National: Demonstrations in Florida and across the country were mostly peaceful overnight after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of the unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. About 100 protesters in Oakland, Ca. broke windows and vandalized a police …

Texas: The legislature has passed one of the most restrictive anti-abortion laws in thecountry. The bill bans abortion after 20 weeks and requires abortion clinics to have the same standards as surgical centers, effectively closing most abortion clinics in the …

National: Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, nicknamed by some as “Big Sis”, is resigning to become president of the University of California system. >The food stamp program that has been part of the annual farm bill since 1973 was …