January 12, 2017 Gun-rights group persuading dozens of towns to repeal firearms regs in legal blitz A Washington state-based gun rights group is steadily persuading cities and towns across the country to repeal local firearms regulations and give that power back to the states.
January 12, 2017 Cities, homeless advocates wage battle over laws against feeding the hungry The recent case of an Alabama pastor who was prohibited from feeding the homeless has renewed scrutiny on cities that have made this charitable act an illegal one.
January 12, 2017 NY fracking ban poised to take effect, critics say state giving up thousands of jobs New York state's controversial fracking ban is poised to take effect in the coming days, amid criticism from pro-drilling advocates that the state is giving up tens of thousands of jobs.
January 12, 2017 Thousands of rape kits left untested despite federal pledge, critics blame DOJ An untold number of rape cases -- by some estimates, in the hundreds of thousands -- remain unsolved because the rape kits used to collect critical evidence sit untested and gathering dust in police departments across America, despite $1 billion in taxpayer money approved to clear the massive backlog.
January 12, 2017 States move to pre-approve groceries that can be bought with food stamps In the long-running campaign by Republican-led states to rein in food stamp abuses and curb the now-$74 billion program, lawmakers are trying a new approach: Restricting what foods can and can't be on a family's grocery list.
January 12, 2017 'Leaves you numb': Store owner still fighting IRS after feds seized his $107G account North Carolina convenience store owner Lyndon McLellan is still fighting the IRS to get back $107,000 they seized.
January 12, 2017 First state to approve conjugal visits prepares to end program, citing costs Starting next month, prisoners in Mississippi will no longer be legally allowed to get busy behind bars.
January 12, 2017 'Columbo' daughter pushes for bill that protects the right to visit sick parents It's the quirky Christmases Catherine Falk remembers the most. "To us, he wasn't 'Columbo.' He was dad," she told FoxNews.com of her famous father Peter Falk.Â
January 12, 2017 States ration birth, marriage, death certificates after paper company suddenly closes Someone call Dunder Mifflin: Several states are reporting a paper crisis, after an Ohio company that produces highly specialized paper for vital records closed without warning.
January 12, 2017 California guv scrambles to save bullet train, floats cap-and-trade scheme California Gov. Jerry Brown is scrambling to keep a pricey high-speed train project from being derailed by raiding millions of dollars from the state's cap-and-trade program -- in what critics are calling a "desperate" ploy to save the beleaguered plan.