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A truck driver is convicted in the fatal shooting of an Amish woman in her Pennsylvania home

A truck driver is convicted in the fatal shooting of an Amish woman in her Pennsylvania home

MEADVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A jury convicted a 53-year-old truck driver Thursday of shooting to death a pregnant Amish woman inside her rural Pennsylvania home early last year.
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US faith leaders opposed to ICE raids counsel nonviolent resistance and lead by example

US faith leaders opposed to ICE raids counsel nonviolent resistance and lead by example

When the Rev. Edward Anderson rallied in Los Angeles this week against the Trump administration's intensifying immigration crackdown , he positioned himself between law enforcement and his fellow protesters, serving as a human buffer.
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Hamas says it killed 12 Israeli-backed fighters. Israeli-supported group says they were aid workers

Hamas says it killed 12 Israeli-backed fighters. Israeli-supported group says they were aid workers

CAIRO (AP) — A unit of Gaza’s Hamas-run police force said it killed 12 members of an Israeli-backed Palestinian militia after detaining them early Thursday.
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Netanyahu's government survives vote to dissolve Israel's parliament

Netanyahu's government survives vote to dissolve Israel's parliament

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government survived an attempt to dissolve Israel's parliament early Thursday morning, with most of his ultra-Orthodox coalition partners joining him in voting against a bill that would have forced
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More than 55,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza health officials say

More than 55,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza health officials say

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Palestinian death toll from the 20-month Israel-Hamas war passed 55,000, the Gaza Health Ministry said Wednesday, and hospitals said at least 21 people were killed while on their way to aid distribution sites.
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Families file suit challenging Arkansas law that requires Ten Commandments be posted in classrooms

Families file suit challenging Arkansas law that requires Ten Commandments be posted in classrooms

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.
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Southern Baptist public policy arm survives challenge to its conservative credentials

Southern Baptist public policy arm survives challenge to its conservative credentials

DALLAS (AP) — Southern Baptist representatives on Wednesday fended off two efforts to move the staunchly conservative body even more sharply to the right, giving a vote of confidence to its public-policy agency and defeating a proposed constitutional
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Mandatory military service for Israel's ultra-Orthodox tests Netanyahu's rule

Mandatory military service for Israel's ultra-Orthodox tests Netanyahu's rule

JERUSALEM (AP) — The deadliest attack in Israel’s history happened on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's watch. The country's economy is struggling under the weight of the ongoing war in Gaza . And Netanyahu is on trial for corruption.
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Pope Leo XIV names first Chinese bishop, signalling he is continuing Vatican's controversial accord

Pope Leo XIV names first Chinese bishop, signalling he is continuing Vatican's controversial accord

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made his first appointment of a Chinese bishop under the Vatican’s 2018 agreement with Beijing, signalling he is continuing one of Pope Francis’ most controversial foreign policy decisions.
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In 'Youth Group' comic, evangelical kids sing silly songs about Jesus, fight demons

In 'Youth Group' comic, evangelical kids sing silly songs about Jesus, fight demons

(RNS) — When he was a teenager in the 1990s, Jordan Morris was always up for a bit of mischief — as long as it didn’t involve sex or drugs, two things he was sure would kill him.
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