March 30, 2017 After pope endorses giving to beggars, US bishop says not to A month after Pope Francis endorsed giving money to panhandlers, the Roman Catholic bishop in Rhode Island has posted three reasons not to.
March 30, 2017 Clues emerge in aftermath of deadly Texas church bus crash The head-on crash that killed 13 people on a church bus in Texas apparently unfolded after an oncoming pickup truck veered across the center line Wednesday, an investigator revealed.
March 30, 2017 US Secretary of State Tillerson in Turkey for talks U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is meeting Turkish leaders in Ankara for talks on the fight against the Islamic State group in Syria and Turkish requests for the extradition of U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, accused of staging a failed coup attempt last year.
March 30, 2017 2 copies of Quran stolen from Charlotte airport chapel Someone has taken two copies of the Quran from the chapel at Charlotte Douglas International Airport and left a note criticizing the Islamic holy book.
March 30, 2017 Supreme Court to decide whether religious hospitals should be considered part of church A group of religious hospitals are asking for the Supreme Court to protect them from a group of lawyers that claim they are not a part of the church.
March 30, 2017 US judge to hear arguments on longer block to travel ban A federal judge in Hawaii who temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's revised travel ban planned to hear arguments Wednesday on whether to extend his order until the state's lawsuit works its way through the courts.
March 30, 2017 Parents claim disabled son was baptized against their wishes The parents of a developmentally disabled boy in Ohio have sued his former court-appointed guardian, a minister and the child’s mentor claiming he was baptized at an evangelical church last year against the couple’s wishes.
March 30, 2017 The Latest: Hearing starts on extending block to travel ban The Latest on a hearing in federal court in Hawaii on President Donald Trump's travel ban (all times local): 9:40 a.m.
March 30, 2017 Latest: 12 killed, 3 injured in Texas church van-truck crash The Latest on the crash of a church van and a pickup truck that resulted in what investigators say were 'multiple fatalities' (all times local): 5:50 p.m.
March 30, 2017 Texas trooper: Multiple fatalities in church van-truck crash A Texas state trooper says there are multiple fatalities in a head-on crash between a church van and a pickup truck in southwestern Texas.
