Religion
Egypt: Security beefed up in Sinai after abduction
Dozens of Egyptian troops and armored vehicles moved into Sinai Monday as the government beefed up security in the volatile peninsula after the abduction of six policemen and a border guard by suspected Islamic militants. The security deployment comes a day after the release of a video of the captives, ...
Pa. priest removed in 2009 faces new porn charge
A Roman Catholic priest who was removed from public ministry in 2009 after an allegation of past child sex abuse later deemed "credible" by his bishop has now been indicted on a federal charge of possessing child pornography. The indictment announced by federal prosecutors in Pittsburgh doesn't specify how much ...
Atheists to put books next to Bibles in Ga. parks
A national atheist group said Monday that it will donate its literature for use in cabins and lodges in Georgia's state parks after the governor's recent decision to allow Bibles there. David Silverman, president of the Cranford, N.J.-based American Atheists organization, said his group is just waiting for an answer ...
State Dept: Reports of anti-Semitism increase
The State Department appointed a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism Monday as a new report documents a global increase in incidents of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial. Ira Forman, former CEO of the National Jewish Democratic Council, was named special envoy as the State Department released its annual report ...
Retired Anglican priest jailed for sex abuse
A retired Church of England priest was jailed for 10 years Monday after a jury found him guilty of 36 separate sex offenses against children in the 1960s and 1970s. Prosecutors said Gordon Rideout, 74, abused his position of trust and assaulted children he met over the years. A jury ...
JUSTICES TAKE CASE ON PRAYER AT NEW YORK TOWN BOARD MEETINGS
c.2013 New York Times News Service WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide cases concerning prayers at the start of town meetings and a patent dispute over heart monitors. It also issued an important administrative law decision that said the Federal Communications Commission was entitled to deference ...
JUSTICES TAKE CASE ON PRAYER AT NEW YORK TOWN BOARD MEETINGS
c.2013 New York Times News Service WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide cases concerning prayers at the start of town meetings and a patent dispute over heart monitors. It also issued an important administrative law decision that said the Federal Communications Commission was entitled to deference ...
High court to weigh in on legislative prayers
The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear a new case on the intersection of religion and government in a dispute over prayers used to open public meetings. The justices said they will review an appeals court ruling that held that the upstate New York town of Greece, a Rochester ...
Cartel towns pose challenge for immigration reform
Just across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, stands a dormitory-style shelter filled with people recently deported from the U.S. and other migrants waiting to cross the border. The long rows of bunk beds offer immigrants a place to rest on their long journey. But the shelter is no safe ...
Vandals target Israeli women's prayer group
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police say vandals have spray-panted slogans on the home of one of the leaders of a liberal Jewish women's group that has angered ultra-Orthodox communities over its demands for equality of worship. Israeli TV footage showed black writing on the hallway and door of the Jerusalem ...
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