WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats get their long-sought votes on gun control a week after the massacre in Orlando, Florida, but election-year politics and the powerful National Rifle Association... READ MORE »

BOSTON (AP) — The bar where everybody knows your name is coming to the stage. "Cheers Live on Stage" is a comedy based on some of the most memorable moments of the celebrated TV show's... READ MORE »

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A homeless man charged with setting a fire that killed five people at a vacant Los Angeles building was in the country illegally, and was arrested for drug possession... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The massacre at a gay nightclub has tested the limits of the "love the sinner, hate the sin" approach to homosexuality by conservative religious leaders. The faith... READ MORE »

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As education authorities contemplate a teacher shortage, Utah's state school board has passed a new rule allowing schools to hire people who don't have a teaching... READ MORE »

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Police Department lost its third police chief in eight days as it struggles with allegations that a number of officers had sex with a teenage prostitute... READ MORE »

LONDON (AP) — The accused killer of British lawmaker Jo Cox has given his name as "Death to traitors, freedom for Britain" in his first court appearance. Thomas Mair, 52, made his defiant... READ MORE »

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese regulator has ordered Apple Inc. to stop selling two versions of its iPhone 6 in Beijing after finding they look too much like a competitor, but Apple says sales... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia became the first major American city with a soda tax on Thursday despite a multimillion-dollar campaign by the beverage industry to block it. The City... READ MORE »

LONDON (AP) — A lawmaker who campaigned for Britain to stay in the European Union was killed Thursday by a gun- and knife-wielding attacker in her small-town constituency, a tragedy that... READ MORE »