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Chelsea Clinton from the Clinton Foundation addresses the Women Deliver conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, May 28, 2013. The three day conference will focus on the health and empowerment of girls and women and ensuring their rights remain top priorities now, and for decades to come. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Chelsea Clinton eyes global projects, gay rights

Chelsea Clinton said Tuesday she plans to become increasingly involved in the international health projects of her father's foundation and to speak out for gay rights. The only child of former U.S. President Bill Clinton told The Associated Press during a visit to Malaysia that her focus will be on ...

  • Updated: 8:27 a.m. Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Ill. lawmakers weigh gay marriage as vote looms

With the General Assembly nearing the end of its spring session, gay rights advocates are vowing to call a vote at any moment to make Illinois the 13th state to embrace same-sex marriage. When the year began, proponents were pushing to make Illinois the first state in the Midwest to ...

  • Updated: 3:56 p.m. Saturday, May 25, 2013
Director Abdellatif Kechiche, centre, is embraced by Lea Seydoux, left, and Adele Exarchopoulos after they were presented the Palme d'Or award for La Vie D'Adele during an awards ceremony at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

'Blue is the Warmest Color' is Cannes' Palme d'Or

The tender, sensual lesbian romance "Blue is the Warmest Color: The Life of Adele" won the hearts of the 66th Cannes Film Festival, taking its top honor, the Palme d'Or. The jury, headed by Steven Spielberg, took the unusual move of awarding the Palme not just to Tunisian-born director Abdellatif ...

  • Updated: 5:35 p.m. Sunday, May 26, 2013
Anti gay marriage protestors gather during a demonstation against French President Francois Hollande's social reform on gay marriage and adoption, in Paris, Sunday, May 26, 2013. The law came into force over a week ago, but organizers decided to go forward with Sunday's long-planned demonstration to show their continued opposition as well as their frustration with President Francois Hollande, who had made legalizing gay marriage one of his keynote campaign pledges in last year's election. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Protest in Paris against France's gay marriage law

Tens of thousands of people protested against France's new gay marriage law in central Paris on Sunday, and police clashed with right-wing demonstrators. The law came into force over a week ago, but organizers decided to go ahead with the long-planned demonstration to show their continued opposition as well as ...

  • Updated: 5:24 p.m. Sunday, May 26, 2013
Actor Damian Lewis poses for photographers during The Silent Storm portrait session at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)

Correction: France-Cannes Notebook story

In a May 24 Cannes Notebook item about jewelry at the Cannes Film Festival, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the Swavorski earrings Milla Jovovich wore cost $321,000. They cost $321. A corrected version of the story is below: Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival At the Cannes ...

  • Updated: 8:25 p.m. Saturday, May 25, 2013
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, confers with the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 20, 2013, as the committee assembles to work on a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions. The panel is aiming to pass the legislation out of committee this week, setting up a high-stakes debate on the Senate floor. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate panel approves immigration bill

Far-reaching legislation that grants a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly sidestepped a controversy over the rights of gay spouses. The 13-5 vote cleared the way for an ...

  • Updated: 11:06 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Biden: Jewish leaders drove gay marriage changes

Vice President Joe Biden is praising Jewish leaders for helping change American attitudes about gay marriage and other issues. Biden says culture and arts change people's attitudes. He cites social media and the old NBC TV series "Will and Grace" as examples of what helped changed attitudes on gay marriage. ...

  • Updated: 9:21 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Gay marriage bill clears UK House of Commons

Britain's House of Commons has passed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in England and Wales. The legislation, backed by Prime Minister David Cameron, passed by a vote of 366 to 161 on Tuesday. The bill will now move to the House of Lords, whose approval is also required. Members ...

  • Updated: 4:34 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, 2013
People wait in line outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday March, 25, 2013, a day before the court will hear a same-sex marriage case. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Price of High court gay marriage tickets soaring

The most expensive ticket to "The Book of Mormon" on Broadway: $477. The face value of a great seat for this year's Super Bowl: $1,250. Guaranteed seats to watch the  Supreme Court hear this week's gay marriage cases: about $6,000. Tickets to the two arguments that begin Tuesday are technically ...

  • 4:43 p.m. Monday, March 25, 2013

Same-sex couples get ready to marry at City Hall

Hundreds of same-sex couples are getting ready to be welcomed at Seattle City Hall on Sunday to get married after many obtained their marriage licenses in Washington state early Thursday.   KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reporter Essex Porter spoke with the first couples who will be married at City Hall. ...

  • 10:33 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012
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