WASHINGTON — Congress approved legislation restricting Internet gambling just before beginning a lengthy recess, prompting a major shake-up in the online wagering world. News of
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Jack Thompson, the attorney who represented the parents of three teenagers killed in the Paducah, Ky., school shooting in 1997, is
WICHITA, Kan. — The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has revoked the tax exemption of the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue West, which two years ago said
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia School District has declared October Gay and Lesbian History Month on its 2006–2007 school calendar, touching off a wave of protests
WASHINGTON — A woman in Freeport, Ill., hits a Muslim woman for wearing a headscarf, a Texas man firebombs a mosque in El Paso and
WASHINGTON — After banning six evangelical groups from campus, Georgetown University in Washington has formed an advisory board to review how it serves Protestant students
NEWARK, N.J. — The Episcopal Diocese of Newark elected a Massachusetts priest as its 10th bishop Sept. 23, passing over a gay candidate whose election
WASHINGTON — After impassioned debate on the separation of church and state Sept. 26, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would make it
