Actor Harrison Ford suffered moderate injuries after he crashed a single-engine vintage aircraft he was flying at a golf course in Venice, California on Thursday.
The U.S. Supreme Court has found itself sharply divided on ideological lines as it tackled a second major challenge to President Obama's healthcare law.
A Pakistani man was found guilty by a federal jury in Brooklyn, New York, on Wednesday of conspiring with al-Qaeda to commit attacks in the U.S. and Britain.
Archaeologists recently claimed that a house in Nazareth in Israel was where Jesus was raised by Mary and Joseph.
Eighteen jurors – 10 women and eight men – have been selected to decide the fate of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev who is facing 30 charges in a Boston court in connection with the case. Six of those selected will serve as alternate jurors.
An Ohio judged has reduced the sentences imposed on eight members of an Amish sect who cut off the beards and hair of fellow members in 2011.
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against a man charged in court for killing three Muslim students in North Carolina.
A young woman was beaten and burned alive by an irate crowd at a market in Bauchi, Nigeria, on Sunday after she refused to be bodily searched, prompting people to suspect that she was a suicide bomber.
A pastor's wife in Lisbon, North Dakota, has been punished and fined $150 for praying too loud on sidewalks.
Ebola survivor Nancy Writebol and her husband David have decided to go back to Liberia to resume their missionary work.
The U.S. Senate on Monday voted to block negotiations with the House of Representatives on funding the Department of Homeland Security, leaving few options for House Speaker John Boehner as another midnight Friday deadline loomed.
Nearly two-thirds of churchgoers failed a test measuring their knowledge of the Bible, highlighting widespread gaps in biblical literacy, according to a report published Tuesday by Lifeway Research. The assessment used a traditional grading system ranging from A (90 and above) to F (below 60). The average score was 51, with 65% receiving an F, 9% a D, 9% a C, 8% a B and 9% an A.
Democratic Texas state Rep. James Talarico drew comparisons between himself and the biblical figures of David and Jesus in a victory speech Tuesday after defeating Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the state's U.S. Senate election. “I'm reminded of that story from Scripture of a shepherd boy who goes up against a giant,” Talarico told supporters in Austin shortly before midnight.
WNBA player Sophie Cunningham, who drew national media attention this season for objecting to male trans-identified athletes in women's sports, reflected on her faith journey on an episode of Theo Von's podcast, saying she believes a revival is happening.
More than two-thirds of American teenagers say they would feel comfortable seeking guidance from Jesus about their identity, although parents and friends remain their preferred sources of advice, according to new research from Barna. Mothers emerged as the most trusted source of guidance, with 84% of teenagers expressing comfort in discussing identity-related questions with them.
A North Carolina county has argued that its legal battle with former Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear’s The Summit Church over a proposed campus expansion centers on the limits of federal court authority rather than allegations of religious discrimination.