IRVING, Texas — The Big 12 Conference has fined UCF $100,000 for fans’ derogatory chants aimed at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at last weekend’s football game against BYU. The league also announced Wednesday it has established a conference-wide policy with “escalating consequences for discriminatory conduct” that it says “has no place
NEW YORK — A New York woman whose father took her to Syria as a teenager and arranged her marriage to an Islamic State fighter was convicted Tuesday of receiving weapons training from the militant group. Prosecutors said Halima Salman, a U.S. citizen, pledged loyalty to the extremist group and willingly participated in its activities.
The Archdiocese of New York and attorneys for about 1,300 parishioners who said they were sexually abused by clergy have agreed to an $800 million settlement of their legal claims, the second-largest involving a Catholic archdiocese in the U.S. Archbishop Ronald Hicks sent an email Saturday to clergy confirming the settlement after attorneys for the
JERUSALEM — Jordanian government spokesperson says 6 killed, 28 wounded in church shooting in Karak. THIS IS AN APNewsAlert. Check back for updates. AP’s earlier story is below. Gunmen opened fire inside a church in Jordan on Friday, causing a number of deaths and injuries, the kingdom’s law enforcement agency said. Authorities didn’t immediately provide
HURST, Texas — Keith Castello spends a lot of time praying about available real estate. Driving in his white pickup under a glaring Texas sun, the classical Christian school administrator points out empty office parks, a shopping mall, and an old church — all locations he is scouting for new Christian schools. Demand is booming,
MINNEAPOLIS — An 18-year-old from Minnesota who prosecutors say planned a terror attack at the Mall of America and who was arrested after buying an AK-47 from an undercover FBI employee must remain in custody, a federal judge ruled Monday. Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, an American-born U.S. citizen of Somali descent, won’t be released because he’s
