The White House is denying that it has invited rapper Nicki Minaj to Washington to discuss her negative online comments on the COVID-19 vaccine, despite the singer boasting about such a proposition on Twitter.
A coalition of Christian nonprofit groups is asking the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child to end support for “institutional” orphanages and emphasize family-based care for orphans, whose ranks have grown by 1.5 million during the coronavirus pandemic.
Theater royalty — in the form of Kristin Chenoweth, Julie Taymor and Lin-Manuel Miranda — welcomed back boisterous audiences to “Wicked,” “The Lion King” and “Hamilton” for the first time since the start of the pandemic, marking Tuesday as the unofficial return of Broadway.
Former newspaper reporter Lee Strobel hopes to see his dog — and have a byline — in heaven.
The NFL's playing of the so-called Black national anthem is the latest occasion for liberal commentator Bill Maher's wrath.
Apple issued new security updates Monday following the discovery of a new hack that does not require people to click anything to become a victim.
The Commerce Department is building a National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee to guide President Biden on artificial intelligence's effect on society, on a variety of issues such as economic sectors and racial-justice matters.
A group of faith leaders Monday said a new survey supports the ideas behind the Fairness For All Act, a bill pending in Congress that would guarantee the rights of LGBTQ individuals while protecting the religious freedoms of schools, social service agencies and congregations.
A Kansas legislator accused of kicking a high school student in the testicles pleaded guilty Monday to three lesser misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and was placed on a year's probation under a deal with the local prosecutor.
An Israeli defense contractor on Monday rolled out a remote-controlled armed robot that its maker says can keep human troops out of harm's way. The Rex MK II is just the latest unmanned combat system that is changing the face of tomorrow's battlefield.
Lil Nas X won video of the year at Sundays MTV VMAs on a night that Justin Bieber triumphantly returned to the stage as a performer and as winner of the artist of the year.
Britney Spears announced her engagement Sunday to her boyfriend Sam Asghari with an exuberant post displaying a diamond ring engraved with the word "lioness."
Bishop John Shelby Spong, an Episcopal Church prelate whose liberal views rankled orthodox Episcopalians and others, died in his sleep Sunday morning, St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Morris Plains, New Jersey, announced.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops wants the nation's 70 million Roman Catholics to "lower the temperature" when the subject of politics comes up at church and elsewhere.
WhatsApp announced it will allow users of the popular Facebook-owned messaging service to store end-to-end encrypted backup copies of their messages to the cloud, adding a new layer of protection from prying eyes.
Liberty University is returning to broad in-person instruction after a two-week "temporary mitigation period" in which the Virginia school saw a record number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on campus.
The city of Portland, Oregon, has been sued over the death of Aaron "Jay" Danielson, a supporter of the right-leaning Patriot Prayer group who was fatally shot allegedly by a backer of the left-wing Antifa movement.
The official website for the Texas Republican Party, TexasGOP.org, was hacked Saturday in retribution for the newly enacted "Heartbeat Act" law that bans abortions in the state after six weeks from conception.
Audrey Diwan's 1960s abortion drama "L'Evenement" ("Happening") won the Golden Lion at the 78th Venice International Film Festival, while the runner up honor went to Paolo Sorrentino's semi-autobiographical "The Hand of God."
Pam Keith, a former Democratic candidate for Congress, reflected on the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks by saying the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol has replaced it as the worst day in recent U.S. history.
Republican Missouri state Rep. Tony Lovasco suggested dismantling monuments to former President Abraham Lincoln in light of a longstanding statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee being removed this week.
Lawyers for an American woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by Prince Andrew say they have served him with legal papers in a U.S. civil suit.
Mary Trump, former President Donald Trump's niece, railed against her uncle for participating in a pay-per-view boxing match this Saturday evening on the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Ellen DeGeneres has a lot of ground to cover in the 19th and final season of her talk show, which she promises will be a "huge celebration."
