Nov 5 2009 2:55AM

The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Maine is thanking voters for repealing the state's gay marriage law. The side that called for a people's veto won with about 53 percent of the vote. Bishop Richard Malone issued a statement thanki

Aug 27 2009 2:41AM

An Oklahoma district attorney has warned pastors to take security precautions in a town where a preacher was brutally killed inside her own church. Prosecutor Bret Burns held a closed-door session with the pastors on Wednesday to talk about the

Jun 23 2009 10:23AM

The student Democratic club at conservative Liberty University can continue as a campus group unofficially. Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. says a new university policy allows the Liberty University College Democrats to be an unofficial club. Th

Jun 19 2009 3:05AM

Southern Baptists are heading for Louisville, Ky., for an annual meeting next week that will seek to reverse the denomination's decline. Southern Baptist churches baptized fewer people in 2008 for the fourth year in a row, and membership in Amer

May 28 2009 3:03AM

The group Americans United for Separation of Church and State wants the Internal Revenue Service to review Liberty University's tax-exempt status because the Christian school revoked its recognition of a student-run Democratic club. Americans Un

May 25 2009 2:34AM

President Barack Obama has proclaimed this Memorial Day "a day of prayer for permanent peace." Obama's White House proclamation says, "As we remember the selfless service of our fallen heroes, we pray for God's grace upon them. We also pray for al

May 23 2009 5:43AM

President Barack Obama says too often recently the U.S. has failed to serve the veterans who have served their country. In his weekly radio and Internet talk, Obama said Memorial Days is all about giving them they support and respect they've earned.

May 23 2009 1:17AM

Retail gasoline prices continued to climb at the start of the Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of America's summer driving season. The national average pump price increased nearly 3 cents to $2.39 a gallon, according to auto club AA

May 23 2009 12:56AM

As it limps toward bankruptcy court, General Motors has borrowed an additional $4 billion from the government. That's on top of the $15.4 billion it had received previously. Meanwhile auto industry experts say sales figures suggest bankruptcy pro

May 22 2009 8:46PM

Some Republican lawmakers and a handful of Democrats are urging the Obama administration to slow down the restructuring of General Motors and Chrysler. They're signaling alarm over the massive cutbacks being required, including lost jobs and closed d

May 22 2009 7:36PM

Liberty University has banned its fledgling College Democrats club, saying the group stands against the conservative Christian school's moral principles. Club president Brian Diaz said he was notified by e-mail last week that the club was being

Apr 30 2009 2:41AM

The House has passed a hate-crimes bill over the objections of conservatives who warn it could criminalize sermons against homosexuality. Hate crimes, as defined by the bill, are those motivated by prejudice and based on someone's race, color, r

Apr 29 2009 2:14PM

An assistant professor at Liberty University in Virginia has died after being hit by a baseball at a neighboring college athletic field. An official says Jeff Taylor Sr. was struck in the lower jaw or neck by a line drive while pitching to a bas

Apr 23 2009 2:41AM

Miss California Carrie Prejean (pray-ZHAHN'), whose support for traditional marriage may have cost her the Miss USA crown, will appear at tonight's Gospel Music Association Dove Awards in Nashville, Tenn. That's according to the Gospel Music Cha

Feb 15 2009 8:45AM

Today in History Today is Tuesday, Feb. 24, the 55th day of 2009. There are 310 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 24, 1868, the House of Representatives impeached President Andrew Johnson following h

Sep 23 2008 3:04PM

In the battleground state of Virginia, Jerry Falwell Junior is getting thousands of students registered to vote at Liberty University, the Christian school his father founded. Falwell, who succeeded his evangelist father as chancellor, believes

May 5 2008 8:45AM

(Following Advance for Use Thursday, May 15th) Today in History Today is Thursday, May 15th, the 136th day of 2008. There are 230 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 15th, 1918, U.S. airmail b

May 4 2008 9:34AM

Today in History Today is Thursday, May 15th, the 136th day of 2008. There are 230 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 15th, 1918, U.S. airmail began service between Washington, D.C., Philadelphi

Mar 29 2008 6:33PM

The wife of the late Rev. Jerry Falwell has written a book recounting the half-century she spent with the Moral Majority founder. Macel (MAY'sell) Falwell's book, "Jerry Falwell: His Life and Legacy," is set for release on May 15 the first anni

Feb 18 2008 9:13AM

Today in History Today is Sunday, February 24th, the 55th day of 2008. There are 311 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On February 24th, 1868, the House of Representatives impeached President Andrew Johnson fol

Feb 17 2008 8:31AM

(Following Advance for Use Sunday, February 24th) Today in History Today is Sunday, February 24th, the 55th day of 2008. There are 311 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On February 24th, 1868, the

Dec 22 2007 12:08AM

A government lawyer is telling a federal court that the Justice Department will try to determine if the CIA violated any court orders by destroying interrogation videotapes. The Bush administration is urging a federal judge to back off while it inv

Dec 21 2007 8:05PM

The Bush administration doesn't have to release a list of White House visitors just yet. A federal judge has agreed to keep the list secret, until an appeals court decides whether the documents are public record. A liberal watchdog group ha

Dec 20 2007 9:43PM

Plans to demolish public housing have touched off scuffles on the streets of New Orleans between police and protesters. City Council members have unanimously endorsed the plans to tear down 4,500 public housing units. Some fear it means the loss of b

Dec 20 2007 6:34PM

The Bush administration is asking a federal judge to hold off forcing the White House to release its visitor logs. A liberal watchdog group is requesting to see records related to visits by nine conservative religious commentators, including Jam

Dec 20 2007 2:55AM

Colorado's New Life Church has held a memorial service for the two teenage sisters slain by a gunman a week ago Sunday. David Works, who was wounded in the shooting, returned to the Colorado Springs church in a wheelchair to attend Wednesday's

Nov 20 2007 2:35AM

President Bush says Americans should thank God this Thanksgiving. Speaking at Berkeley Plantation in Virginia, which bills itself as the site of America's first official Thanksgiving, the president said, "We give thanks to the author of life, wh

Nov 5 2007 6:26PM

A top conservative leader is backing Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination. Paul Weyrich (WY'-rik), who heads the Free Congress Foundation, had once expressed concern about Romney's credentials. But now Weyrich says, "Gover

Oct 9 2007 2:49AM

In Crandon, Wisconsin, where a 20-year-old gunman killed six young people Sunday before being fatally shot himself, a local church has hosted counseling for about 100 people, most of them teens who knew the victims. Praise Chapel Community Churc

Sep 24 2007 2:48AM

Episcopal bishops meeting in New Orleans are crafting their response to fellow Anglicans abroad, who have given the American church until this coming Sunday to pledge not to consecrate another gay bishop or approve an official prayer service for same

Sep 14 2007 2:35AM

A Christian activist who recently visited Iraq says Iraqi Christians will be slaughtered and America will have blood on its hands if U.S. troops are removed too quickly. The Reverend Patrick Mahoney and other members of the Christian Defense Coa

Sep 5 2007 11:13AM

The Reverend D. James Kennedy, the architect of a conservative Christian empire, has died. He was 76. Kennedy cultivated a congregation of 45 people in 1959 into a megachurch that boasts nearly 10,000 members today. He embraced television and ra

Aug 23 2007 2:48AM

A doctor conducting a colonoscopy has found an area of active bleeding in evangelist Billy Graham and treated it with cauterization. Hospital spokeswoman Merrell Gregory says Graham "was alert during the procedure, watching the monitor, talking

Aug 10 2007 10:54PM

Extra counterterrorism precautions are being taken in New York City following what officials are calling an unsubstantiated radiological threat. Officials say they are responding to so-called chatter on the Internet about a truck packed with radioact

Jun 1 2007 2:42AM

The Reverend Billy Graham says the new 27 (m) million-dollar museum honoring his life and ministry is just another "tool" to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The 88-year-old evangelist stood and spoke for seven minutes at yesterday's dedicatio

May 31 2007 8:42PM

The father of an Atlanta man now under quarantine with a dangerous strain of tuberculosis says news accounts of the case are being "blown out of proportion." Ted Speaker says his son Andrew is being portrayed on television as if he were "a terrorist

May 31 2007 8:21PM

A federal judge has refused to release from jail a Liberty University student charged with possessing a bomb the night before the Reverend Jerry Falwell's funeral. Judge Michael Urbanski said there's strong evidence that Mark David Uhl could be

May 31 2007 7:42PM

A federal judge has refused to release from jail a Liberty University student charged with possessing a bomb the night before the Reverend Jerry Falwell's funeral. Judge Michael Urbanski said there's strong evidence that Michael David Uhl could

May 31 2007 2:42AM

At this afternoon's dedication of the new Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, North Carolina, the 88-year-old evangelist is expected to get up and thank an estimated two-thousand guests, including former Presidents George Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy

May 31 2007 2:12AM

It isn't new. But to a bunch of people, it's considered an improved way to buy music. Apple has launched its new version of iTunes one that lets people buy music that doesn't contain copy protection. So far, there's only a fraction of the iTunes lin

May 30 2007 6:03PM

U-S military officials say five American soldiers are among the seven people who died when a helicopter was apparently shot down in southern Afghanistan. A U-S military official says initial reports suggest the helicopter was hit with a rocket-propel

May 30 2007 5:12PM

Since his death two weeks ago, more than 300 items related to the Reverend [[kxtopic:jerry-falwell:t[Jerry Falwell]:t]] have been put up for sale on eBay, including an autographed bobblehead doll of the controversial evangelist dressed in a suit and h

May 29 2007 4:12PM

A Polish official who serves as the watchdog for children's rights had been quoted as saying she'd ask psychologists to find out whether one of the "Teletubbies" on T-V is gay. But today, she's backing away from those comments. She'd been

May 23 2007 3:15AM

The government says Osama bin Laden ordered a top lieutenant in 2005 to form a terrorist cell to conduct attacks on the U-S outside Iraq. President Bush declassified that intelligence to back his argument that the terrorism threat to America is real.

May 23 2007 3:15AM

The Reverend Jerry Falwell has been eulogized by family, friends and fellow preachers in a 90-minute funeral at the church he founded in Lynchburg, Virginia. The Reverend Franklin Graham said Falwell "was a giant of a man, he was a man of faith,

May 22 2007 7:54PM

A new war-funding bill now before Congress is said to include up to eight (b) billion dollars for Democratic domestic priorities but no timetable for troop withdrawal. Backers hope the bill will clear Congress by Friday. WHITE HOUSE (AP) P

May 22 2007 7:24PM

Authorities in Lynchburg, Virginia, say a Liberty University student was arrested after police found homemade bombs in his car. They say the student had told a family member about the bombs and that he planned to attend today's funeral for the R

May 22 2007 5:54PM

The Senate has turned back an early attack on the broad immigration overhaul by keeping alive a temporary worker provision that could bring in as many as 600-thousand foreign workers each year. Senators voted 64-to-31 to reject a proposal to delete t

May 22 2007 4:54PM

Democratic congressional leaders are close to an agreement with the Bush administration on an Iraq war-spending bill. The measure does not include a timeline for U-S troop withdrawal, which Democrats had been seeking. The pricetag comes to about 120

May 22 2007 3:54PM

Democratic congressional leaders are nearing an agreement with the Bush administration on legislation to pay for the Iraq war without setting a timeline for troop withdrawal. Several officials say the bill will cost about 120 (b) billion dollars, i

May 22 2007 2:54PM

The Reverend Jerry Falwell has been eulogized by family, friends and fellow preachers in a 90-minute funeral at the church he founded in Lynchburg, Virginia. The Reverend Franklin Graham said Falwell "was a giant of a man, he was a man of faith,

May 22 2007 1:45PM

The Reverend Jerry Falwell is being remembered by fellow Virginia evangelist Pat Robertson as someone who "stepped on some toes." Thousands are attending his funeral at the church he started in 1956. Other conservative leaders attending incl

May 22 2007 12:54PM

Officials in the Turkish capital of Ankara say at least four people have been killed by a powerful explosion that also injured at least 50 others. Ankara's mayor says authorities believe a bomb caused the explosion in one of the city's busiest commer

May 22 2007 11:54AM

Attacks in Iraq have left dozens of people dead, including 25 killed in a bombing at an outdoor market in Baghdad. Meanwhile, Iraq's prime minister says his country's fight against terrorism will be a "long" one. He's calling for the formation of l

May 22 2007 11:16AM

Thousands of mourners have arrived hours before the funeral for the Reverend Jerry Falwell. Three hours before the ceremony in Lynchburg, Virginia, more than two-thousand people waited outside to pay respects to the man who turned the Moral Majo

May 22 2007 5:54AM

Despite the three-month-old security crackdown in and around Baghdad, at least 25 people have been killed today by a parked car bomb at a packed outdoor market in the Iraqi capital. Another 60 people were wounded in the blast in a mostly Shiite are

May 22 2007 5:24AM

The Reverend Jerry Falwell will be remembered fondly at his funeral today and then laid to rest at the campus of the university he founded. Falwell died at age 73 last Tuesday after collapsing in his office at Liberty University, the school he f

May 22 2007 2:34AM

A new poll suggests that the percentage of Americans who hold Biblical views has fallen to the lowest level in decades. The Barna poll found that two-thirds of Americans still believe that God is "the all-powerful, all-knowing perfect creator of

May 21 2007 2:36AM

Thousands of worshipers have packed the Reverend Jerry Falwell's church in Lynchburg, Virginia, to mourn their senior pastor and greet a horsedrawn hearse carrying his body. At the first Sunday services since the 73-year-old evangelist's death,

May 20 2007 5:45PM

It's a record for gasoline. The Lundberg Survey finds the average nationwide price of self-serve regular has climbed to three dollars, 18 cents a gallon. That's a jump of more than eleven cents over the past two weeks. WASHINGTON (AP) House S

May 20 2007 4:36PM

Thousands of worshipers have packed the Reverend Jerry Falwell's church in Lynchburg, Virginia, to mourn their senior pastor and greet a horsedrawn hearse carrying his body. At the first Sunday services since the 73-year-old evangelist's death,

May 20 2007 5:54AM

Fourteen people have been killed by a suicide bomber in a crowded market in eastern Afghanistan. The bomber, who was on foot, blew himself up today just after a U-S convoy passed by. Officials say another 31 people were wounded. BAGHDAD (AP)

May 19 2007 12:06PM

Some graduates chanted "Jerry! Jerry!" in tribute to Jerry Falwell during today's commencement ceremony at Liberty University. The school founder died four days ago. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich addressed the students. He says they c

May 19 2007 11:54AM

The top U-S commander in Iraq says he thinks he knows who kidnapped three U-S soldiers last weekend and believes at least two of them may be alive. In an interview with the Army Times newspaper General David Petraeus (puh-TRAY'-uhs) describes the man

May 18 2007 3:03AM

Christian missionaries have worked the crowds at past Olympic games, and even though China outlaws what they do, they'll be on the ground next summer in Beijing as well. Christian mission groups from around the world plan to quietly defy the Chi

May 17 2007 12:54PM

A bipartisan group of senators has reached an agreement with the White House on an immigration overhaul to grant quick legal status to (m) millions of illegal immigrants already in the U-S. The deal, which comes after weeks of negotiations, would als

May 17 2007 9:54AM

Public viewing for the late Reverend Jerry Falwell begins today at the Virginia university he founded. The learning center at Liberty University is being used for the viewing. The funeral will be Tuesday in the church he founded, the Thomas Road

May 17 2007 2:36AM

At Liberty University's "Spirit Rock," a large boulder where students often paint words of hope, messages commemorating the victims of the Virginia Tech tragedy have been replaced with messages commemorating the Reverend Jerry Falwell, who died Tuesd

May 16 2007 8:54AM

Enemy mortar rounds have again been able to get into the U-S-controlled Green Zone in Baghdad today. A U-S Embassy spokesman says at least six people were hurt in the second such attack in two days. Also today, a car bombing near a market in a Shiite

May 16 2007 7:45AM

The Reverend Jerry Falwell's funeral is set for next Tuesday at Thomas Road Baptist Church, the 24-thousand member church he founded in Lynchburg, Virginia. Falwell died yesterday at the age of 73. His doctor says he had a heart condition.

May 16 2007 6:24AM

The Reverend Jerry Falwell's funeral is set for next Tuesday at Thomas Road Baptist Church, the 24-thousand member church he founded in Lynchburg, Virginia. Falwell died yesterday at the age of 73. His doctor says he had a heart condition.

May 16 2007 4:45AM

Martin Luther King Junior's eldest child, Yolanda King, has died. She was 51 and died last night in Santa Monica, California. There's no confirmation of the cause, but the King family says it might have been heart trouble. Yolanda King is survived by

May 16 2007 2:54AM

The parents of a soldier missing in Iraq say they hope he's as good at hiding now as he was as a kid. U-S troops continue to search for three missing comrades in Iraq. Al-Qaida claims to have them. CAPITOL HILL (AP) The Senate votes today on

May 16 2007 2:37AM

The Reverend Jerry Falwell, who used his "Old Time Gospel Hour" broadcasts to mold Christian conservatives into a mighty force in American politics, has died at the age of 73. The founder of the Moral Majority, who had a heart condition, was di

May 16 2007 1:57AM

U-S aircraft are dropping leaflets in Iraq, seeking information about three missing U-S soldiers. The Islamic State of Iraq claims to have them, and warns the U-S to stop its intensive search. More than four-thousand troops are searching for the men,

May 16 2007 12:54AM

The Senate is scheduled to vote Wednesday on legislation to require President Bush to begin the "safe, phased withdrawal of U-S forces" from Iraq within 120 days. It's largely a symbolic vote. Sponsor Russ Feingold concedes he doesn't expect the meas

May 16 2007 12:06AM

Evangelist Billy Graham says the death of the Reverend Jerry Falwell "leaves a gigantic vacuum in the evangelical world." And Jesse Jackson says Falwell has "left his footprints in the sands of time." The conservative preacher died Tuesday in Virgini

May 15 2007 10:54PM

The leading Republican presidential contenders have used the second G-O-P debate to highlight their distinctions on key issues including abortion, gun control and tax cuts. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said he ultimately does believe in a woma

May 15 2007 9:54PM

The leading Republican presidential contenders have defended their conservative credentials tonight in the conservative stronghold of South Carolina. Some of those who lag in the polls jabbed at the front-runners. Congressman Tom Tancredo (tan-KRAY'-

May 15 2007 8:54PM

They're at it again. Ten Republican presidential contenders holding their second debate have agreed on the need for lower taxes and vowed to crack down on federal spending. They also pledged to reduce the massive federal bureaucracy. The debate is be