Controversies

Allegheny County Democratic Party member Mark Salvas says he was asked to resign due to his 'I stand for the flag' post on Facebook.

A Rhode Island town council that last week approved a nonbinding resolution to boycott Nike products over the Colin Kaepernick ads has reversed its decision after widespread backlash.

A candidate for the New York state Senate Tuesday accused a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of sexual assault, amid fears that she would be “outed” by a news story concerning the incident.

A Louisiana mayor reportedly banned his city’s recreation programs from purchasing Nike product in the wake of an ad campaign featuring former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

Authorities in Wyoming said Thursday that a fire at a local Republican Party headquarters was being investigated as arson.

A Democratic socialist candidate for New York state Senate whose biography was challenged in a recent expose is facing even more questions about her background -- as her family calls out claims about her supposedly hardscrabble upbringing.

After Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill earlier this week making California the first state to eliminate bail for suspects awaiting trial, many bondsmen say the state’s bail bond industry won't be able to survive.

As Gov. Jerry Brown’s long tenure draws to a close in January, some capital punishment supporters are raising the specter that the politician who is firmly opposed to executions may commute many, if not all, the sentences of the nearly 750 inmates on death row.