President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and their spouses held a “family” celebration of Hanukkah at the White House Wednesday, with the first Jewish spouse of a vice president, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, joining in lighting the menorah.
Judge deciding what US should pay for Texas church shooting
The U.S. Justice Department and survivors of a 2017 Texas church massacre are at odds over how much the Air Force should pay in compensation for failing to flag a conviction that might have prevented the gunman from legally buying the weapon…
Marcus Lamb, anti-COVID vaccine Christian broadcaster, dies at 64
Marcus Lamb, a prominent Christian broadcaster known for his outspoken opposition to COVID-19 vaccines, has died after contracting the virus.
Money, schools and religion: A controversial combo returns to the Supreme Court
Since 1947, one topic in education has regularly come up at the Supreme Court more often than any other: disputes over religion.
Israel to allow 3,000 Ethiopian Jews to immigrate
Israel’s government on Sunday approved the immigration of several thousand Jews from war-torn Ethiopia, some of whom have waited for decades to join their relatives in Israel.
Baby we were born for war: to dominionist Christian groups, no election is too small — and Colorado is just the beginning
“Man, as many people as we have in this school here, we ought to take over Woodland Park.” Thus spake theocratic leader Andrew Wommack at a political mobilization conference in April at the Charis Bible College he heads.
Boebert in call refuses to apologize for anti-Muslim remarks
Days after firebrand conservative Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado was harshly criticized for making anti-Muslim comments about Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat whom she likened to a bomb-carrying terrorist, the two spoke by phone Monday.
In a podcast, two Jesuit priests document their ministry along the southern border
In the years working toward their priestly formation, the Revs. Brian Strassburger and Louie Hotop became accustomed to difficult assignments. Hotop taught English in a single-room schoolhouse in Siberia and ministered to the unhoused in San Francisco, while Strassburger ministered…
Religious abortion rights supporters fight for access
On the day the Supreme Court hears arguments in a Mississippi abortion ban case, Sheila Katz plans to be at a nearby church.
Vainglory days: a foremost expert on religious violence offers clues to how Qanon might end
QAnon won’t last forever. Sooner or later, even if the failure of their prophecies doesn’t necessarily do them in, conspiracy theories unravel and violent movements associated with them eventually end.
Driver charged with desecrating cemetery during car chase
A driver has ben charged with desecration of a human burial ground after he drove over several gravestones and knocked over a headstone in a Charleston County cemetery as he tried to run from police, investigators said.
White supremacists found liable for violence at Charlottesville rally
A jury has found that a group that helped organized the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, is liable for injuries suffered by counterprotesters, awarding a total of $26 million in damages.



