Nonreligious struggle to find their voice and place in Indian society and politics
By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press CHENNAI, India (AP) — Despite India’s millennia-old history of nonreligious movements, most atheists and…
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Israel is perennially swept up in religious conflict. Yet many of its citizens are secular
By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press MEVASSERET ZION, Israel (AP) — Israel is a nation perennially swept up in religious fervor and conflict. And yet,…
Continue ReadingFearing ostracism or worse, many nonbelievers hide their views in the Middle East and North Africa
By MARIAM FAM Associated Press There’s the Tunisian woman who fasts during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, though not for God. The Iraqi woman…
Continue ReadingMaryland Supreme Court weighs victims’ rights in case of Adnan Syed from ‘Serial’ podcast
By BRIAN WITTE and LEA SKENE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland Supreme Court is scrutinizing the outcome of a hearing that…
Continue ReadingAlaskans get a $1,312 oil dividend check this year. The political cost of the benefit is high
By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Nearly every Alaskan will receive a $1,312 check starting this week, their annual share from…
Continue ReadingAn atheist in northern Nigeria was arrested. Then the attacks against the others worsened
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press KANO, Nigeria (AP) — When the megaphone called out for the daily Islamic prayers, the nonbeliever grabbed his…
Continue Reading‘Prophet of Doom’ who wounded 10 in New York City subway shooting is sentenced to life in prison
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man who sprayed a New York City subway car with bullets during rush…
Continue ReadingNearly 80% of Italians say they are Catholic. But few regularly go to church
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press ISOLA DEL GRAN SASSO, Italy (AP) — Two children scribbled petitions to St. Gabriele dell’Addolorata…
Continue ReadingGlacial lake bursts in India leaving 100 missing and 19 dead
By Helen Regan, Akanksha Sharma and Sania Farooqui, CNN (CNN) — More than 100 people are missing in India’s northeast after heavy rain caused…
Continue ReadingAdvocate, artist, grandmother: National leaders and family gather to honor Feinstein’s legacy
By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and other national leaders praised the late U.S. Sen. Dianne…
Continue ReadingKevin McCarthy’s ouster as House speaker could cost the GOP its best fundraiser heading into 2024
By WILL WEISSERT and BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Kevin McCarthy spent years raising mountains of Republican campaign cash,…
Continue ReadingIn the pope’s homeland, more Argentines are seeking spiritual answers beyond the church
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and NATACHA PISARENKO Associated Press CAPILLA DEL MONTE, Argentina (AP) — In the pope’s homeland, there’s a woman who…
Continue ReadingHighlights from AP-NORC poll about the religiously unaffiliated in the US
By PETER SMITH Associated Press Thirty percent of Americans don’t identify with a religious group — but not all of them are atheists or…
Continue ReadingFrom cradle to casket, life for Italians changes as Catholic faith loses relevance
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press ISOLA DEL GRAN SASSO, Italy (AP) — In small towns like this mountain one a couple of hours east of…
Continue ReadingQ&A: Jose Mujica on Uruguay’s secular history, religion, atheism and the global rise of the ‘nones’
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and NATACHA PISARENKO Associated Press MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — In Uruguay, a nation of some 3.3 million people, more than…
Continue ReadingPhilippine boats breach a Chinese coast guard blockade in a faceoff near a disputed shoal
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Two Philippine supply boats have breached a Chinese coast guard blockade in the South…
Continue ReadingFukushima nuclear plant starts 2nd release of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant says it has begun releasing a second batch of…
Continue ReadingJapan lifts a tsunami advisory issued after an earthquake hit near its outlying islands
TOKYO (AP) — Japan issued a tsunami advisory after a strong earthquake struck near its outlying islands in the Pacific Ocean, but lifted it about…
Continue ReadingSeptember sizzled to records and was so much warmer than average scientists call it ‘mind-blowing’
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer After a summer of record-smashing heat, warming somehow got even worse in September as Earth set a new mark for…
Continue ReadingScientist calls record global heat in September ‘gobsmackingly bananas’
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The Northern Hemisphere may be transitioning into fall, but there has been no let up from extreme heat. New data…
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