On a five-hour flight from Washington to Oregon late Thursday, Barack Obama came to the back of his charter plane for a spirited word game against reporters, and it was clear he did not intend to lose. In "Taboo," a player under time constraints must prompt teammates to guess words...

The police in Singapore raided a gay sauna named One Seven two days agor. Though none of the clients were arrested, the 74 year-old owner, Sam was injured by the supervising officer and arrested and jailed overnight for allegedly having assaulted the officer, a charge that he denies. No explanation...

A  children's story about a family of penguins with two fathers once again tops the list of library books the American public objects to the most. And Tango Makes Three, released in 2005 and co-written by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, was the most "challenged" book in U.S. public schools...

A bill to expand Alabama's hate crimes law will be up for passage on the Legislature's final meeting day. The bill would expand the law to cover crimes committed against people because of their sexual orientation. The bill won approval from the Alabama House on Tuesday and from the Senate...

Trade union groups in the Republic of Ireland have expressed their dismay at a ruling by the European Commission confirming that church schools can sack teachers who are openly gay. Under the Employment Equality Act religious schools can dismiss homosexual teachers. Section 37 of the Act states that schools that...