religious issues

By RIAZAT BUTT - Associated Press SUKKUR, Pakistan (AP) — On the sandy banks of the Indus River, which flows top to toe through Pakistan and into its…

By DAVID CRARY and HOLLY MEYER - Associated Press Across America, faith leaders have squeezed in some final messages about the midterm elections during…

OHIO (AP) — Ohio Republicans will seek to retain their hold on every branch of state government this Election Day as Democrats look to a competitive U.S. Senate race as a…

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ - Associated Press OAXACA, Mexico (AP) — Differences over abortion have pitted one large batch of U.S. states against another…

NEW YORK (AP) — The Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, who fought poverty and racism and skillfully navigated New York’s power structure as pastor of Harlem's historic Abyssinian…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — This year's midterms are playing out against the backdrop of former President Donald…

By DEEPA BHARATH and MARIAM FAM - Associated Press In Edison, New Jersey, a bulldozer, which has become a symbol of oppression of India’s Muslim…

By ARLEIGH RODGERS - Associated Press/Report for America INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A top Indiana lawyer on Friday questioned the validity of a lawsuit brought…

AP RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Two history-making Black politicians and country music star Eric Church were among the six latest recipients of North Carolina’s…

By BARRY HATTON - Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The head of a lay committee looking into historic child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic…