors was slapped with a record-breaking $35 million U.S. fine for its delayed response to an ignition switch defect in millions of vehicles that has been linked to at least 13 deaths.
U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) has garnered a reputation of questioning privacy implications for not only his constituents but for Americans across the country. With the release of the Samsung Galaxy S5, Franken wrote a letter to the company's executives regarding the smartphone's fingerprint scanner.
20 students at a Texas high school protested their school's dress code on Thursday after about 170 of their peers were suspended for violating the dress regulation rules earlier in the week.
The next New York Lotto drawing takes place on Saturday, May 17. The winning numbers for the New York Lotto drawing on May 14 were 2, 3, 12, 14, 16 and 38, and the bonus number was 9.
