Birth control coverage up for federal appeal

DENVER (AP) — In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill.

Q&A: What is known about London attack

Police and forensic officers near the scene of an apparent attack which has left one man confirmed dead and two people injured near Woolwich barracks in London Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. British officials said one person has died and at least two people have been wounded in an attack in south…

Q&A: What is known about London attack

Police and forensic officers near the scene of an attack which has left one man confirmed dead and two people wounded near Woolwich barracks in London Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. Scotland Yard said officers responded to reports of an assault Wednesday afternoon in the London neighbourhood of W…

Q&A: What is known about London attack

Police and forensic officers near the scene of an attack which has left one man confirmed dead and two people injured near Woolwich barracks in London Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. Scotland Yard said officers responded to reports of an assault Wednesday afternoon in the London neighbourhood of W…

Q&A: What is known about London attack

Police and forensic officers near the scene of an attack which has left one man confirmed dead and two people injured near Woolwich barracks in London Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. Scotland Yard said officers responded to reports of an assault Wednesday afternoon in the London neighbourhood of W…

Q&A: What is known about London attack

Police and forensic officers near the scene of an attack which has left one man confirmed dead and two people wounded near Woolwich barracks in London Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. Scotland Yard said officers responded to reports of an assault Wednesday afternoon in the London neighbourhood of W…

Q&A: What is known about London attack

A policeman speaks to a resident near the scene of an attack which has left one man confirmed dead and two people injured near Woolwich barracks in London Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. Scotland Yard said officers responded to reports of an assault Wednesday afternoon in the London neighbourhood …

Q&A: What is known about London attack

Police cordon off the scene of an attack which has left one man confirmed dead and two people wounded near Woolwich barracks in London Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. Scotland Yard said officers responded to reports of an assault Wednesday afternoon in the London neighbourhood of Woolwich. London …

Q&A: What is known about London attack

A look at the key known facts about the Wednesday attack in south London, when two men hacked another to death near military barracks.

Car bomb kills 12 in southwest Pakistan

Pakistani security personnel examine a vehicle following a bombing in Quetta, Pakistan on Thursday, May 23, 2013. A car bomb targeting a police vehicle killed 11 policemen and one civilian Thursday in an area of southwest Pakistan wracked by a separatist insurgency and Islamic militancy, pol…

Car bomb kills 12 in southwest Pakistan

Pakistani security personnel carry a victim's belongings at the site of bombing in Quetta, Pakistan on Thursday, May 23, 2013. A car bomb targeting a police vehicle killed 11 policemen and one civilian Thursday in an area of southwest Pakistan wracked by a separatist insurgency and Islamic m…

Car bomb kills 12 in southwest Pakistan

A Taliban car bomb targeting a police vehicle killed 11 policemen and one civilian Thursday in an area of southwest Pakistan wracked by Islamic militancy and a violent separatist insurgency, police said.

Russia wary of deeper nuclear arms cuts

Gen. Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the Russian military's General Staff, speaks during a security conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 23, 2013. The top Russian military officer has warned the West that Moscow reserves the right to take steps in response to the U.S.-led NATO missile …

Russia wary of deeper nuclear arms cuts

Gen. Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the Russian military's General Staff, right, listens to the Kremlin's chief of staff Sergei Ivanov during a security conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 23, 2013. The top Russian military officer has warned the West that Moscow reserves the right t…

Russia wary of deeper nuclear arms cuts

Attending a security conference, with from left, Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, and the Kremlin's chief of staff Sergei Ivanov smile as they attend a security conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Russian officials, who spoke at the conference organized by the Russi…

Russia wary of deeper nuclear arms cuts

The Kremlin's chief of staff Sergei Ivanov listens during a security conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Russian officials, who spoke at the conference organized by the Russian Defense Ministry, warned the West that the U.S.-led NATO's missile defense plans for Europe under…

Russia wary of deeper nuclear arms cuts

Russia's top military officer has voiced skepticism about deeper nuclear arms cuts, saying they should require parallel cuts in non-nuclear precision weapons.

Va. landmark Natural Bridge up for sale

A Virginia landmark and tourism attraction once owned by Thomas Jefferson is up for sale.

Vote on gay Scouts comes at emotional moment

Matthew Ray, 15, of North Richland Hills, Texas, holds signs near where the Boy Scouts of America are holding their annual meeting Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Grapevine, Texas. Delegates to the meeting are expected to address a proposal to allow gay scouts into the organization. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Vote on gay Scouts comes at emotional moment

Former scout maser Mark Noel, of Hanover, NH, holds up a new merit badge of inclusion during a press conference at the Equal Scouting Summit being held near where the Boy Scouts of America are holding their annual meeting Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Grapevine, Texas. Delegates to the Boys Sc…