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Backlash over Common Core extends to US Catholic schools

The backlash against standardized testing is rippling through some Roman Catholic schools as they balance the college-driven Common Core learning standards with spiritual goals. The...

Episcopal Church elects first Black presiding bishop

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Episcopal Church has elected its first African-American presiding bishop. North Carolina Bishop Michael Curry was elected as the denomination's...

Obama remembers Joe Biden's son for living 'life of meaning'

 WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Mourning a loss that touched people on Delaware street corners and far beyond, President Barack Obama on Saturday remembered Beau...

Castro's daughter sponsors blessing of Cuban gay couples

HAVANA (AP) _ The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro sponsored a blessing ceremony Saturday for gay couples on an island where gay marriage...

Misguided U.S. foreign policy fueled terrorism

They were young and largely impoverished. To find work, they had migrated from their native Egypt to a mid-coastal city in Libya, an unstable...

Faith offers valuable connection for Southern Dems

ATLANTA (AP) — Jason Carter, former President Jimmy Carter's grandson, stepped into the pulpit of South Columbus United Methodist Church for a Palm Sunday...

Abducted Nigerian girl scared to go back to school

BAUCHI, Nigeria (AP) — One of the teenagers who escaped from Islamic extremists who abducted more than 300 schoolgirls says the kidnapping was "too...

Nigeria film encounters roadblock in Nigeria

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The film stars an Oscar nominee, is set in Nigeria during a civil war, is based on an award-winning novel...

High court ruling favors prayer at council meeting

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prayers that open town council meetings do not violate the Constitution even if they routinely stress Christianity, a divided Supreme Court...

Racist Nevada rancher's neighbors weary of attention

BUNKERVILLE, Nev. (AP) - American flags flap in the wind on the two-lane state highway to Cliven Bundy's ranch. Along the roadside, self-described militia...

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