Wave of anti-transgender bills in Republican-led states divides US faith leaders
As Republican-governed states across the nation advance numerous bills targeting transgender young people, America’s faith leaders are starkly divided in their assessment.
Amid confusion along US-Mexico border, El Paso pastors provide migrants with shelter and counsel
As confusion pervades El Paso, one of the busiest illegal crossings points for migrants fleeing poverty and strife, faith leaders strive to provide shelter, legal advice and prayer.
For Buffalo shooting victims’ kin, Mother’s Day is a reminder of loss, a lesson in navigating grief
Tirzah Patterson will dedicate this Mother’s Day to the hardest part of a mother’s job, trying to help her child make sense of tragedy.
California condors confront bird flu in flight from extinction
Forty years after California condors were on the brink of extinction, aggressive conservation efforts and breeding-in-captivity programs remain as essential as ever.
Youth climate lawsuit attorneys say Montana tried to scuttle trial by dropping energy policy
Attorneys for a group of youths suing Montana over damages caused by climate change say officials repealed the state’s energy policy to avoid an upcoming trial.
GOP boycott in Oregon threatens abortion, transgender bills and protesters’ own political careers
A boycott by Republican state senators in Oregon threatens to derail dozens of bills, including on gun control and abortion rights, as a deadline looms that could also upend the protesters’ political futures.
Pandemic-related asylum restrictions known as Title 42 expire, straining US immigration system
Pandemic-related asylum restrictions that expelled migrants millions of times have ended in a shift that threatens to put a historic strain on the nation’s beleaguered immigration system.
Man who fatally choked another NYC subway rider to surrender on manslaughter charge
A man who kept a chokehold around the neck of an agitated fellow passenger on a New York City subway, leading to the other rider’s death, is expected to turn himself in to authorities on a manslaughter charge.
Facing influx of asylum-seekers, New York City says it has reached its limit on migrants
New York City officials say they will be unable to accommodate an expected influx of asylum-seekers as the federal government’s pandemic-era immigration restriction ends.
Man who choked NYC subway passenger to death will face manslaughter charge, prosecutors say
Manhattan prosecutors say they will bring criminal charges against a man who used a deadly chokehold on an unruly passenger aboard a New York City subway train.