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Hundreds of people wearing rainbow-colored ribbons, waving rainbow flags and carrying candles have gathered in Jersey City to honor the victims of the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando.

Police say that 81-year-old John Cloud, of Kingston, Massachusetts, and 80-year-old Edward Acquisto, of Tiverton, arranged to meet in a cemetery.

The Obama administration on May 13 issued a directive saying schools must provide transgender students equal access to educational programs and activities.

Following Obama’s video endorsement a reporter asked the president’s spokesman about a potential conflict of interest.

Thomson ReutersU.S. boxing great Muhammad Ali poses at the World Economic Forum in DavosMuhammad Ali’s funeral will be held at a 20,000-seater stadium in his home city Louisville, Kentucky on Friday, June 10.

President Obama spoke for me and every American in his remarks in #Newtown Connecticut.

The 16-year-old, who was listed in critical condition, later died at the hospital. Regginna Jefferies, 17, whom police initially said was 16, died at a hospital.

Sanders had previously insisted he would continue his campaign through the convention, but he and his aides have been more muted about his plans in recent days.

“We have a President who wants to be so politically correct that he doesn’t want to use the term radical Islamic terrorism, doesn’t want to use it”, said Trump, who is known for his anti-Muslim rhetoric.

As in the wake of other mass shooting incidents in the US, politicians, pundits and activists used the violence in Orlando as a springboard to talk about gun control.

Mr. Murphy was joined on the floor by Democratic senators like Elizabeth Warren of MA and Richard Blumenthal of CT, as well as Republican Sen.

Bernie Sander is not on the list, but progressive MA senator Elizabeth Warren is a serious contender, reports the Wall Street Journal.

“So I want to know, what are those days when you just say, mmm, mmm, mmm – look at me in the White House”, Winfrey asked Obama at the White House’s United State of Women Summit in Washington.

Howell told police he was on his way to a gay pride parade, though it isn’t clear what, if anything, he meant to do with the weapons.

A Heat Advisory is in effect until Friday evening for most all of East Texas. The all-time record high in Tucson is 117 degrees. Highs will still be in the upper 80’s and low 90’s but the feels like temperatures will be tolerable. The all-time heat record in Death...