The Episcopal Church should respond with "prayer and discernment" to the recent election of a lesbian priest as an assistant bishop of the Los Angeles diocese, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said Saturday.

HOUSTON - Houston became the largest U.S. city to elect an openly gay mayor, with voters handing a solid victory to City Controller Annise Parker after a hotly contested runoff.

The prevailing myths surrounding these tragedies actively stand in the way of bringing the perpetrators to justice. Promoting an education and understanding of why domestic abuse happens and is allowed to continue stands as the only way to truly put

(CNN) --The parents of an 8-year-old Liberian girl who was allegedly sexually assaulted by four boys in July were arrested Friday on child abuse charges, according to Arizona police.

SEATTLE - A sheriff's spokesman in Washington state says Seattle police have fatally shot the man suspected of gunning down four police officers.

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a student who complained that high school officials violated her constitutional rights when they turned off her microphone during her religion-tinged graduation speech.

Rep. Patrick Kennedy says he was banned by a Catholic bishop from receiving Communion in Rhode Island, the central sacrament of the church, because of the congressman's support for abortion rights, Kennedy said in a newspaper interview Sunday.

The fate of the sheriff in the Balloon Boy hoax is no longer up in the air. After a two-week investigation, Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett said Tuesday he would not file charges against

Two Spirits tells a nuanced story of what it means to be poor, transgendered, and Navajo, and examines the lives of Fred Martinez, his friends, family, the police, and those in the larger community who were most affected by his murder....

Opening meetings of the Forsyth County, N.C., Board of Commissioners with sectarian prayers violates the U.S. Constitution and should be stopped, a federal magistrate judge has recommended.