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Voting underway in Afghan runoff election

Voting underway in Afghan runoff election

The winner of Saturday's presidential election -- which marks the first transfer of power by ballot in Afghanistan's history -- as the Arab News puts it, "will inherit an unfinished war and an economy in the doldrums."
by L. Carol Ritchie

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Wisconsin gay marriages put on hold

Wisconsin gay marriages put on hold

A federal judge on Friday put same-sex marriages in Wisconsin on hold, a week after she struck down the state's same-sex marriage ban as unconstitutional, a move that allowed more than 500 couples to wed over the last eight days. U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb's ruling Friday means that gay marriages will end while the appeal from Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is pending.
by The Associated Press

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Friday Roundtable: Today's guests set the agenda

Friday Roundtable: Today's guests set the agenda

This week, our panel of guests each chose a topic of conversation.

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Green Line offers a new look at an old thoroughfare

University Avenue is ready for its close-up, starting Saturday.

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Growing Karen population has court scrambling for interpreters

Like Minnesota's Hmong population, many have moved from refugee camps in Thailand. There are now estimated to be more than 7,000 Karen people living in the St. Paul metro area -- more than double their population just four years ago.
by Phil Picardi

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After federal judge's same-sex marriage ruling, Wisconsin county clerks say 'I do'

After federal judge's same-sex marriage ruling, Wisconsin county clerks say 'I do'

After a federal judge Monday refused to temporarily halt same-sex marriages in Wisconsin, and the state plans a court challenge, same-sex couples in many counties there are continuing to get married.
by Dan Kraker

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Judge rejects halt to Wisconsin gay marriages

Judge rejects halt to Wisconsin gay marriages

Couples have been going to county clerks' offices throughout Wisconsin seeking marriage licenses since a federal judge declared the state's ban on gay marriage unconstitutional on Friday.
by The Associated Press

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What is your race? For millions of Americans, a shifting answer

What is your race? For millions of Americans, a shifting answer

Race is a much more elastic concept than we tend to acknowledge. American history has seen lots of immigrant groups that were the targets of suspicion and even racial violence -- Jews, the Irish, Germans -- gradually subsumed into the big, amorphous category of whiteness.
by Gene Demby

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Border Patrol buried under wave of child immigrants

Border Patrol buried under wave of child immigrants

About 700 unaccompanied minors mostly from Central America were sleeping on plastic boards at a Border Patrol warehouse in Nogales, Arizona, this weekend, the vast majority flown from South Texas. It is the latest illustration of how a wave of immigrants from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala has overwhelmed U.S. border authorities.
by The Associated Press

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