Religion - Page 928

June 7, 2017

Florida man charged with leaving recorded threats at mosque

A Florida man is facing federal charges that he left recorded threatening messages at a mosque.

June 6, 2017

The Latest: Source says Comey told boss about Trump worries

The Latest on former FBI director James Comey (all times EDT): 8:15 p.m.

June 6, 2017

Siding against ally Qatar, Trump injects US into Arab crisis

President Donald Trump sided with Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries Tuesday in a deepening diplomatic crisis with Qatar, appearing to endorse the accusation that the oil-rich Persian Gulf nation is funding terrorist groups.

June 6, 2017

Juror's documents lead to mistrial in gay beating trial

More than four years after Matthew Fenner said he was beaten by members of his North Carolina church for being gay, the fate of one of his ministers is in the hands of a jury.

June 6, 2017

The Latest: Mom says son's comment to jury was likely a joke

The Latest on the trial of a North Carolina minister accused of orchestrating the beating of a gay congregant (all times local): 11:30 a.m.

June 6, 2017

Chicago suburb that wouldn't allow mosque to pay $580,000

A Chicago suburb has agreed to pay $580,000 to settle two lawsuits that alleged the city violated a Bosnian Muslim congregation's religious freedom when it refused to allow the group to turn a vacant building into a mosque.

June 6, 2017

DeVos non-committal on private school LGBT discrimination

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says that schools receiving federal money should follow federal law, but she would not commit to banning discrimination against LGBT students.

June 6, 2017

High school guard on leave after fight involving Muslim teen

A Minneapolis-area high school security guard is on leave following an altercation involving a Muslim student who accuses him of putting her in handcuffs and removing her headscarf.

June 6, 2017

Trump schedules speech during Comey testimony

President Donald Trump has scheduled a speech addressing religious conservatives around the same time that former FBI director James Comey is expected to testify before Congress.

June 6, 2017

Judge sets guilty plea in Florida Jewish center bomb plot

A man is set to plead guilty later this month in an alleged plot to bomb a Florida synagogue and Jewish school in support of the Islamic State extremist group.