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FILE - Members of St. Moses the Black Orthodox Church worship together during service on Nov. 9, 2025, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski, File)

Does frequent worship lead to better mental health? Often, but not always, experts say

7:02 AM on Monday, May 4

There is a long-running discussion about the role that religion can play in enhancing personal well-being and lowering the risk of mental health problems

FILE - President Ronald Reagan prays with National Association of Evangelicals President Arthur Gay, left, following his address to the organization's convention asking for help in winning approval of a constitutional amendment permitting prayer in school in Columbus, Ohio, March 7, 1984. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma, File)

Did the founders create a Christian nation? No, but religion did shape their thinking

9:40 AM on Sunday, May 3

There's long been debate over the intentions of America's founders about the role of religion

FILE - Life-size bronze sculptures of the signers of the U.S. Constitution stand in the Signers' Hall on July 7, 2016, at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz, File)

Did the founders create a Christian nation? No, but religion did shape their thinking

9:03 AM on Sunday, May 3

There’s long been debate over the intentions of America’s founders about the role of religion

A man stands in the water, appearing to fish, as bulk carriers, cargo ships, and service vessels line the horizon in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, April 27, 2026.(Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)

Trump says the US will 'guide' stranded ships from the Strait of Hormuz, starting on Monday

8:09 AM on Sunday, May 3

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced “Project Freedom” to help ships leave the Strait of Hormuz, starting on Monday

Two men walk in London, Thursday, April 30, 2026, near the scene where two people were recently stabbed in the Golders Green neighbourhood, that has a large Jewish community. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Starmer urges tougher action against Gaza protests in UK following antisemitic attacks

7:29 AM on Saturday, May 2

Britain's prime minister has warned tougher action is needed against certain chants at pro-Palestinian protests

Pope Leo XIV holds his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Leo XIV encourages wealthy US Catholics to keep donating

6:29 AM on Saturday, May 2

Pope Leo XIV is encouraging some of the wealthiest U.S. Catholics to keep on giving to support his charitable works

Sanaa Khalil, 35, a Syrian farmer who lost her two legs in the past days by an Israeli airstrike while she was working at a banana plantation, lies on a bed as she is assisted by a relative at a hospital in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Friday, May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Israeli airstrikes kill 7 in southern Lebanon as a Catholic convent is bulldozed

6:29 AM on Saturday, May 2

Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon have killed at least seven people and wounded others

President Donald Trump talks to reporters before he boards Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Saturday May 2, 2026, en route Miami. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

President Trump says he is reviewing a new Iranian proposal to end the war

3:05 AM on Saturday, May 2

President Donald Trump says he is reviewing a new Iranian proposal to end the war but expressed skepticism it would be acceptable

Auxiliary Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala speaks on a panel about immigration at Georgetown University in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

Catholic priest who criticized Trump immigration crackdown named West Virginia bishop

4:06 PM on Friday, May 1

West Virginia's next Catholic bishop was born in El Salvador and has been critical of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump task force report alleges anti-Christian discrimination under Biden administration

3:59 PM on Friday, May 1

A Trump administration task force has alleged discrimination against Christians during Joe Biden's presidency

Shiite cleric killed in grenade attack near Syrian capital of Damascus

1:52 PM on Friday, May 1

A Shiite cleric has been killed near the Syrian capital after assailants hurled a grenade into his car, according to state media

A man stands in the water, appearing to fish, as bulk carriers, cargo ships, and service vessels line the horizon in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, April 27, 2026.(Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)

Trump says he's 'not satisfied' with Iran's proposal to end the war

11:52 AM on Friday, May 1

U.S. President Donald Trump says that he’s “not satisfied” with Iran’s latest proposal in negotiations to end war between the countries

Conrad Fisher laughs during an interview with the Associated Press ahead of his performance at Ragamuffin Hall in McCoysville, Pa., Saturday, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

A converted church in rural Pennsylvania is becoming an incubator for Amish roots music

8:01 AM on Friday, May 1

A converted church in rural central Pennsylvania has become a place where musicians with Amish roots are coming to record music and make videos that are drawing millions of views

Christian pilgrims visit the Cenacle, traditionally believed to be the site of the Last Supper, in Jerusalem, Friday, May 1, 2026, as they walk past the site where a nun was attacked by a man last Wednesday. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israeli police arrest a man suspected of attacking a nun near Jerusalem’s Old City

7:19 AM on Friday, May 1

Israeli police have arrested a 36-year-old man caught on video attacking a nun near Jerusalem's Old City

People look out of a window near the scene where two people were stabbed the previous day in the Golders Green neighbourhood, which has a large Jewish community, in London, Thursday, April 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Man jailed after being charged with attempted murder in stabbings of Jewish men in London

2:11 AM on Friday, May 1

A 45-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder in the stabbings of two Jewish men in London

Iraqi trucks loaded with oil wait to drive toward the Baniyas oil refinery along a highway in Tartus Governorate, western Syria, Friday, May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

War-battered Syria now sells itself as a safe corridor amid regional conflict

1:04 AM on Friday, May 1

Syria was once a battleground, enduring 14 years of civil war

Adam Hamilton, a Methodist mega-church pastor from Kansas, talks to voters as he wraps up a U.S. Senate listening tour on Saturday, April 18, 2026, at Limitless Brewing in Lenexa, Kansas. (AP Photo/Heather Hollingsworth)

The pastor of the nation’s largest Methodist church is running for the US Senate in Kansas

11:05 AM on Thursday, April 30

The pastor of the largest United Methodist Church in the U.S. has launched a campaign for the Democratic nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in Kansas

A woman holds up pictures of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, left, and his father, the slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a state-organised rally celebrating the birthday of Imam Reza, the 8th Shiite Muslims' Imam, and supporting the supreme leader, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran’s supreme leader vows to protect nuclear and missile capabilities

6:45 AM on Thursday, April 30

Iran's supreme leader says the Islamic Republic will protect its nuclear and missile capabilities as a national asset

Protesters hold posters near the scene where two people were stabbed yesterday in the Golders Green neighbourhood, that has a large Jewish community, in London, Thursday, April 30, 2026.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

UK raises national terror threat level after the stabbing of 2 Jewish men

4:36 AM on Thursday, April 30

The British government has declared antisemitism in the U.K. an emergency and announced plans to spend millions on increasing security around Jewish sites

Taylor Frankie Paul appears in Third District Court for a hearing regarding protective orders between her and her former partner Dakota Mortensen in Salt Lake City, Thursday, April 30, 2026. (Bethany Baker/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool)

‘Mormon Wives’ star Taylor Frankie Paul and ex-partner ordered to stay 100 feet apart

12:04 AM on Thursday, April 30

Taylor Frankie Paul, a reality TV star from “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” and the father of her 2-year-old son were ordered Thursday to stay 100 feet (30 meters) away from each other for the next three years as a Utah court commissioner continues to assess custody plans for the child

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