football field
07-25-2016

A school superintendent has reversed an earlier decision forbidding a high school band from playing "Amazing Grace" at halftime during football games.

Jail bars
07-25-2016

An imprisoned Chinese pastor is thanking God for his suffering and treating it as an opportunity to rest after 23 years of serving his congregation.

empty pulpit, church
07-25-2016

Gunmen dragged a Nigerian pastor out of his church at gunpoint Sunday. His whereabouts remain unknown. 

Debbie Wasserman Schultz
07-25-2016

Scandal threatens to mar Hillary Clinton's triumph this week. She's all set to become the first woman to accept the Democratic Party's nomination for president. But that story is taking a backseat to a brewing controversy.

fortmyersshooting
07-25-2016

Another nightclub shooting occurs in Florida, leaving 17 shot and two people dead. 

ansbachgermanyshooting
07-25-2016

A series of deadly attacks, mostly by migrants, has created a climate of fear in Germany and put the spotlight on that nation's immigration policy. The extremist Islamic State has claimed responsitibity for the latest attack.

07-25-2016

A federal judge ruled Thursday that forcing insurers to include birth control coverage despite their conflicting religious convictions is unconstitutional. 

Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, talks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, AP photo
07-25-2016

A "confidential" document that's part of the Iranian nuclear deal signed last July confirms that "key restrictions" on uranium enrichment will lift years before the accord expires.

07-24-2016

Syrian children are using Pokemon Go to ask for help in their country. 

07-24-2016

Afghanistan suffers from weekend attack that has killed 80 and wounds more than 200. 

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