Religion - Page 983

March 17, 2017

South Dakota governor to sign religious adoption protections

South Dakota's governor said Friday that he expects to sign a bill giving broad legal protections to faith-based organizations that refuse based on their religious beliefs to place children in certain households.

March 17, 2017

Vandals target Seattle synagogue, spray-paint with graffiti

Police say a Seattle synagogue in the Capitol Hill neighborhood was vandalized with anti-Semitic Holocaust-denying graffiti.

March 17, 2017

Democratic AGs mount fight against Trump travel ban

In stepping up legal challenges to President Donald Trump's revised travel ban, Democratic attorneys general are trying to use the court system to thwart the executive branch in the same way their GOP counterparts did under President Barack Obama.

March 17, 2017

The Latest: TSA says ID of Ali's son confirmed at airport

The Latest on Muhammad Ali's son being detained at the airport (all times local): 6:45 p.m.

March 17, 2017

Congress probes Islamic State counterpropaganda operations

Congressional investigators are demanding documents and contacting witnesses in a wide-ranging probe of the Defense Department's troubled anti-propaganda efforts against the Islamic State group.

March 17, 2017

Prosecutors in AP report about church abuses lose their jobs

A North Carolina district attorney says two assistant prosecutors are no longer working for him following a report by The Associated Press on a church where they are members.

March 17, 2017

Church cops? Congregation eyes its own unusual police force

One of Alabama's largest and wealthiest churches is trying to create its own police department in what experts say would be an unprecedented move.

March 17, 2017

Congress probes Islamic State counter-propaganda operations

Congressional investigators have demanded documents and contacted witnesses in a wide-ranging probe of the Defense Department's troubled anti-propaganda efforts against the Islamic State.

March 17, 2017

A look at legal issues with Trump's revised travel ban

Some of the states that helped derail President Trump's first travel ban are mounting efforts to block his second one, saying that while the new order applies to fewer people, it's infected with the same legal problems.

March 17, 2017

Hawaii files lawsuit over Trump's revised travel ban

Hawaii has become the first state to file a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's revised travel ban, saying the order will harm its Muslim population, tourism and foreign students.