Like so many faiths, Islam has always been part of our American family, and Muslim Americans have long contributed to the strength and character of our...
Will the Children’s Television Workshop give way to same-sex puppet love? An online campaign is calling for the producers of TV’s “Sesame Street” to allow characters...
President Barack Obama is hosting an Iftar dinner Wednesday evening to celebrate the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The Iftar is the dinner that breaks the...
The Obama administration says it is "deeply concerned" by Israeli approval of new housing construction in disputed east Jerusalem. The State Department says such "unilateral actions...
An air of crisis descended on the world Tuesday, Aug. 9 as markets continued to tumble steeply and in London, large parts of the city succumbed...
A concert event organized by atheist, agnostic and other non-theist soldiers has been cleared by the Army to take place next spring at Fort Bragg, concert...
Tea Party Downgrade? In the wake of a bruising battle over the debt ceiling and now a first-ever credit downgrade, Democrats have launched a salvo of...
Wall Street tumbled again Monday amid a rout in global stocks after rating agency Standard & Poor’s downgraded the U.S. credit rating for the first time....
NEW YORK (AP) -- The U.S. stock market joined a sell-off around the world Monday in the first trading since Standard & Poor's downgraded American debt...
Standard & Poor’s announced Friday night that it has downgraded the U.S. credit rating for the first time, dealing a symbolic blow to the world’s economic...
Horrifying images of bodies and limbs floating in the Orontes River in Hama were aired by Syrian state television early Thursday, Aug. 4. Contrary to official...
The Dow plummeted as much as 400 points and was on pace to take its biggest fall of the year after anxiety over the global economic...
Many House and Senate conservatives are reviving their battle against federal regulations, claiming that the president hasn't stopped issuing job-killing rules during the debt ceiling fight....
We need to have an American spring, you know, the Arab spring. The non-violent part of it isn't finished yet, but we need to have an...
The Air Force has suspended a course that was taught by chaplains for more than 20 years because the material included Bible passages. The course, called...
As the economy threatens collapse President Obama celebrates signing debt deal with lavish 50th birthday dinner. The economy is threatening collapse despite the emergency debt legislation...
The U.S. economy is showing signs of slipping back into a recession thanks in part to financial strain at the state and local levels, says Meredith...
In scenes reminiscent of the Great Depression these are the ramshackle homes of the desperate and destitute U.S. families who have set up their own 'Tent...
Gunmen blew up a terminal along Egypt's natural gas pipeline to Israel in the northern Sinai Peninsula Saturday, security officials said. It is the third attack...
Tens of thousands of Egyptians poured into Tahrir Square on Friday for a day that had been billed as one of unified protest against the interim...
The unemployment situation across America is bad, no doubt. But for African-Americans in some cities, this is not the great recession. It’s the Great Depression. Take...
The RFID technology - which stands for radio frequency identification and requires an installed chip that can be read by an electronic reader - has been...
At least one U.S. military serviceman has been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to attack Fort Hood nearly two years after a deadly shooting...
Chrislam comes to the Church. What we have done together in this great cathedral this morning, along with others in similar services in houses of worship...