Child Care
WASHINGTON - The Labor Department intends to issue regulations this week ordering businesses to give gay employees equal treatment under a law permitting workers unpaid time off to care for newborns or loved ones.
KABUL, Afghanistan - Use of opiate drugs such as heroin and opium has doubled in Afghanistan since 2005 - with nearly 3 percent of Afghan adults now addicted, according to a U.N.
KABUL, Afghanistan - Drug use has doubled in Afghanistan since 2005 - with nearly 3 percent of Afghan adults now addicted to opiates such as heroin and opium, according to a U.N.
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Lawmakers are considering cutting all services for nearly 26,000 people with disabilities as South Carolina tries to plug a $560 million budget hole.
WASHINGTON - Facing voter anger over mounting budget deficits, President Barack Obama will ask Congress to freeze spending for some domestic programs for three years beginning in 2011, administration officials said Monday.
