FAYETTEVILLE -- City officials hope a recently adopted Firefighters Bill of Rights will help the Fire Department retain employees and keep morale high. Fayetteville became the first city in the state ...

A Hong Kong bill that proposed limited legal rights to same-sex couples has been voted down by lawmakers in the Chinese semi-autonomous city’s Legislative Council. The bill had proposed to allow ...

Only 14 of 86 lawmakers supported the bill, which would have granted limited rights to same-sex couples who married or entered civil unions overseas ...

Hong Kong lawmakers have voted down a bill that would have recognized same-sex partnerships. The decision is a major setback for the Chinese city's LGBTQ+ movement. The bill, introduced in July, ...

At her wedding, Jaedyn Yu felt her father’s tears marked a subtle yet touching shift in his attitude toward love between two women. Yu's family initially struggled to accept her ...

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Overseas-based LGBTQ groups have urged the Hong Kong government to “fully recognise” same-sex partnerships ahead of the resumption of the second reading of a bill that proposes to grant limited rights ...

The Hong Kong government’s proposed bill to recognise same-sex partnerships has failed to pass in the Legislative Council (LegCo), with just 14 out of 86 lawmakers voting in favour. A total of 71 ...

At a hearing Monday, US District Judge William Alsup blasted a proposed $1.5 billion settlement over Anthropic's rampant ...

New York City’s mayor has thrown his support behind a proposal to end the horse-drawn carriages that have been fixtures in ...

An anti-censorship and surveillance group urges action to defend the right to privacy and prevent VPNs from being banned.

Speaking at the party’s annual conference, Heidi Alexander is expected to reveal the next four services to be brought into ...