KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - The family of a murdered Kansas abortion doctor said on Tuesday they would not reopen his clinic, which was one of only a few in the United States willing to provide late-term abortions. George Tiller, 67, ...Read More
President Barack Obama has announced plans to issue an executive order assuring that health care overhaul legislation would not change the restrictions on federal money for abortion.
White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer said the order provides safeguards to ensure that ...Read More
March 21 (Bloomberg) -- House Democrats are on the verge of passing the most far-reaching health legislation in more than four decades as leaders reached a last-minute deal on abortion restrictions that won over a bloc of lawmakers. Within hours of ...Read More
Anti-abortion Democrats, led by Rep. Bart Stupak, have struck a deal with the House Democratic leadership to vote for the health care bill in exchange for an executive order from President Obama reaffirming there will be no federal funding for ...Read More
A pair of House Democratic leaders predicted Sunday the final tally on President Barack Obama's historic health care bill will meet or exceed the 216 votes required for passage. But they acknowledged having yet to nail down commitments from a ...Read More
WASHINGTON - House leaders decided Saturday to vote directly on the Senate's health-care bill, dropping a much-criticized strategy of allowing lawmakers to "deem" the landmark legislation into law. But the outcome of that potentially historic vote remained in doubt as ...Read More
After a nearly three-week, nationwide hunt, a man sought in the shooting deaths of a Detroit couple has been arrested in California, officials said.
Derrick Dennard Smith, 42, was arrested Friday in Gardena, Calif., with the help of U.S. marshals, said ...Read More
Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) wants pro-life Dems to join him in voting against the Democrats' health care bill unless there are significant abortion restrictions. But Stupak has a surprising obstacle in his path: his old friend Rep. Dale Kildee (D-Mich.). ...Read More
A Washington man accused of shooting his ex-wife to death during a counseling session at a Federal Way church has been charged with first-degree murder. King County prosecutors filed the charge Friday against 41-year-old Charles Parsons of Lakewood, who is being ...Read More
(CNN) -- The state of Florida must fund some of Casey Anthony's defense in her first-degree murder trial for the death of daughter Caylee, a judge ruled Friday. "All costs submitted shall be in compliance with the Ninth Judicial Circuit's caps ...Read More
ORLANDO, Fla. - A judge has ruled that Casey Anthony is indigent and can use public money to pay for part of her defense against charges that she killed her 2-year-old daughter. Circuit Judge Stan Strickland issued the ruling Friday, a ...Read More
Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak says he's open to a deal but will vote "No" on the health care bill unless changes are made to accommodate his more-stringent language that prevents federal funding for abortions. "There's still no change," Stupak said on ...Read More
WASHINGTON-Rep. Bart Stupak of Michigan, the leader of a dozen anti-abortion Democrats, says his group remains committed to opposing the health care overhaul the House is likely to vote on this weekend. Stupak said Friday on ABC's "Good Morning America" that ...Read More
Abortion foes plan 'no' vote on health overhaul WASHINGTON — Rep. Bart Stupak of Michigan, the leader of a dozen anti-abortion Democrats, says his group remains committed to opposing the health care overhaul the House is likely to vote on this ...Read More
BRENTWOOD, N.H. - A jury convicted a New Hampshire man Thursday of beating his landlord to death with a hammer to steal his new pickup truck, and rejected the defendant's claims he acted in self-defense when the landlord tried to ...Read More
Defense attorney Jose Baez blames the state for prompting Casey Anthony to seek indigency, WESH-Channel 2 reported tonight. A hearing on the issue will be held tomorrow morning. 'This afternoon, Jose Baez told us that his client Casey Anthony would have had ...Read More
WASHINGTON -- House leaders have concluded they cannot change a divisive abortion provision in President Obama's health-care bill and will try to pass the sweeping legislation without the support of ardent anti-abortion Democrats. The approach would skirt a major obstacle for ...Read More
DENVER - The group of Denver Broncos players arrived at the Safari nightclub to celebrate New Year's Eve and was whisked inside by bouncers. One of the dozens of people waiting in line to get in — an alleged Tre-Tre ...Read More
The courtroom was silent as the jury filed in, heads bowed. None of the 12 made eye contact with Willie D. Clark at the defense table. One juror began to cry. Then another. When the clerk first said the word "guilty," ...Read More
A Denver jury has convicted Willie D. Clark of murdering Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams. Clark, 26, was accused of killing Williams and wounding two others early New Year's Day 2007 following an altercation outside the Shelter nightclub. Prosecutors said Williams and ...Read More
(CNN) -- The superintendent calls it the "Right-Size" plan," but many Kansas City, Missouri, residents say it's plain wrong. Superintendent John Covington called for the closing or consolidation of almost half of the city's public schools. A divided Kansas City school ...Read More
