MIAMI – Those who work with seniors say they’re seeing growth in the number of people in their 60s, 70s and 80s coming out of the closet as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. Social scientists have long noted that people are coming out younger and younger. They say there’s a similar trend at the other... »
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Brew-haha frothing over after Philly bar raids
PHILADELPHIA – A real brew-haha has beer lovers in the City of Brotherly love frothing over with anger. To one side, the suds uproar is borne out of typographical errors, hard-to-spell beer names and archaic, Prohibition-era liquor laws. To the other, it’s a simple matter... »
Lesbian teen sues to force school to hold prom
JACKSON, Miss. – An 18-year-old lesbian student who wanted to take her girlfriend to her senior prom is asking a federal judge to force her Mississippi school district reinstate the dance it canceled rather than let the couple attend. The American Civil Liberties Union of... »
Judge to hear plan to pay $657M to WTC responders
NEW YORK – A settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers sickened by dust from the destroyed World... »
Experts say US doctors overtesting, overtreating
CHICAGO – Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans — maybe even President Barack... »
Friend: Suspected US al-Qaida member grew radical
BUENA, N.J. – Sharif Mobley had strong Muslim views as early as high school. But his old friend Roman Castro knew he had radicalized when he saw him about... »