Valerie Richardson

Los Angeles mayor vows to sign anti-gun measure

It was already illegal to buy ammunition magazines holding more than 10 rounds in California, but soon those living in Los Angeles won't be able to possess them either.

July 29, 2015

Don and Evelyn Knapp suing Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, over gay marriage ordinance

The city of Coeur d'Alene has no plans to arrest Don and Evelyn Knapp. Certainly the Knapps don't want to be arrested. So far everyone's on the same page.

July 28, 2015

Prince Charles extends climate doomsday deadline by 33 years

Prince Charles is warning that there are only 35 years left to save the planet from climate disaster, which represents a 33-year extension of his previous deadline.

July 28, 2015

Third Planned Parenthood undercover video shows doctor talking about viability of fetal specimen

A third undercover video sparked new outrage Tuesday by following the money behind the fetal-organ supply chain, starting with Planned Parenthood, and prompting GOP presidential candidates to raise the pressure on the group's federal and corporate funding.

July 28, 2015

Planned Parenthood downplays abortion services as number of procedures rises, critics say

Planned Parenthood's long-held insistence that abortion constitutes only 3 percent of the organization's services is increasingly coming under scrutiny from critics who say they don't buy it.

July 27, 2015

Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood president, says video makers try to entrap abortion doctors

Her organization's reputation on the rocks, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards is scrambling to deflect the focus to the pro-life group behind two damaging undercover videos -- and she is getting some help.

July 26, 2015

Bill Garner, longtime Washington Times cartoonist, dies at 79

Bill Garner stopped drawing political cartoons for The Washington Times six years ago, but he never stopped being an artist.

July 26, 2015

Kamala Harris, Calif. AG and Planned Parenthood backer, to probe Center for Medical Progress

California Attorney General Kamala Harris, a staunch Planned Parenthood supporter, said Friday she will investigate the Center for Medical Progress, the pro-life group behind two explosive undercover videos targeting the nation's largest abortion provider.

July 25, 2015

Texas Supreme Court suspends Houston’s ‘bathroom bill,’ sets up ballot fight

The Texas Supreme Court gave Friday the Houston city council 30 days either to repeal a civil-rights ordinance allowing opposite-sex bathroom use or place it before the voters on the November ballot.

July 24, 2015

Doctor: Don’t call them ‘baby parts,’ call them ‘products of conception’

A pro-choice doctor is challenging the term "baby parts" to describe fetal tissue and organs, arguing that they should be referred to as "products of conception."

July 24, 2015

Hillary Clinton, Democrats mum as Planned Parenthood videos ignite furor

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is a rarity, a Democrat who has admitted -- in public -- that he's concerned about accusations of unlawful conduct at Planned Parenthood.

July 22, 2015

Rand Paul pushes to defund Planned Parenthood after alarming videos

Efforts to defund Planned Parenthood steamrolled Wednesday as Sen. Rand Paul introduced an amendment to cut off federal support, citing concerns raised in two undercover videos about the organization's handling of fetal-tissue donations from abortion.

July 22, 2015

Planned Parenthood fetal organ donations’ legality questioned after second video

A second undercover video with a Planned Parenthood official has sharpened the focus on whether the organization is violating federal law governing the donation of fetal tissue and organs from abortions.

July 21, 2015

Mt. Soledad cross to stand as veterans group buys land from Defense Department

The enormous white cross that overlooks the Pacific Ocean atop the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial in San Diego isn't going anywhere.

July 20, 2015

Abby Johnson, Planned Parenthood defector: Loophole allows profits from fetal organ sales

Abby Johnson wasn't horrified by last week's undercover video showing a Planned Parenthood doctor describing over lunch and wine how to "crush" a fetus during an abortion to preserve the organs because she's been there.

July 19, 2015

Environmentalist to Coloradans worried about coal-mine shutdown: ‘Tough sh**’

A WildEarth Guardians official had this message after the Interior Department refused to appeal a court ruling that could cost the jobs of 220 Colorado coal miners: Tough luck. Except he didn't say "luck."

July 17, 2015

Renewable energy standards reconsidered as states question mandates, fret over costs

California Gov. Jerry Brown drew headlines for his proposal to increase the state's renewable energy standard to 50 percent by 2030, but elsewhere, the momentum on mandates is shifting in the opposite direction.

July 16, 2015

Pro-life undercover group calls on Planned Parenthood to release fetal-tissue contracts

The Center for Medical Progress called on Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards to release all contracts with companies that provide fetal tissue to laboratories after she apologized Thursday for a top doctor's "tone and statements."

July 16, 2015

Planned Parenthood’s Richards defends donating fetal tissue but denies profiting

The Center for Medical Progress called on Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, to release all contracts with companies that provide fetal tissue to laboratories after she apologized Thursday for a top doctor's "tone and statements."

July 16, 2015

Lawsuit aims to trash Seattle law requiring garbage-snooping

A lawsuit filed Thursday accuses Seattle of violating residents' civil rights by requiring trash collectors to snoop through people's garbage to check for items such as half-eaten hamburgers and used pizza boxes.

July 16, 2015