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In a growing consensus, religious leaders at the forefront of the anti-abortion movement in the United States are telling their followers that the leading vaccines available to combat COVID-19 are acceptable to take, given their remote and indirect connection to lines of cells derived from aborted fetuses.
ATLANTA (AP) — For decades, the red-bricked Gothic Revival church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once preached has been a monument to the history of Black Americans' fight for civil rights and the legacy of an activist icon.
There are both firm convictions and uneasy feelings in church pews as Alabama's U.S. Senate race winds down. At Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church, pastor Arthur Price told the mostly black congregation the election is too important to skip. White worshippers at Montgomery's Perry Hill Baptist Church say they're sticking with Roy Moore and don't believe sexual misconduct allegations against him. At Ashland Place United Methodist Church in Mobile, the mood among worshippers is frustration.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming church is ending a 33-year Thanksgiving Day tradition.
Wylie Rudasill homesteaded vast swaths of Tucson in his day.
A 1950s church school building near downtown is getting a new life as a corporate headquarters.
FOREST HILL, Texas — A North Texas pastor died after a man drove his car into the church and attacked the pastor with an electric guitar, auth…
If you're ready to celebrate all things red, white and blue, you can do so Sunday evening at Corona de Tucson Baptist Church.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A tiny all-white Appalachian church in rural Kentucky has voted to ban interracial couples from joining its flock, pitting m…
Noted concert violinist and new Tucson Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster Aaron Boyd will make his Oro Valley debut as part of the Southern Ariz…
Many events offer discounted tickets for students, seniors, military and others. Call venue for details.
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — The Pacific-10 has suspended a game official for missing a facemask call in Saturday's game between Southern California…
Today is the final day for Tucson Meet Yourself, an annual free festival that showcases Tucson's diversity.
The American Red Cross will be seeking blood donors at these times and places next week. To schedule an appointment, call 1-800-448-3543.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Convicted sex offender James Nichols said he was trying to better himself by going to church. But the police who arrested him …
The American Red Cross will be seeking blood donors at these times and places next week. To schedule an appointment, call 1-800-448-3543.
GEORGETOWN, S.C. — As federal investigators looked for witnesses to the crash of a medical helicopter, funeral services were set Monday for tw…
TYLER, Texas — A special-education teacher who had a passion for music was fatally stabbed Wednesday morning in a Texas high school classroom,…
