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Nicole Pries, left, and Lindsey Oliver hold up their marriage license as they celebrate being one of the first same-sex couples in Virginia to be married outside a Richmond court building in Richmond, Va., Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. The Supreme Court's order turning way appeals from five states seeking to prohibit same-sex marriage has triggered a series of moves in affected states to clear the way for gay and lesbian unions. (Associated Press)
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A woman and child are escorted to a van by detention facility guards inside the Artesia Family Residential Center, a federal detention facility for undocumented immigrant mothers and children, in Artesia, N.M. (Associated Press)
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FILE- In this Sept. 10, 2014 file photo, a woman and child are escorted to a van by detention facility guards inside the Artesia Family Residential Center, a federal detention facility for undocumented immigrant mothers and children in Artesia, N.M, A surge of cases involving immigrants from Central America has backed up federal courts and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The cases have been moved to Denver by judges in Arlington, Va. Officials say it makes more sense to hold the proceedings in the same time zone as the detention center. Hearings are being held by video from Artesia, N.M. starting on Monday, Sept. 29. (AP Photo/Juan Carlos Llorca, File)
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, a Republican, has a high rate of dissatisfaction among voters. He has been hit by his handling of the sex abuse scandal involving Penn State and by a pornography flap involving former aides while serving as the state's attorney general. (Associated Press)
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National Edition Opinion cover for October 6, 2014 - Signs of a coming Republican wave (Illustration by Nancy Ohanian for the Tribune Content Agency
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Rep. Elijah Cummings said Sunday that a majority of black Americans, excluding himself, fear the Secret Service is failing to adequately protect President Obama due to racism. (CBS/Mediaite)
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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during the dedication ceremony for the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial in Washington, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
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Lucas Oil co-founder Charlotte Lucas apologized Saturday for a Facebook post where she ranted against minorities. (Wikipedia)
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People protest in front of the Whole Women's Health clinic Saturday, Oct/ 4, 2014 in McAllen, Texas. Abortion-rights lawyers are predicting "a showdown" at the U.S. Supreme Court after federal appellate judges allowed full implementation of a law that has closed more than 80 percent of Texas' abortion clinics. (AP Photo/The Monitor, Joel Martinez) MAGS OUT; TV OUT
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Sigourney Weaver is known especially for the lead role of Ellen Ripley in the four Alien films: Alien, Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection.
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This undated family photo provided by Jennifer Cramblett shows her daughter, Payton. Ms. Cramblett and her partner, Amanda Zinkon, are suing Midwest Sperm Bank after Jennifer became pregnant with sperm donated by a black man instead of a white man as they had intended. (AP Photo/Jennifer Cramblett)
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"The question of executive action, my friends, is a 'when' question," Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez assured attendees at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's convention, asserting that Mr. Obama still shares their values, despite having repeatedly put off thorny decisions on immigration. (Associated Press)
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Blacks must ask if it's time for "a second change in strategic focus from civil rights to economic development," says Omari West. Educator Booker T. Washington (above, in 1894) guided the first pivot. (AP Photo/Library of Congress)
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Facebook apologized to the LGBT community on Wednesday in a promise to improve the way it enforces a long-held "real names" policy that activists say discriminates against transgender users and drag queens. (Wikipedia)
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Jose Sueiro, with the D.C. Hispanic Contractors Association, speaks at the "Where's the $1 Billion" rally as D.C. Council member Vincent Orange looks on. Supporters say the D.C. government is giving short-shrift on contracts to small businesses. (Photo by Malcolm Barnes)
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FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, file photo, Gambia's President Al Hadji Yahya Jammeh addresses the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters. Gambia accused European countries of "racist and inhuman behavior" for deliberately causing boats carrying black African migrants to sink. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
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While investigating the disappearance of Virginia college student Hannah Graham, 18, authorities say they have uncovered evidence that links the suspect in her disappearance, Jesse Leroy Matthew, Jr. (center) to a 2005 sexual assault on a 26-year-old Fairfax City woman. (Associated Press)
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This image provided by the Department of Health and Humans Services shows the Open Payments page of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. From research grants to travel junkets, drug and medical device companies paid doctors and leading hospitals billions of dollars last year, the government disclosed Tuesday in a new effort to spotlight potential ethical conflicts in medicine. Industry spent nearly $3.5 billion on such payments in the five-month period from August through December of 2013, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which released data on 4.4 million payments. (AP Photo/HHS)
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Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C. speaks at the 2014 Values Voter Summit in Washington, Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. Prospective Republican presidential candidates are expected to promote religious liberty at home and abroad at a gathering of evangelical conservatives, rebuking an unpopular President Barack Obama while skirting divisive social issues that have tripped up the GOP. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR BLACK WOMAN'S AGENDA - The Black Women's Agenda, Inc. President Gwainevere Catchings Hess, left, inducts U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) into the organization as an honorary member at a candlelight ceremony held during at its 36th Annual Symposium on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013 in Washington, DC. The organization was established in 1977 to help advance the interests of black women and their families. (Paul Morigi / AP Images for Black Women's Agenda)
