By BLAKE NICHOLSON (BISMARCK, N.D., AP) — State officials are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging North Dakota’s constitutional prohibition on same-sex marriage, despite a wave of… Read more »

(VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., AP) — The planned launch of a rocket carrying a NASA satellite designed to track global warming has been postponed. NASA writes in a tweet… Read more »

(ORANGEVILLE, Pa., AP) — Police intend to charge a gun show vendor who accidentally shot a woman while demonstrating a concealed carry wallet holster. Geoffrey Hawk, 44, of Warminster, should… Read more »

(ST. LOUIS, AP) — Missouri congresswoman Ann Wagner has been named to the Republican House leadership team. Wagner, of St. Louis County, is one of five people selected for the… Read more »

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and BRADY McCOMBS (DENVER, AP) — The first ruling by a federal appeals court that states cannot prevent gay couples from marrying makes it more likely the Supreme… Read more »

(MANSFIELD, Mass., AP) — Authorities say an Amtrak train hit a vehicle that was apparently driving on train tracks late Sunday in Massachusetts, killing three people. Authorities had previously said… Read more »

(NARRAGANSETT, R.I., AP) — A developer who mistakenly built a $1.8 million waterfront house on parkland has been ordered to remove it. The Rhode Island Supreme Court found that the… Read more »

By JOSH FUNK (PILGER, Neb., AP) — A storm packing rare dual tornadoes tore through a tiny farming town in northeast Nebraska, killing two people, crumpling grain bins like discarded… Read more »

By SAM HANANEL (WASHINGTON, AP) — A divided Supreme Court sided with gun control groups and the Obama administration Monday, ruling that the federal ban on “straw” purchases of guns… Read more »

By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN (NEW HAVEN, Conn., AP) — In the midst of the Cold War, a Coast Guard ship dedicated by President Harry Truman embarked on a novel mission. The… Read more »