States Rights: Although some licenses for same-sex marriage were issued in a few major Alabama cities yesterday, they were denied in an estimated 52 of 67 counties. The licenses were supposed to be issued throughout the state yesterday after a …

National: The US has reached a security agreement that could keep troops in Afghanistan until 2024 and send billions of dollars in assistance. About 10,000 to 12,000 American troops would stay in Afghanistan to provide training and counter-terrorism assistance. That …

The Finish Line: New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio won 73% of the vote to be elected the city’s first Democratic mayor in 20 years. He ran against Mayor Bloomberg’s detested “stop and frisk” police techniques, but his …