Federal officials on Thursday announced they are directing criminal investigators to investigate the largely unregulated electronic cigarette industry, beefing up efforts to confront a public health crisis amid a growing number of illnesses and deaths linked to vaping.
A county sheriff in rural Illinois said Thursday that the boxes stacked inside a garage at a late abortionist's home looked like they could have stored oil or motor parts -- except they held more than 2,000 fetal remains.
Duke University's student government has rejected a national Christian organization as an official student group because its policy excludes LGBTQ individuals from leadership positions.
The Trump administration is threatening to cut funding for a Middle East studies program run by the University of North Carolina and Duke University, arguing that it's misusing a federal grant to advance "ideological priorities" and unfairly promote "the positive aspects of Islam" but not Christianity or Judaism.
The Trump administration has come to the defense of a Muslim group blocked from opening a mosque in Troy, Michigan.
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg said Wednesday that he hopes the gruesome discovery of thousands of fetal remains at the home of a late abortionist who practiced in his hometown doesn't get "caught up" in the politics of the abortion debate.
Three city council members in New Jersey's capital city have apologized for using or defending anti-Semitic language while discussing actions taken by the city's Jewish attorney.
Prosecutors began presenting evidence Thursday to a judge who will decide whether a man should face trial on charges of opening fire in a Southern California synagogue on the last day of Passover, killing a woman and injuring three other people.
The number of U.S. abortions has fallen to its lowest level since the practice was legalized in 1973, a new report said Wednesday, drawing cheers and jeers from pro-life advocates.
Barrett Fletcher invoked the true inebriated creator of the universe to rouse himself and use his "noodly appendages" to ground each assembly member in their seats.
New York banned the use of flavored e-cigarette products Tuesday after worries over vaping being potentially linked to lung diseases.
Following his debut on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" Monday, former White House press secretary Sean Spicer urged people to "stand with Christ" and help him win as a statement to Hollywood.
It was one of the first stress tests of Joe Biden's presidential campaign: A sudden reversal of his decades-long support for restricting federal funding of abortions.
A Food and Drug Administration panel has overwhelmingly approved a treatment that could lessen the severity of allergic reactions to peanuts in children.
Virginia's state attorney general announced last week that Virginia couples will no longer be required to disclose their race when applying for a marriage license after three couples filed a lawsuit challenging the identification.
Activists in black and Latino communities are putting pressure on Democratic presidential candidates to support charter schools in defiance of teachers unions.
Students at Liberty University in Virginia gathered Friday to protest in the wake of news reports containing allegations that school president Jerry Falwell Jr. improperly benefited from the institution and disparaged students in emails.
A BBC film being shown in schools is teaching children that there are more than 100 gender identities.
Actress Felicity Huffman on Thursday will become the first parent to be sentenced in the controversial college admission scandal.
Pope Francis will visit Thailand and Japan in November in a visit expected to highlight his call for complete nuclear disarmament and honor the small Catholic communities in each country.
