Religion - Page 979

March 18, 2017

Young Americans: Most see Trump as illegitimate president

Jermaine Anderson keeps going back to the same memory of Donald Trump, then a candidate for president of the United States, referring to some Mexican immigrants as rapists and murderers.

March 18, 2017

US asks Hawaii judge to clarify ruling on Trump travel ban

The government is asking a federal judge in Hawaii to clarify his order blocking President Trump's revised travel ban, arguing that it shouldn't apply to new rules on refugees.

March 18, 2017

Secular group wants cross removed from Florida hospital

Longwood, Florida mayor speaks out

March 18, 2017

The Latest: Seattle judge puts off ruling on travel ban

The Latest on lawsuits challenging the Trump administration's revised travel ban (all times local): 4:40 p.m.

March 18, 2017

Trump's Muslim rhetoric key issue in travel ban rulings

Federal law gives the president broad authority over immigration.

March 17, 2017

School refutes Texas official's Muslim prayer room concerns

A Texas school district says Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton is raising unfounded concerns about religious freedom over a spare classroom where Muslim students pray.

March 17, 2017

End Bible classes? West Virginia school seeks to dismiss atheist lawsuit

A West Virginia school district being sued for offering an elective Bible class has filed a motion to dismiss the suit brought by an atheist group.

March 17, 2017

Social worker accused of hiding religious sect abuse resigns

An attorney for a North Carolina child welfare agency says a social worker accused of sabotaging a 2015 child abuse investigation at her secretive religious sect has resigned.

March 17, 2017

High court pick Gorsuch is harsh critic of assisted suicide

Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch made it clear in a book and other writings what he thinks about assisted suicide and euthanasia: He's not a fan.

March 17, 2017

Police reviewing possible links involving mosque burglaries

Authorities are trying to determine whether at least two Alabama mosque burglaries might be linked to a similar case in Virginia.