All USA Update
State legislatures take aim at child marriageMany US states set marriage age limits set at 16 to 18 years old but allow exemptions with parental and/or judicial consent or pregnancy. Child advocacy groups hope to end these exemptions.
Michigan governor requests millions in tax dollars for legal defenseMichigan Gov. Rick Snyder has requested $1.2 million to pay for his defense attorneys in lawsuits against the state government for mishandling and failing to prevent the Flint water crisis.聽
Why California leaders want to keep undocumented immigrantsAs the US Supreme Court prepares to rule on the legality of President Obama's immigration order, some California leaders have teamed up to support undocumented residents.
California commuter train derails: How to make trains saferFederal and state officials are investigating the accident as they try to secure a broader framework of improved safety technology for the nation's rail system. 聽
Nancy Reagan remembered as devoted wife, backstage counselNancy Reagan, wife of 40th US president and conservative icon Ronald Reagan, passed away in her Bel-Air home on Sunday.
New Florida law would impose restrictions on death penaltyA bill is headed to the governor's desk as many states shift away from the death penalty.
Why California's tobacco bill proved surprisingly difficultThe California State Assembly became the next in a line of government bodies to ban smoking under age 21 after contending with the argument that 18 represents adulthood for most other legal decisions.
Trump threatens a third-party bid: Why the GOP must take him seriouslySome 68 percent of Trump鈥檚 supporters say they would follow him out of the party and vote for him if he went ahead with a third-party candidacy, according to a December poll.
Hidden treasure: 7 extremely rare baseball cards found in a paper bagWhile cleaning out a deceased great-grandfather's dilapidated house, family members stumbled across a million-dollar surprise.
Why N.Y. police won't arrest people who commit minor offensesUnder the reforms, New York police will have聽the discretion to issue a summons instead of arresting suspects of minor crimes.
Oregon's nearly $15 minimum wage law tests tiered raisesThe law's three tiers of wage increases are meant to account for different industries and costs of living in the state's urban and rural communities.聽
Google searches for 'moving to Canada' spike for some reasonGoogle searches for 'moving to Canada' surged on Super Tuesday, as dismayed voters contemplated heading north. But Canada's been political dissidents' 'land of hope' since the 1700s.聽
Loretta Lynch wades into Apple vs FBI, raising fundamental questionsAs the US attorney general Loretta Lynch shared her thoughts Tuesday on the battle between Apple and the FBI, she spoke of some of the deeper issues at stake, the precedents that could be set as passions swirl around this single iPhone.
Cell phone or free ice cream? Chick-fil-A wants you to chooseChick-fil-A, the famous chicken sandwich chain restaurant, is offering a new deal in select locations, offering customers a free ice cream cone if they turn off their cell phones for the entirety of the meal.聽
GOP's Ben Carson doesn't see 'political path forward'Carson released a statement Wednesday, following Donald Trump's primary and caucus victories in several states Tuesday.
Train leaks ethanol after derailing in N.Y.: New safety tech comingA train carrying ethanol derailed in New York on Wednesday, and officials evacuated residents and cleaned up the hazardous liquid. Technology to decrease such derailments is slowly being installed.
Trump University: Is it a real scandal?A pair of lawsuits allege that Trump University intentionally misled thousands of people across the country, promising to make students rich on real-estate deals but instead steering them into costly seminars.
Supreme Court denies bid to revive failed N.J. pension fixThe Supreme Court's decision to decline the case means that a New Jersey pension agreement once hailed as a model actually isn't a binding contract at all.
Alabama senator endorses Trump: Is that a big deal?Donald Trump has recently garnered the official backing of three establishment Republicans, the most recent of whom is Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama.聽
What's the controversy over Donald Trump and the KKK?After attaining the endorsement of a former Ku Klux Klan leader, on Monday the presidential candidate distanced himself from the white supremacist group.聽
