1+ hour, 36+ min ago  (382+ words) The 20-year-old man was one of three masked offenders who broke into the Adass Israel Synagogue, doused the interior with flammable liquid then set it alight in the early hours of Dec. 6, 2024, a police statement alleged. The fire caused extensive…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago  (432+ words) Sarsour, a Palestinian-born legal permanent resident of the United States, was taken into custody by U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on March 30. The government has claimed he is a foreign policy threat, but Sarsour's attorneys say he was actually targeted…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (470+ words) Attorneys for the president of Wisconsin's largest mosque say he is being denied basic medical care for diabetes and has lost 30 pounds (14 kilograms) in the two months since he was detained by immigration officers. Salah Sarsour, a Palestinian-born legal permanent…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (254+ words) St. Paul City Attorney Irene Kao said in a statement that "current evidence is insufficient to meet that standard for criminal charges under Minnesota state statutes," a determination heavily criticized by the lead pastor at Cities Church, where the protest…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago  (237+ words) Shi Yongxin, whose original name is Liu Yingcheng, was also fined 3. 5 million yuan (about $516, 000) by the court in central Henan province after a trial. The court said Shi's crimes involved huge amounts, his bribery offenses were particularly serious and his…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (488+ words) Rayann El Houli, 34, was arrested at her Melbourne home eight months after she returned to Australia via Lebanon with her children and another woman, police and her lawyer said. The arrest came two days after seven women and 12 children linked…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (259+ words) (RNS) " Liberty University has largely moved on from the scandal-ridden era of former president Jerry Falwell Jr. However, his family appears to have not." That contract would become void if the younger Falwell were fired for cause. Otherwise, the school…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (315+ words) The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion was created in response to two gunmen allegedly inspired by the Islamic State group slaying 15 people at a Sydney Hanukkah celebration in December. Royal commissions are Australia's highest form of public inquiry....

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (594+ words) (RNS) " A federal judge rejected a settlement that would have lifted an IRS ban on pastors endorsing candidates, saying the court had no authority to approve an agreement, in a surprising end to a decades-long battle." In dismissing the case…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (627+ words) (RNS) " A group of leaders in the Church of God in Christ have been accused in a lawsuit of defrauding a major pharmaceutical company out of more than $200 million in rebates for diabetes drugs. In a complaint filed Tuesday (May…...