CNN) -- A national ban on assault weapons may have met all-but-certain death in the Senate this week, but one of the measure's proponents - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg - said Sunday his fight wasn't over.

(CNN) -- What genre best fits a six-minute "Star Trek" knock off where government agents confront an epidemic of alien identity theft and Solar Security Number fraud?

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Supreme Court agreed Monday confront another high-profile challenge to affirmative action in college admissions.

Folks in parts of a dozen states from Missouri to New Jersey and down to North Carolina and Tennessee are getting an ugly start to their work and school weeks -- unless they don't need to go to work or school.

The case of a 13-month-old boy shot dead in his stroller in this tiny waterfront town in southeast Georgia left authorities groping for more leads Friday as they searched for the killer. "Right now, we are not ruling anyone or anything out," said Todd Rhodes, a spokesman for the Brunswick Police Department.

Two star high school football players were convicted Sunday of raping a drunken 16-year-old girl, identified only as Jane Doe. She has been the target of death threats this week, prompting people to come out to support her financially and in social media.

A ban on so-called "gay conversion therapy" that's being considered by New Jersey lawmakers doesn't yet have the approval of the state's Republican Gov. Chris Christie, who said he hasn't made up his mind whether he would sign the ban into law

The Republican controlled House of Representatives passed Paul Ryan's budget bill. The bill contains cuts but still no tax hikes for millionaires.

According to a Quinnipiac University survey released Thursday, the former first lady, former senator from New York, 2008 Democratic presidential candidate and former secretary of state leads Bush, the former two-term governor of Florida, 51 percent-40 percent in the Sunshine State. And the poll indicates Clinton topping Rubio, the first term senator from Florida, 52 percent-41 percent in his home state.

RIDGELAND, South Carolina (CNN) -- After months in an immigration detention facility, Hector Adame was so surprised when guards said he could go that he didn't believe them.