Following Mattis: More in the GOP frown on Trump’s tone
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s inability to unify the nation at a time of grave unrest is testing his uneasy alliance with mainstream Republica...
Brooklyn bishop accused by second man of sex abuse
NEW YORK — The Roman Catholic bishop of Brooklyn, already under a church investigation for alleged sex abuse, has been accused by a second man of abus...
Review: Dion gets distinguished help on rocking blues album
Dion, “Blues with Friends” (Keeping the Blues Alive Records)
Review: New novel explores race, identity, belonging
“The Vanishing Half,” by Brit Bennett (Riverhead)
Man gets 10-month sentence for threatening Muslim politician
A North Carolina man was sentenced Tuesday to 10 months in prison for anonymously threatening on social media to lynch a Muslim-American man who ran f...
The Latest: Police say 4 officers shot in St. Louis protests
The Latest on the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer pressed a knee on his nec...
The Latest: South Korea reports 38 new cases of COVID-19
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with e...
Review: ‘The Book of Rosy’ is one woman’s tale at the border
“The Book of Rosy: A Mother’s Story of Separation at the Border,” by Rosayra Pablo Cruz and Julie Schwietert Collazo (HarperOne)
South Africa eases; liquor is sold, school openings delayed
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Many South Africans spent their Monday morning lining up outside liquor stores, as alcohol sales were allowed again after a ...
The Latest: One dead in Indianapolis shootings amid protests
The Latest on the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer pressed a knee on his nec...
Papal ping-pong? Vatican opens summer camp amid virus
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican is getting into the summer camp business, with ping pong tables taking over the Vatican auditorium, a giant pool in the Vat...
New USAID adviser sparks furor over past anti-Islam comments
NEW YORK — Some Muslim American groups are calling for the dismissal of a newly appointed religious freedom adviser for the U.S. Agency for Internatio...
Asia Today: Indonesians return to mosques, at a distance
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Muslims in some parts of Indonesia attended Friday prayers as mosques closed by the coronavirus for weeks were allowed to start r...
Sitcom casts to do virtual reading for Asian Heritage Month
The casts of “Fresh Off the Boat” and “Kim's Convenience” are partnering for one night for charity.
The Latest: India surpasses 150,000 virus cases
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and pe...
William Small, ‘hero to journalism’ at CBS, NBC, dies at 93
NEW YORK — Longtime broadcast news executive William J. Small, who led CBS News' Washington coverage during the civil rights movement, Vietnam War and...
Out of the Woods: Tiger emerges for TV match with Lefty, QBs
The purpose is to raise $10 million or more for COVID-19 relief efforts, and provide entertainment with four of the biggest stars from the PGA Tour an...
Review: ‘Sunny Days’ tells of beginnings of ‘Sesame Street’
In “Sunny Days: The Children’s Television Revolution That Changed America,” journalist David Kamp takes readers on a fascinating journey through the d...
Jazz competition for high school students goes virtual
NEW YORK — The coronavirus pandemic has altered the annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival, but it will still g...
Genetics expert Francis Collins wins major religion prize
Physician and geneticist Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health since 2009, has been awarded one of the world’s leading religi...
Pandemic will alter Communion rituals for many US Christians
NEW YORK — Holy Communion will have a different look when in-person worship services resume at the end of May in the Catholic Diocese of Knoxville, Te...
Vatican ties virus rethink to pope’s environmental appeal
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican is marking the 5th anniversary of Pope Francis’ environmental encyclical by calling for the world to map out a sustainable ...
Online English classes revive ties severed by war in Syria
BEIRUT — Who got married? Who had a baby? Have we lost anyone?
Keith Urban hosts drive-in concert for medical workers
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country star Keith Urban is used to playing massive stages full of lights, speakers and screens in front of tens of thousands of sc...
The Latest: S.Korea: Rules stay relaxed despite virus spike
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and pe...
Trump ‘not sure we even have a choice’ on reopening states
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was continuing his push to get states reopened as he praised another Republican governor for rolling back state co...
Virginia defends coronavirus restrictions in church lawsuit
RICHMOND, Va. — An attempt by a Virginia church to prevent the state from barring gatherings of more than 10 people “would seriously undermine” the st...
HGTV, Food Network helped by coronavirus stay-at-homes
NEW YORK — Americans stuck at home staring at fading furniture and wondering what to cook for dinner have been a boon for television networks like HGT...
Court overturns Quincy Jones’ win in Michael Jackson lawsuit
LOS ANGELES — A California appeals court on Tuesday overturned most of a 2017 jury verdict awarding Quincy Jones $9.4 million in royalties and fees fr...
HBO doc puts spotlight on Natalie Wood’s life, not her death
LOS ANGELES — The fate of “ Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind ” hung on a Robert Wagner interview. Director Laurent Bouzereau knew that it would be a ...