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  • Friday, June 7 2013 12:40 PM EDT2013-06-07 16:40:41 GMT
    Nearly a year after a Region 8 church was vandalized, investigators have a suspect in custody. Last July someone broke into and trashed the Old Arkana Church, 10919 Highway 201 South. Click here for
    Investigators have arrested a 15-year-old suspect accused of breaking into and trashing a Region 8 church last year.
  • Thursday, June 6 2013 6:15 PM EDT2013-06-06 22:15:13 GMT
    A lawsuit challenging Arkansas' new law banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy has been assigned to a new federal judge.
    NEW DETAILS: A federal judge says an anti-abortion counseling group can't help defend an Arkansas law that bans the procedure 12 weeks into a woman's pregnancy.
  • Thursday, June 6 2013 12:07 PM EDT2013-06-06 16:07:37 GMT
    A southwest Missouri church that is more than 100 years old will have its last service this Sunday.
    A southwest Missouri church that is more than 100 years old will have its last service this Sunday.
  • By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer In suburban Atlanta, northern Idaho and a number of other places, churches have moved swiftly to sever ties with the Boy Scouts of America in protest over the vote...
    By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer In suburban Atlanta, northern Idaho and a number of other places, churches have moved swiftly to sever ties with the Boy Scouts of America in protest over the vote last...
  • Wednesday, June 5 2013 9:04 AM EDT2013-06-05 13:04:09 GMT
    MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Charice Pempengco, a Filipino singer who played an exchange student in "Glee," says she's a lesbian and has apologized to her family in an emotional TV interview. The 21-year-old
    Charice Pempengco, a Filipino singer who played an exchange student in "Glee," says she's a lesbian and has apologized to her family in an emotional TV interview.
  • Wednesday, June 5 2013 9:01 AM EDT2013-06-05 13:01:56 GMT
    MIAMI (AP) - Florida officials are assuring a federal judge and the U.S. Department of Justice that a kosher diet alternative will be offered in all state prisons by the end of this year. A Florida Department
    Florida officials are assuring a federal judge and the U.S. Department of Justice that a kosher diet alternative will be offered in all state prisons by the end of this year.
  • Wednesday, June 5 2013 8:59 AM EDT2013-06-05 12:59:37 GMT
    COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio State University President Gordon Gee is retiring following the revelation of recorded remarks in which he criticized Notre Dame, Roman Catholics and the Southeastern Conference. The
    Ohio State University President Gordon Gee is retiring following the revelation of recorded remarks in which he criticized Notre Dame, Roman Catholics and the Southeastern Conference.
  • Wednesday, June 5 2013 8:57 AM EDT2013-06-05 12:57:48 GMT
    LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. (AP) - A humanist group is suing a California city for funding a monument depicting a soldier kneeling at a cross. The Riverside Press-Enterprise says the American Humanist Association
    A humanist group is suing a California city for funding a monument depicting a soldier kneeling at a cross.
  • Wednesday, June 5 2013 8:53 AM EDT2013-06-05 12:53:32 GMT
    COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - An Idaho church has decided to end its charter of a Boy Scout Troop because of the national organization's recent decision to lift its ban on openly gay youth. The Spokesman-Review
    An Idaho church has decided to end its charter of a Boy Scout Troop because of the national organization's recent decision to lift its ban on openly gay youth.
  • Wednesday, June 5 2013 8:46 AM EDT2013-06-05 12:46:56 GMT
    CINCINNATI (AP) - The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati is expected to appeal a verdict that it discriminated against a computer teacher who was fired after becoming pregnant via artificial insemination. The
    The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati is expected to appeal a verdict that it discriminated against a computer teacher who was fired after becoming pregnant via artificial insemination.
  • Wednesday, June 5 2013 8:41 AM EDT2013-06-05 12:41:48 GMT
    FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - An Army psychiatrist charged with gunning down Fort Hood soldiers says his defense will show that he was compelled to do so because deploying U.S. troops posed an imminent danger
    An Army psychiatrist charged with gunning down Fort Hood soldiers says his defense will show that he was compelled to do so because deploying U.S. troops posed an imminent danger to Taliban fighters.
  • Wednesday, June 5 2013 8:39 AM EDT2013-06-05 12:39:51 GMT
    WASHINGTON (AP) - A Hindu swami from Hawaii has prayed for "the Lord Supreme" to bless the U.S. House of Representatives. Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami traveled almost 5,000 miles to Washington to deliver
    A Hindu swami from Hawaii has prayed for "the Lord Supreme" to bless the U.S. House of Representatives.
  • Wednesday, June 5 2013 8:20 AM EDT2013-06-05 12:20:04 GMT
    WASHINGTON (AP) - Leaders of conservative groups have told Congress they were abused by the Internal Revenue Service for years as they sought tax-exempt status, including questions an anti-abortion group
    Leaders of conservative groups have told Congress they were abused by the Internal Revenue Service for years as they sought tax-exempt status, including questions an anti-abortion group said it got about prayer meetings outside Planned Parenthood.
  • Tuesday, June 4 2013 4:35 PM EDT2013-06-04 20:35:22 GMT
    MONETTE, AR (KAIT) – A minister facing sexual assault charges appeared in a Craighead County courtroom Friday. According to the Craighead County Prosecutor's Office, Charles Hughes had his case continued
    NEW INFORMATION: A former Region 8 minister appears in court on charges of sexual assault in the 1st degree, obstructing governmental operation and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
  • Tuesday, June 4 2013 8:59 AM EDT2013-06-04 12:59:31 GMT
    PRAGUE (AP) - The Czech Republic's highest court has upheld a government plan to pay billions of dollars to religious groups in compensation for property the country's former Communist regime seized from
    The Czech Republic's highest court has upheld a government plan to pay billions of dollars to religious groups in compensation for property the country's former Communist regime seized from them.
  • Tuesday, June 4 2013 8:58 AM EDT2013-06-04 12:58:10 GMT
    McKINNEY, Texas (AP) - A North Texas mosque has been hit by about two dozen paintballs in a weekend incident that some Muslim leaders want treated as a possible hate crime. McKinney police Sgt. Chad Barker
    A North Texas mosque has been hit by about two dozen paintballs in a weekend incident that some Muslim leaders want treated as a possible hate crime.
  • Tuesday, June 4 2013 8:56 AM EDT2013-06-04 12:56:12 GMT
    FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood rampage has hinted that he'll try to justify the attack, revealing for the first time his defense strategy after a military
    The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood rampage has hinted that he'll try to justify the attack, revealing for the first time his defense strategy after a military judge said he could represent himself - and question the soldiers he is accused of shooting - during his upcoming trial.
  • Tuesday, June 4 2013 8:52 AM EDT2013-06-04 12:52:19 GMT
    LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) - Conservative Amish groups have larger families than other Amish and their children are far less likely to leave the church according to a book on the distinctive religious group being
    Conservative Amish groups have larger families than other Amish and their children are far less likely to leave the church according to a book on the distinctive religious group being published this week.
  • Tuesday, June 4 2013 8:49 AM EDT2013-06-04 12:49:31 GMT
    COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The president of Ohio State University has withdrawn as commencement speaker for a Catholic high school after being reprimanded for mocking Notre Dame, Roman Catholics and the Southeastern
    The president of Ohio State University has withdrawn as commencement speaker for a Catholic high school after being reprimanded for mocking Notre Dame, Roman Catholics and the Southeastern Conference in comments to the university's Athletic Council in December.
  • Tuesday, June 4 2013 8:47 AM EDT2013-06-04 12:47:33 GMT
    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A federal judge has given a Catholic diocese in northern Indiana permission to keep some records under seal as lawyers prepare for a possible trial over a former teacher's claim that
    A federal judge has given a Catholic diocese in northern Indiana permission to keep some records under seal as lawyers prepare for a possible trial over a former teacher's claim that she was fired because she had in vitro fertilization.
  • Tuesday, June 4 2013 8:43 AM EDT2013-06-04 12:43:49 GMT
    CINCINNATI (AP) - A jury has sided with a teacher who sued a Catholic archdiocese in Ohio, saying it violated anti-discrimination laws by firing her after she became pregnant via artificial insemination. The
    A jury has sided with a teacher who sued a Catholic archdiocese in Ohio, saying it violated anti-discrimination laws by firing her after she became pregnant via artificial insemination.
  • Tuesday, June 4 2013 8:39 AM EDT2013-06-04 12:39:10 GMT
    WASHINGTON (AP) - A leader of the June 4, 1989, pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square says Beijing's bloody crackdown drove her into exile and ultimately to faith that China's hope is in Jesus Christ. Chai
    A leader of the June 4, 1989, pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square says Beijing's bloody crackdown drove her into exile and ultimately to faith that China's hope is in Jesus Christ.
  • Sunday, June 2 2013 9:51 PM EDT2013-06-03 01:51:19 GMT
    ARMOREL, AR (KAIT) – People in Region 8 are coordinating another donation drive to help the tornado victims in Oklahoma. The Armorel Volunteer Fire Department, Armorel Planting Company, and several local
    The Armorel Volunteer Fire Department, Armorel Planting Company, and several local churches are planning a donation drive that will start Tuesday, June 4.
  • Sunday, June 2 2013 7:42 PM EDT2013-06-02 23:42:27 GMT
    A comedian has raised more than $100,000 for a victim of the Moore, OK tornado to prove that atheists can take care of each other, too.
    A comedian has raised more than $100,000 for a victim of the Moore, OK tornado to prove that atheists can take care of each other, too.
  • Friday, May 31 2013 9:43 AM EDT2013-05-31 13:43:18 GMT
    ASSIUT, Egypt (AP) - Two crime cases in southern Egypt illustrate the tensions surrounding religious conversions in Egyptian society. In one case, an Egyptian Christian man stabbed his wife after she
    Two crime cases in southern Egypt illustrate the tensions surrounding religious conversions in Egyptian society.
  • Friday, May 31 2013 9:40 AM EDT2013-05-31 13:40:41 GMT
    FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - A transient has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and elder abuse charges in connection with an attack on an 82-year-old Sikh man outside a Sikh temple in Fresno, Calif. The
    A transient has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and elder abuse charges in connection with an attack on an 82-year-old Sikh man outside a Sikh temple in Fresno, Calif.
  • Friday, May 31 2013 9:09 AM EDT2013-05-31 13:09:48 GMT
    LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) - A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to charges he robbed and assaulted three elderly Mennonite sisters. The Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era reports that 24-year-old Dereck
    A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to charges he robbed and assaulted three elderly Mennonite sisters.
  • Friday, May 31 2013 9:07 AM EDT2013-05-31 13:07:34 GMT
    PENNDEL, Pa. (AP) - Police say a woman has confessed to stealing cookies from a Catholic church outside Philadelphia. The Bucks County Courier Times reports the 51-year-old suspect confessed to Penndel's
    Police say a woman has confessed to stealing cookies from a Catholic church outside Philadelphia.
  • Friday, May 31 2013 9:05 AM EDT2013-05-31 13:05:41 GMT
    COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio State's president told a university committee in December that Notre Dame wasn't invited to join the Big Ten because they're not good partners, and joked that Catholics can't
    Ohio State's president told a university committee in December that Notre Dame wasn't invited to join the Big Ten because they're not good partners, and joked that Catholics can't be trusted.
  • Friday, May 31 2013 9:03 AM EDT2013-05-31 13:03:46 GMT
    CHICAGO (AP) - The Rev. Andrew Greeley, an outspoken Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and newspaper columnist whose career spanned five decades, has died. He was 85. His longtime publicist,
    The Rev. Andrew Greeley, an outspoken Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and newspaper columnist whose career spanned five decades, has died. He was 85.