Gay marriage is the new normal — or is it? The Supreme Court ruling that the Constitutions grants a right to same-sex marriage catches up with the seismic cultural shift on how we define the label of marriage. It is a ruling to be celebrated as much as it is …

The nuclear deal with Iran is one of the most significant nonproliferation agreements in history. It reduces the threat of an Iranian bomb and greatly increases our ability to monitor Tehran’s nuclear program. It deserves the support of members of Congress. The deal blocks Tehran’s pathways to nuclear weapons capability. …

Britain’s arrest Tuesday of WikiLeaks founder and editor-in-chief Julian Assange on sex crime allegations is a little like getting Al Capone on income tax evasion, but at least he’s now behind bars. He has been denied bail and will remain in Britain until at least December 14. While Assange fights …

In the end, Iraq will break our hearts. We invaded the country to destroy weapons of mass destruction. We stayed to nation build. And we failed at both. After one of the longest wars in American history we have little to show for the thousands of American deaths, tens of …

NICOSIA, Cyprus – Cyprus’ deputy government spokesman has denied allegations by British holidaymakers of an attempted abduction of their children at their hotel. Viktoras Papadopoulos Friday called the heavy media play the allegations got in Britain “unnecessary and completely unfounded.” Papadopoulos says police found nothing to incriminate a 19-year-old Bulgarian …

CANBERRA, Australia – Australia’s prime minister says the Australian, Malaysian and Dutch governments will hold services on July 17 to mark the first anniversary of the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine with the loss of 298 lives. Prime Minister Tony Abbott told Parliament on Monday that …

SAN FRANCISCO – A judge has relieved California’s attorney general of the duty to process a proposed ballot initiative that advocated killing anyone who engages in gay sex. Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Raymond Cadei ruled late Monday that the so-called Sodomite Suppression Act was patently unconstitutional. Cadei said it …

DUBUQUE, Iowa – A 75-year-old Dubuque man has scratched off two winning tickets in one day. One was worth $100,000, the other $930. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald reports (http://bit.ly/1NjVOT0 ) that Ken Broadwell bought both of his Tuesday winners at the same convenience store in Dubuque. He said Wednesday that …

BELGRADE, Serbia – Serbia has unveiled a monument to Gavrilo Princip, whose assassination of the Austro-Hungarian crown prince in Sarajevo helped ignite World War I and still provokes controversy in the ethnically-divided Balkans. Hundreds of citizens attended the ceremony in central Belgrade on Sunday — the day of the 1914 …

WARSAW, Poland – Poland’s government is holding its first ever away session in the coal mining region of Silesia, where it is to approve a major plan to stimulate industry and the job market. Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz convened the weekly session Tuesday in the southern city of Katowice, to …