The University of Illinois on Thursday said it had offered a job to an instructor who was fired over a complaint that he engaged in hate speech in his explanation of Catholic church doctrine on homosexuality. more >>
David Cameron defended his stinging criticism of Pakistan last night as he prepared to seek greater co-operation from the country's President in tackling terrorism when he visits Britain next week. more >>
The Yemen summer has seethed with pitched battles and bloodshed, raising fears that the country will tumble into further disarray even as Washington has more than doubled its military and security aid. more >>
A loosely organized protest planned this week over a proposed new mosque in Temecula whose organizers urged demonstrators to bring their dogs was sharply denounced by a Southern California Islamic organization Tuesday. more >>
Nearly four years ago, Luis Gonzalez founded a Spanish-language ministry he calls the Omega Xeneration, or simply TOX. The congregation meets every Sunday at Church of the Beatitudes in Phoenix. more >>
The Lutheran World Federation has chosen Palestinian Bishop Munib A. Younan as its next president, the first Arab to lead the Geneva-based umbrella group for 70 million Lutherans. more >>
By PAUL DAVENPORT and JACQUES BILLEAUD 2010-07-30T22:27:06Z
PHOENIX (AP) -- Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said Friday she is asking legislators to consider whether they should change the state's immigration law in the wake of a judge's ruling blocking enforcement of key parts of it....
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- In a summer of suffering, America's military death toll in Afghanistan is rising, with back-to-back record months for U.S. losses in the grinding conflict. All signs point to more bloodshed in the months ahead, straining the already shaky international support for the war....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Calls for Rep. Charlie Rangel's resignation rained down on Capitol Hill late Friday from House Democrats who said more than a dozen ethics charges against the 20-term lawmaker showed a disregard for the rules and undermined the public's confidence in Congress....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House's rejection of bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by World Trade Center dust has opened a sharp rift between two New York congressmen, Republican Peter King and Democrat Anthony Weiner....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration, unable to push an immigration overhaul through Congress, is considering ways it could go around lawmakers to let undocumented immigrants stay in the United States, according to an agency memo....
By HARRY R. WEBER and GREG BLUESTEIN 2010-07-30T22:08:12Z
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) -- BP's new boss says it's time for a "scaleback" in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Federal officials say there is no way the crude could reach the East Coast. And fishing areas are starting to reopen....
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A prosecutor says former Vice President Al Gore won't be prosecuted over allegations by a masseuse that he groped and assaulted her in his Portland hotel room in 2006....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Fifteen months after saying "I do," reality TV stars Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are headed for divorce. The 23-year-old starlet and plastic surgery devotee filed for divorce Friday in Santa Monica, Calif., citing irreconcilable differences....
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- A cell phone store manager in South Florida dissuaded an armed man from robbing the store by telling him Jesus wouldn't approve. Instead of panicking when the suspect pulled a weapon, Nayara Goncalves started talking with him. He was jobless, and the 20-year-old Christian offered to connect him with friends who could help him find work....
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Yankees are working on a trade to acquire Lance Berkman from the Houston Astros. The deal was gaining momentum Friday and was likely to happen before Saturday's trade deadline, a baseball executive familiar with the discussions said. The executive spoke on condition of anonymity because talks were ongoing....
