WASHINGTON (CNN) — On the day that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced for the first time her support for same-sex marriage, a new national survey indicates a small majority of Americans backs such marriages, but that there are major generational and partisan divides, as well as a gender gap. According to a CNN/ORC…
WASHINGTON (CNN) — You probably recognize Sen. Rob Portman from his tireless campaigning for Mitt Romney in 2012. He was even on the short list to be Romney’s running mate. He’s been a leading Republican voice on economic issues for four decades. Now, the prominent Ohio conservative will be known for something else: reversing his…
OBERLIN, Ohio (CNN) — A day after students at Oberlin College put down their books to focus on how to respond to a spate of hate messages targeting blacks, Jews and gays on campus, classes resumed Tuesday amid tension. The messages included graffiti with swastikas, posters containing racial slurs and other derogatory statements targeting various…
(CNN) — A 2-year-old Mississippi girl is the first child to be “functionally cured” of HIV, researchers announced Sunday. Researchers said they believe early intervention — in this case within 30 hours of birth — with three anti-viral drugs was key to the outcome. A “functional cure” is when the presence of the virus is…
(CNN) — Mystery surrounds the apparent killing of a mayoral candidate in Mississippi. This week, local news in Clarksdale was feverish with reports that Marco McMillian’s SUV had been found outside of town, but he was nowhere to be found. Inside the vehicle was a man who police say was the driver. Authorities found McMillian’s…
http://youtu.be/56HkUDrUQ-w (CNN) — Donnie Collins’ journey from female to male will continue, thanks to a college fraternity that raised money for sex-change surgery. Collins, a 20-year-old sophomore at Boston’s Emerson College, learned soon after he joined the Phi Alpha Tau fraternity that his insurance company declined to cover surgery to remove breast tissue to flatten…
U.S soccer star Robbie Rogers has come out as gay on the day he retired from the game Friday. The former Columbus Crew winger represented America on 18 occasions, including at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. But Rogers, who was released from his deal by English second-tier club Leeds United last summer before taking up a…
(CNN) — Footage of the beating of a New Jersey teen, who was apparently forced to strip naked before a belt-whipping over a $20 debt, has since garnered the attention of Newark city officials after the online video went viral. “Take everything off right now. You’re moving too slow,” a person yelled during shaky cell…
(CNN) — CNN.com readers snapped to attention at Wednesday afternoon’s announcement that the Pentagon was planning to open combat roles to women. Commenters who identified themselves as male and as veterans overwhelmingly — but certainly not unanimously — opposed the change. The story’s very first comment raised the question of pregnancy’s effect on battle readiness…
WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Barack Obama launched his second term Monday with a call for the United States to continue its “never-ending journey” to live up to the ideals of its founders. On his way out, with the oath taken — again — and the speech delivered, he stopped. And for about 24 seconds, as…
