Religion
Ohio school board considers creationism curriculum
A civil rights group is asking a southwest Ohio school district to abandon proposed policies that teach creationism in the classroom. The Springboro School Board is considering whether to include creationism in its curriculum and is slated to discuss the issue at a meeting Thursday night. The board previously weighed ...
New Minn. law allows more childhood abuse lawsuits
Adults who suffered childhood sexual abuse and want to file lawsuits against both abusers and the institutions that employed them will have greater access to Minnesota's court system under a bill awaiting Gov. Mark Dayton's signature. In 1996, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that anyone over the age of 24 ...
Text of President Obama speech on terrorism
Text of President Barack Obama's speech on the fight against terrorism at the National Defense University, as provided by the White House: ___ It's an honor to return to the National Defense University. Here, at Fort McNair, Americans have served in uniform since 1791— standing guard in the early days ...
Israel to discuss military draft reform proposal
An official Israeli committee on Thursday handed the government its proposal for ending a contentious system that grants Jewish ultra-Orthodox seminary students automatic exemptions from military service, setting the stage for what could become the first major conflict in the new Israeli coalition government. These exemptions have generated widespread resentment ...
Review clears Davenport priest accused of touching
A suspended Catholic priest in Davenport has been reinstated after a diocese investigation did not substantiate an allegation that he inappropriately touched a minor in 1990, a bishop announced Thursday. A monthlong review by private detective James Sweeney found no wrongdoing by Father Robert Harness, the pastor of Holy Family ...
$250K bail on hold in infant's faith-healing death
A Philadelphia couple who believe in faith healing over medicine and have had two sons die of pneumonia will remain in custody on murder charges until a bail hearing Friday. Herbert Schaible, 44, and his 43-year-old wife, Catherine, were charged Wednesday with third-degree murder in the April death of their ...
AP PHOTOS: Egypt's languishing Islamic antiquities
Cairo, the Arab world's most populated city, is often referred to as an open-air museum of Islamic antiquities and the city of 1,000 minarets. But its rich history and contributions to Islamic art has languished. The city has seen some of its most beautiful antiquities looted or neglected over the ...
Turkey debates alcohol sales and ad restrictions
Turkish lawmakers on Thursday began debating a bill that bans all alcohol advertising and tightens restrictions on sales of such beverages — a proposal the government insists is aimed at protecting the young from the ills of spirits but which secularists say is an example of the Islamic-based ruling party's ...
Imprisoned Ohio Amish may skip high school classes
Amish imprisoned in beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio have been granted a religious freedom exemption from a requirement to attend high school equivalency classes behind bars. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons said Wednesday that Amish bishop Samuel Mullet and his followers would be exempted from the policy requiring ...
Boston Archdiocese reinstates suspended priest
A Roman Catholic priest suspended a year ago after he was accused of child sexual abuse has been reinstated after the allegation was found to be unsubstantiated. The Boston Archdiocese announced Thursday that the Rev. Joseph Byrne has returned to ministry and been granted senior priest status. Byrne was suspended ...
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