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The bill, approved by state lawmakers this week, protects those who deny services to others based on three specific moral beliefs: objections to same-sex marriage, extramarital sex and trans people.

A chemical widely used to make many water-resistant and nonstick items can be found in many community water supplies. But elevated levels of PFOA are turning up in three Northeastern states.

When the Pakistani government is worried, they turn off phones in the capital city. The phones are blacked out because of the sudden arrival of 2,000 religious extremists protesting the hanging of a murderer.

Officials in California offer new figures on rain and snowfall in the state. El Nino has filled reservoirs, but the drought is still ongoing.

After Mifeprex (or RU-486) was approved in 2000, doctors found it was effective at a lower dose and with less supervision. But three states passed laws requiring doctors to follow the original label.

Former Utah Governor Mike Leavitt says he believes no Republican Presidential candidate will make it to the Republican National Convention with a majority…

A recently passed North Carolina law made it the only state to require people use public restrooms based on the sex listed on their birth certificate. A federal lawsuit is challenging the law as discriminatory.

Donald Trump's campaign manager was charged with misdemeanor battery Tuesday for an incident earlier this month. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with reporter Sarah McCammon on the campaign trail.

New York state joins Seattle, San Francisco and New York City in restricting public-employee travel to North Carolina, which has passed a law that critics say is discriminatory to the LGBT community.

Corporations in Atlanta have a long history of supporting a focus on business, not social conservatives' issues. Now the governor is vetoing a bill that LGBT groups say would lead to discrimination.