A U.S. judge in Alabama said on Tuesday she will hear arguments later this week on whether to force a local judge to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, a day after officials in most of the state refused to do so in defiance of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Describing the latest measles outbreak as \"alarming,\" Dr. Margaret Hamburg, outgoing commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, said on Tuesday that the measles vaccine \"should be used by everyone who has not been vaccinated.\"
The Kentucky Senate passes abortion bill that is widely received in the Senate. Similar legislature has failed to succeed in the Democratic-led House because of \"duplicitous leadership,\"
As the U.S. Supreme court mulls the matter of legalizing gay marriage across the nation, a new poll suggests the same people who favor the unions may also favor upholding the religious freedoms of wedding industry businesses that wish to turn away same-sex couples due to their faith.
The uber-wealthy Southern Poverty Law Center has developed an \"extremist file\" on world-renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson, grouping the black conservative—and possible presidential candidate—with Ku Klux Klan leaders, white supremacists and neo-Nazis.
Pope Francis, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church and the head of the Vatican City state, is scheduled to speak before the United States Congress on September 24.
The most right-leaning states in the union, averaging 46-49 percent of residents who identified as politically conservative, are Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana, according to a Gallup review of responses by more than 177,000 adults. Not surprisingly, these same states also were among the top ten ...
A 14-year-old boy who fell into an icy lake in Missouri miraculously recovered after his mother said a prayer to the Holy Spirit.
Some 55,000 individuals from the state of Maryland are eligible to apply for the reprieve being planned by President Barack Obama\'s administration for millions of illegal immigrants in the United States.
As more Americans increasingly claim to be \"religiously unaffiliated,\" the question of why has been broadly speculated. A Massachusetts computer scientist claims the answer can be found-- at least in part-- by looking at \"no religious upbringing\" and increased use of the internet.
Marijuana legalization has gained popular support in recent years, but research increasingly shows brain damage and other side effects with casual use. Now, a drug meant to cash in on marijuana\'s medicinal value has flopped in clinical trials meant to prove its pain killing properties for cancer ...
Franklin Graham took to social media to express complete disagreement with President Barack Obama\'s words at this week\'s National Prayer Breakfast.At the Feb. 5 Washington, D.C., event, Obama condemned war, murder and hate crimes \"perpetrated in the name of religion,\" but cautioned Christians ...