March 16, 2017 South Dakota bill leaves evolution skepticism up to teachers South Dakota legislators are weighing whether to let teachers decide how much skepticism to work into lessons on contentious scientific topics such as evolution and climate change.
March 16, 2017 Evidence of rising anti-Semitism, but data mostly elusive Has anti-Semitism accompanied Donald Trump's rise to power? Some organizations that monitor hate groups and hate crimes believe so, noting a rash of recent incidents.
March 16, 2017 Trump pick as security adviser is independent-minded President Donald Trump's choice of an outspoken but non-political Army general as national security adviser is a nod to pragmatism, but Lt. Gen. H.R.
March 16, 2017 School district agrees to remove Ten Commandments monument A Pennsylvania school district is agreeing to remove a Ten Commandments monument from outside a high school and pay $164,000 in legal fees to settle a federal lawsuit.
March 16, 2017 Trump denounces anti-Semitism; newly forceful condemnation President Donald Trump on Tuesday condemned recent threats against Jewish community centers in the U.S. as "painful reminders" of lingering prejudice and evil, his first full-throated comments on the rise of anti-Semitic venom after pressure for him to speak out forcefully.
March 16, 2017 Trump pick as security adviser is nod toward pragmatism President Donald Trump's choice of an outspoken but non-political Army general as national security adviser is a nod to pragmatism, but Lt. Gen. H.R.
March 16, 2017 Dozens of headstones toppled at Missouri Jewish cemetery Authorities in Missouri are investigating after dozens of headstones were damaged at a Jewish cemetery near St. Louis.
March 15, 2017 Alabama church aims to hire its own police How does Briarwood Presbyterian Church Police Department sound to you? Ready to usher in a church police department?
March 15, 2017 Suspect in Muslim college students' killings faces victims' relatives in court Craig Hicks, the North Carolina man accused of shooting and killing three Muslim college students at their home, faced the victims' relatives in court for the first time in two years.
March 15, 2017 Southern Baptist leaders tout unity amid rift that could cost church millions A show of unity this week by leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) puts a happy, but perhaps temporary, face on a struggle over the direction of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.
