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Quiet, please: Israeli lawmaker proposes ban on mosque loudspeakers...

Winter solstice is a busy time for a Wiccan priestess. Selena Fox talks winter solstice traditions and why our cold-weather solstice is becoming a hot holiday....

At least 20 people have been killed, including two American soldiers, as protests rage over the apparent accidental burning of Korans at a U.S.-run military installation north of Kabul. Trying to stem the rage, military officials have promised to train...

The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said Tuesday it was filing a discrimination lawsuit against Star Taxi in Orlando on behalf of eight Muslim employees who claim they were denied the right to pray by the  cab company. The...

From Sunday's print column Watching primary election coverage last Tuesday evening, I noticed my fingernails and lips had taken on a bluish cast. I was short of breath, feeling disoriented and suffering from persistent dry mouth. Luckily, my spin doctor.....

According to “Religion in Prisons: A 50-State Survey of Prison Chaplains,” a new survey conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life, state prison chaplains consider religious counseling and other religion-based...

SAN DIEGO - Dozens of tea party members held signs and American flags outside Westview High School in the Poway Unified School District in support of a teacher forced to take down signs with the word "God" from his classroom walls.  “[Brad Johnson]...

A disgruntled former Whole Foods employee in Toronto sent a point-by-point email Friday, lambasting the company's feel-good, earthy ethos, and tearing into the managers -- addressing them directly, one by one. On the Whole Foods website, the company...

What a tragedy that has occurred in Norway, all because someone sees no value in "multiculturalism," a word that is defined also by religious tolerance and racial equality. This makes me reflect upon our own country and some of the racial comments I...

The Community Foundation for the Alleghenies will kick off the AmeriServ Flood City Music Festival with charitable giving Aug. 5. The first 500 people to purchase a ticket on opening night will receive a certificate of equal value for a charity of their...

John Neville Canadian actor and stage director John Neville, 86, a British-born Canadian actor and stage director who played the title role in Terry Gilliam's 1988 film "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" and had a recurring role in "The X-Files" TV...

“This is in reference to downtown stores not doing any business and moving out. Well, I’ll tell you what I think the problem is. The stores are kind of expensive. They’re not for the average person. I mean, look at the downtown when we...