Posted: 9:19 PM The Kansas Legislature has passed a bill that would make it illegal for state courts or government agencies to rely on Islamic or other foreign legal codes in making decisions.

Posted: 3:20 PM President Barack Obama is seeing an uptick in fundraising since he announced his shift on gay marriage.

Posted: 3:15 PM In the famous black-and-white film clips, Chicago police wade into crowds at the 1968 Democratic National Convention with billy clubs flying.

Posted: 2:57 PM Federal prosecutors say a Hispanic gang consisting mostly of U.S. citizens preyed upon undocumented workers in Kansas who did their business in cash and were afraid to go to law enforcement because of their immigration status.

Posted: 2:48 PM President Barack Obama is pressing Congress to help homeowners trying to avoid foreclosure, taking his economic pitch to hard-hit Nevada.

Posted: 2:43 PM Two Penn State administrators trying to get their charges thrown out may be helped by a decision from the judge in Jerry Sandusky's child sexual-abuse case to change the date of an alleged attack on a boy in the Penn State football team showers.

Posted: 2:39 PM The U.S. Postal Service is banning international shipments of electronics with lithium batteries such as smartphones, laptops and iPads, citing the risk of fire.

Posted: 10:14 AM Police have charged two Kentucky high school students with video voyeurism after they say one of them held a cellphone under a teacher's dress, made a video and posted it online.

Posted: 9:49 AM Police records show that the suspect in a double-slaying and kidnapping of two young girls was investigated in Tennessee for allegations of child abuse and child pornography two years ago.

Posted: 9:05 AM Mississippi authorities say a fugitive accused of a double-slaying and kidnapping has been killed but the two girls he fled with are safe.

Posted: 5:22 AM The U.S. Navy says its use of sonar and explosives could potentially hurt more dolphins and whales in Hawaii and California waters than previously thought.

Updated: 5:21 AM The Spanish government is expected to unveil are form package for its troubled banks later, that's aimed at convincing investors that the sector is solvent and the country has a strategy to avoid the bailout fate of Greece, Ireland and Portugal.

Posted: 4:40 PM Investigators have interviewed the Colombia prostitute at the center of a Secret Service scandal that cost eight officers their jobs and became an election-year embarrassment for the Obama administration.

Posted: 4:33 PM State oil and gas regulators are blaming mechanical failure for a natural gas well blowout in eastern Wyoming last month.

Posted: 4:14 PM First lady Michelle Obama is honoring military mothers and wives for being "outstanding role models" for their children, communities and country.

Posted: 4:03 PM Defense leaders say the military and the intelligence community are doing everything possible to find 26-year-old Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was taken prisoner in Afghanistan three years ago.

Posted: 2:42 PM House Speaker John Boehner says he's staying focused on jobs and the economy in the 2012 elections and not President Barack Obama's support for gay marriage.

Posted: 2:33 PM The Minnesota Vikings are on the brink of getting a new stadium after the state Senate approved a plan that relies heavily on public financing.

Posted: 2:11 PM The GOP-controlled House has passed legislation to replace a looming 10 percent cut to the military budget with cuts to domestic programs like food stamps and health care.

Posted: 10:47 AM President Barack Obama's campaign is using his support of gay marriage to draw a contrast with Republican rival Mitt Romney.

Updated: 8:11 PM A GOP-controlled House panel has cut the U.S. foreign aid budget by some 9 percent, targeting the cuts on economic aid and contributions to the United Nations and the World Bank.

Updated: 8:10 PM The NAACP is vowing not to let recently enacted voter ID laws suppress turnout among minority, student or elderly voters.

Posted: 3:24 PM A United Airlines flight from Toronto to San Francisco has made an emergency landing at Denver International Airport.

Updated: 10:26 PM President Barack Obama says he now supports same-sex marriage, ending months of equivocation on a subject with powerful election-year consequences.

Posted: 1:52 PM The Navy's submarine base in Groton, Conn., says 14 sailors have been implicated in an investigation into illegal drug use.