Two strong earthquakes jolted northern Japan on Tuesday, with the first one placed at 6.9 magnitude causing a small tsunami that did not cause any damages but nevertheless triggered evacuation warnings in towns along the coast.
Republican House Speaker John Boehner blamed Democrats for the impending shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, saying they're "standing in the way" of the funding bill that is hanging in the Senate.
Egypt unleashed its fury on Islamic State militants, sending its warplanes to bomb ISIS targets inside Libya on Monday, a day after the terrorist group released a video showed the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians there.
Danish police on Sunday shot and killed a man suspected of killing two people and wounding five police officers in a cafe and synagogue in Copenhagen in attacks reminiscent of the ones staged in Paris last month, including the attack on the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, authorities said.
An unemployed mother who came forward to say that she's one of the three winners of North Carolina's $564-million Powerball jackpot is sharing her blessing by donating money to her church.
Esteemed New York Times columnist David Carr, who died unexpectedly on Thursday night, had lung cancer, and died of complications from the disease, the results of an autopsy released Saturday evening showed.
Amanda Knox – the former U.S. student who caught the world's attention when she was convicted in Italy over the murder of her British roommate in 2007, imprisoned for four years, acquitted, and then convicted again by a higher court in Italy in January 2014 – is set to get married to a musician.
Immigration activists reportedly held protest rallies in the Capitol Hill offices of 35 "hard-line" Republican lawmakers on Thursday, blasting them for their "ceaseless attacks on hardworking immigrant families."
A civil rights group has apologized to book author and retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson – a popular public figure rumored to be gunning for a Republican presidential nomination – after it denounced him for his "extremist" views on marriage and American politics.
House Speaker John Boehner told Senate Democrats to "go off their ass" and vote for the Department of Homeland Security funding bill that withholds budget to President Obama's immigration reforms.
A 46-year-old man was charged with first degree murder for shooting to death three Muslim American students in Chapel Hill town in North Carolina on Tuesday.
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.