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A unique recipe for healing: Bill Murray and a biblical text
Against the backdrop of a pandemic's blight and wounds from an acrimonious election, a group of acclaimed actors on Sunday staged an online reading of a religious text with remarkable relevance to the current moment: the Book of Job. Audience members...
Romney says he'll 'stay quiet' on his 2020 presidential vote
WASHINGTON (AP) — Utah Sen. Mitt Romney declined again Monday to endorse President Donald Trump's reelection, saying he would "stay quiet" about whom he'll be supporting in November. Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, told reporters o...
Poll: Most in US back curbing in-person worship amid virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — While the White House looks ahead to reopening houses of worship, most Americans think in-person religious services should be barred or allowed only with limits during the coronavirus pandemic — and only about a third say that prohi...
Faith activism amid pandemic spans causes and denominations
NEW YORK (AP) — One religious leader appeared with nursing home workers seeking safer conditions. Another broadcast a roundtable with colleagues in three states. Another talked about a campaign he helps lead that's raised more than $1 million for m...
Trump consults faith leaders on phased-in reopening
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump held a call with faith leaders on Friday that included discussion about a phased-in return to broader in-person worship after weeks of religious services largely shifting online in response to the coronavirus p...
In a test of faith, Christians mark Good Friday in isolation
JERUSALEM (AP) — On the day set aside to mark Christ's crucifixion, most churches stood empty. Streets normally filled with emotional processions were silent. St. Peter's Square was almost deserted. And many religious sites in the Holy Land were c...
'Calling all scientists': Experts volunteer for virus fight
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Wells was looking for a chance to use his scientific training to help fight the coronavirus when — on the same day the pandemic forced his lab to temporarily close — he decided to create his own opportunity. "CALLING ALL S...
Nazi flag display at Sanders rally sparks broad condemnation
WASHINGTON (AP) — The display of a Nazi flag by a man at a Bernie Sanders campaign rally in Arizona drew condemnation from Jewish American groups and his main rival in the Democratic presidential primary on Friday amid ongoing worries about D...
Anti-Semitism order raises tough issue of defining prejudice
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump's order to expand the scope of potential anti-Semitism complaints on college campuses is raising the stakes of an already tense battle over how to define discrimination against Jews. The executive order Trump si...
GOP Rep. pitches LGBTQ rights bill with religious exemptions
As Democrats champion anti-discrimination protections for the LGBTQ community and Republicans counter with worries about safeguarding religious freedom, one congressional Republican is offering a proposal on Friday that aims to achieve both goals....
Trump fires up religious critics with job for televangelist
WASHINGTON (AP) — The ascension of Paula White as an official member of Donald Trump's White House highlights how closely the president is relying on his inner circle of evangelical Christian supporters as he fights an impeachment probe during his re...
Democratic candidates focus on climate change in town halls
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Democratic presidential contenders talked tough Wednesday on cutting climate-damaging emissions from oil, gas and coal, turning their focus to global warming in a marathon evening of town halls that gave the candidates a c...
2020 hopeful Elizabeth Warren pushes election security plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday pitched a sweeping overhaul of the nation's systems for securing its elections, including the creation of a "uniform federal ballot" and the replacement of the i...
Biden's 2020 opening? Dem field missing foreign policy hand
WASHINGTON (AP) — In town halls, television interviews and social media posts, Democratic presidential candidates are touting their support for "Medicare-for-all," higher taxes on the wealthy and a war on climate change. But foreign policy, one of t...
Warren makes presidential bid official with call for change
LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren made her bid for the presidency official on Saturday in this working-class city, grounding her 2020 campaign in a populist call to fight economic inequality and build "an America that works f...
2020 Democratic primary field puts diversity in spotlight
WASHINGTON (AP) — The early days of the Democratic primary campaign are highlighting the party's diversity as it seeks a nominee who can build a coalition to take on President Donald Trump. Of the more than half dozen Democrats who have either m...
Elizabeth Warren takes big step toward 2020 presidential bid
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Monday took the first major step toward launching a widely anticipated campaign for the presidency, hoping her reputation as a populist fighter can help her navigate a Democratic field that could include n...
