By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (AP) — A decades-old landslide that's rapidly accelerating has forced the...
Religion
French police fatally shoot a man suspected of setting fire to a synagogue
By JEFFREY SCHAEFFER and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press ROUEN, France (AP) — French police shot and killed a man armed with a knife and a...
Vatican moves to adapt to hoaxes, Internet and overhauls its process for evaluating visions of Mary
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Friday overhauled its process for evaluating alleged visions of the...
Some of the Catholic Church’s best-known approved, and not approved, reports of apparitions of Mary
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has revised how it evaluates purported supernatural events, such as reported visions of the Virgin Mary,...
Afro-Cuban drums, Muslim prayers, Buddhist mantras: Religious diversity blooms in once-atheist Cuba
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — The 1959 Castro-led revolution installed an atheist, Communist government that sought...
Thousands replaster Mali’s Great Mosque of Djenne, which is threatened by conflict
DJENNE, Mali (AP) — Thousands of Malians carrying buckets and jugs of mud joined the annual replastering of the world's largest mud-brick...
Vatican Museums staff challenge the pope with a legal bid for better terms and treatment
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Forty-nine employees of the Vatican Museums have filed a class-action complaint with the...
Buddha’s birthday: When is it and how is it celebrated in different countries?
By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press The birthday of the historical Buddha or Shakyamuni Buddha, known as Vesak in several countries,...
Billy Graham statue for U.S. Capitol to be unveiled next week
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A statue of the late Rev. Billy Graham set to stand inside the U.S. Capitol to represent North Carolina will be...
Shunned for centuries, Vodou grows powerful as Haitians seek solace from unrelenting gang violence
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The Vodou faithful sing, their voices rising above the gunfire erupting miles...
BREAKING News
Helicopter carrying Iran’s president suffers a ‘hard landing,’ state TV says, and rescue is underway
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a "hard...
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters rally in the rain in DC to mark a painful present and past
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of protesters rallied within sight of the U.S. Capitol, chanting...
Alice Stewart, CNN political commentator and veteran political adviser, dies at 58
By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press Alice Stewart, a CNN political commentator and veteran political adviser who worked on a number of GOP...
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs abuse allegations: A timeline of key events
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Newly released video appears to show Sean "Diddy" Combs beating his former singing protege and girlfriend Cassie in a...