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Members of burned LA church bear a cross through their devastated neighborhood to mark Good Friday
The Community United Methodist Church in Pacific Palisades burned down in wildfires that devastated much of Los Angeles in ...
Iran and the US move to expert-level talks over Tehran’s nuclear program after negotiations in Rome
At risk is a possible American or Israeli military strike on Iran’s nuclear sites, or the Iranians following through on their ...
Four centuries later, Easter’s date remains divisive. Some church leaders want that to change
Eastern and Western churches will celebrate Easter on the same day this year, while marking 1,700 years since the Council of ...
US senator returns from El Salvador trip, says Abrego Garcia case is about far more than one man
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen says Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported, told him he has been moved from the ...
Some Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump are now embraced as heroes and candidates for office
Some of the rioters who tried to take over the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, are now considering running for office after being pardoned by President Donald Trump.
A US citizen was held for pickup by ICE even after proving he was born in the country
Juan Carlos Lopez Gomez, a United States citizen, was arrested in Florida for allegedly being in the country illegally and ...
Vatican notes ‘exchange of opinions’ over migrants, prisoners in meeting with Vance
U.S. Vice President JD Vance has met with the Vatican’s No. 2 official after a remarkable papal rebuke of the Trump ...
Supreme Court blocks, for now, new deportations under 18th century wartime law
High court acted in an emergency appeal from the American Civil Liberties Union contending that immigration authorities ...
Questions emerge about how a deputy’s stepson became the accused gunman in deadly FSU shooting
After a deadly shooting at Florida State University, questions are emerging about how the stepson of a sheriff’s deputy ...
What’s behind the visually stunning ‘Holy Fire’ ceremony in Jerusalem?
On the Saturday before Easter, thousands of Christians gather in the dark and cavernous Church of the Holy Sepulcher for a ...
Syrian president meets a US Congress member on an unofficial visit to Damascus
Syria’s president has received a Republican member of Congress in the first visit to the country by American legislators ...
Tunisian opposition figures sentenced to up to 66 years in prison
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A court in Tunisia has sentenced leading opposition figures to between 13 and 66 years in prison in the ...