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Greta Gerwig appears at the 37th annual Producers Guild Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 28, 2026, left, and Meryl Streep appears at The Albies in London on Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo)

A familiar figure, a new voice: Meryl Streep’s Aslan stirs gender debate over Greta Gerwig’s ‘Narnia’

October 4, 2026 at 11:23 a.m.

The public hasn’t viewed a frame from director Greta Gerwig’s movie adaptation of the classic children’s book series, “The Chronicles of Narnia,” but a casting decision involving Meryl Streep as...

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

Trump administration will join a prayer gathering criticized for promoting Christian nationalism

May 14, 2026 at 7:33 a.m.

President Donald Trump and several top administration officials are joining with a cast of mostly conservative Christian clergy this Sunday at the National Mall in Washington for a prayer gathering...

President Donald Trump addresses the White House Religious Liberty Commission during an event at the Museum of the Bible on Sept. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Rejecting church and state separation is on the wish list for Donald Trump’s religious liberty commission

May 9, 2026 at 1:11 p.m.

An advisory panel formed by President Donald Trump aims to rethink separation of church and state.

Cities Church is seen in St. Paul, Minn. where activists shut down a service claiming the pastor was also working as an ICE agent, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

What to know about the civil rights charges Don Lemon faces for covering church protest in Minnesota

January 30, 2026 at 6:38 p.m.

Seven people, including former CNN anchor Don Lemon and another journalist — have been charged with violating two different federal laws in connection with the protest that interrupted a worship...

A portion of the Clairton Coke Works, a U.S. Steel plant, is seen Monday, Aug. 11, 2025 in Clairton, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar

Steelworkers were pushing coke out of ovens when deadly explosion rocked Pennsylvania plant

August 12, 2025 at 3:44 p.m.

Workers were pushing coke out of huge ovens and preparing for maintenance when an explosion rocked a U.S. Steel plant outside Pittsburgh.

An attendee holds up a ballot during the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting in Anaheim, Calif., Tuesday, June 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Southern Baptists target porn and ‘willful childlessness’

June 9, 2025 at 8:28 p.m.

The proposed resolutions call for laws on gender, marriage and family based on what they say is the biblically stated order of divine creation. They also call for legislators to...

Pastor Robert Turner walks near the National Museum of African American History and Culture as part of his monthly walk from Baltimore to Washington to raise awareness of reparations on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

Black churches back embattled Smithsonian African American history museum after Trump’s order

May 22, 2026 at 7:47 p.m.

“For only $25 a year, you can protect Black history,” Rev. Otis Moss III of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago told his church.

Brian Burch speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on his nomination for to be Ambassador to The Holy See, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Chicago-area man up for Vatican ambassador defends recent cuts to US foreign aid

April 8, 2025 at 3:52 p.m.

President Donald Trump’s nominee for ambassador to the Vatican defended many of the administration’s foreign-aid cuts at a Senate hearing Tuesday, even while saying Catholic charitable groups are well-equipped to...

FILE – Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris shake hands before the start of an ABC News presidential debate at the National Constitution Center, Sept. 10, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file)

Are Donald Trump and Kamala Harris particularly Christian? That’s not what most Americans say: AP-NORC poll

September 22, 2024 at 8:35 a.m.

Few Americans see the presidential candidates as particularly Christian, according to a new survey conducted Sept. 12-16 by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs.

Former President Donald Trump is helped off the stage by U.S. Secret Service agents at his campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)

Three days after attempted assassination, Trump shooter remains an elusive enigma

July 17, 2024 at 9:10 a.m.

After three days, an enigmatic portrait emerged of the 20-year-old man who came close to killing former President Donald Trump with a high-velocity bullet: He was an intelligent loner with...

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