Legally married same-sex couples can get same federal benefits as...
The court's ruling was 5-4 in striking down a part of the Defense of Marriage Act. Justice Anthony Kennedy writes the majority opinion. The U.S. Supreme Court says legally married same-sex couples...
View ArticleSame-sex marriage ban overturned in California, but U.S. Supreme Court limits...
The court's decision does not impact the legality of gay marriage beyond the Golden State because it ruled the person appealing the lower court ruling didn't have the right to do so. The U.S. Supreme...
View ArticleSupreme Court ruling 'doesn't change a thing,' same-sex marriage opponents in...
Meanwhile, N.J. and Pa. gay rights activists said the U.S. Supreme Court rulings were a 'transformative day for our movement.' See video from when the decision was announced. New Jersey and...
View ArticleAnd the list keeps growing: Wal-Mart drops Paula Deen amid racial slur scandal
Food Network and Smithfield Foods cut ties with the celebrity chef within the past week. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is announcing that it has ended its relationship with Paula Deen a week after the Southern...
View ArticleEast Bangor man accused of killing wife in 2001 ordered to stand trial
Sixty-one-year-old Joan Litts Yale was found dead at the bottom of steps leading to the basement of the couple's Middle Smithfield Township home in March 2001. An East Bangor man has been ordered to...
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Group wants to bring Lehigh Valley Food Forest to Allentown, Bethlehem or Easton
The forest will be a public space where people can gather food and learn about ecological restoration and sustainability while forging community ties, organizers said. View full sizeJoggers run along...
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Port Authority Bus Terminal targeted for improvements, possible replacement
The terminal in New York City is the drop-off point for commuter buses from the Lehigh Valley, northwest New Jersey. View full sizePassengers in Bethlehem wait to board a Trans-Bridge bus....
View ArticleNortheast Extension of Pennsylvania Turnpike to have 20-minute closure today
The closure will affect traffic north from the Mahoning Valley exit and south from the Pocono exit, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation reports. If you're going to be driving early this...
View ArticleJudge tosses charges against Phillipsburg elementary school custodian accused...
District Judge Richard Yetter III dropped the charges after the child in the case didn't confirm ever having been alone with the accused. Charges against a 51-year-old Phillipsburg elementary school...
View ArticleLocal N.J. assemblyman, same-sex marriage advocates rally in Trenton
The decision has sparked a renewed push by same-sex marriage supporters in New Jersey and today, advocate groups announced their intentions to file a motion for summary judgement in state Superior...
View ArticleEx-N.J. Gov. Jon Corzine sued by federal agency for MF Global failure
A civil lawsuit filed today by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission seeks to ban Corzine from trading in the futures market and demands he pay unspecified penalties. Federal regulators are...
View ArticleImmigration bill passed by U.S. Senate
The vote was 68-32, far more than the majority needed to send the measure to the House. The U.S. Senate has passed historic immigration legislation offering the hope of American citizenship to...
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Forgotten Superstorm Sandy victim found as partial skeleton
Months after the October storm, the quiet handyman is New York City's 44th Superstorm Sandy fatality. View full sizeA dilapidated trailer sits upon blocks Tuesday in a trash strewn lot in the Queens...
View ArticleEdward Snowden didn't commit treason, his father, of Lehigh County, tells...
The NSA leaker may return to the U.S. under certain conditions, the father says. The father of NSA leaker Edward Snowden acknowledges his son broke the law but doesn't think he committed treason.The...
View ArticlePaula Deen loses business partnership with Sears
Sears Holdings Corp. announced today that it is cutting ties with the Southern celebrity chef, adding to the list of companies severing their relationship following revelations that Deen used racial...
View ArticleSuperstorm Sandy 'charity' ordered to distribute donations, shut down
The New Jersey couple that operated the Hurricane Sandy Relief Foundationare now barred from running Sandy-affiliated charities. Vote in the news poll. Does fear of fraud keep you from donating money...
View ArticlePennsylvania real estate agents accused of tossing dead mice, snakes onto...
They've been cited for disorderly conduct and harassment. Two real estate agents in a wealthy Philadelphia suburb are accused of tossing dead mice and snakes onto the lawn of their neighbor’s house,...
View ArticleAtlantic City casino to bury $200,000 worth of vouchers in the sand for...
Prizes range from $1,000 to one bag worth $100,000. Here's a casino promotion that gamblers in Atlantic City will really dig.The Trump Taj Mahal will bury vouchers worth $200,000 in the sand on Sept....
View ArticleGay marriage proponents wed in San Francisco
Kris Perry and Sandy Stier took each other as "lawfully wedded wife." The lead plaintiffs in the U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned California’s same-sex marriage ban tied the knot today at San...
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Have you seen these people? - fugitives of the week June 29, 2013
Prosecutors in Hunterdon and Northampton counties are looking for these fugitives. View full sizeFrom left, Michael C. Cedola and Pedro Luis Freytes-Ferrer.Courtesy Photos Hunterdon County authorities...
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