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The US military is considering a plan that would allow transgender people to serve openly in the armed forces.

Mexican authorities meet to work on a plan to prevent a surge in violence following the escape of top drug lord Joaquin Guzman from jail.

Bahraini human rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab is pardoned by King Hamad after serving three months of a six-month prison sentence, reports say.

 Photo: Longtime Boston South Enders socialize at a neighborhood senior lunch program: (l-r) “Spider” Edwards, James Banks and Luther Flynt. (Photo by Sandra Larson)This story is part of our ongoing “BOSTON” series in NAM’s “Growing Older, Getting Poorer” section.BOSTON--At United...

The Boy Scouts of America unanimously approves a resolution to end the organisation's ban on gay adults working as leaders.

US President Barack Obama commutes the prison sentences of 46 drug offenders as part of a renewed effort to reform the criminal justice system.

Pope Francis says that he did not chew coca during his recent trip to Bolivia, where the leaves are used to alleviate the effects of the high altitude.

Polling nearly 18,000 American couples who tied the knot in 2011, the Real Weddings Survey revealed that that couples spent a national average of...

Thousands of people in Bangladesh are demanding justice for a 13-year-old boy whose gruesome murder was filmed by his jeering attackers.

 The July 3 shooting death of an NOPD officer’s daughter, two weeks days after the murder of NOPD Officer Daryle Holloway, underscores the city’s ongoing struggles to get a handle on rising violent crime and to boost the police department’s...