The Southern Baptist Convention on Tuesday ousted its second-largest congregation — Saddleback Church, the renowned California megachurch founded by pastor and best-selling author Rick Warren — for having a woman pastor.

Actor and filmmaker Tyler Perry is donating $2.75 million to older homeowners in Atlanta to help ensure they’re able to stay in their homes.

A gunman who opened fire at Michigan State University killed three students and wounded five, setting off an hourslong manhunt as frightened students hid in classrooms and cars.

A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkey and Syria early Monday, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing more than 1,900 people.

The sound of the djembe drums started as a low tremble and grew more distinct as the musicians drew closer to the hundreds gathered inside the Memphis church.

A New Jersey borough councilwoman was found shot to death in an SUV outside of her home, authorities said.

Vultures scavenge for dead animals along a river turned sewer conduit in Kenya’s capital Nairobi. Its waters turn from clear to black as it traverses informal settlements and industrial hubs.

Amina Luqman-Dawson’s “Freewater,” a middle-grade novel about a secret community of formerly enslaved people, has won the John Newbery Medal for the year’s best children’s book. Doug Salati’s “Hot Dog,” about the summertime wanderings of an urban pet, was given the Randolph Caldecott Medal for outstanding illustrations.

Friends and family remember the unarmed Black man brutally murdered by police.

The march has been held annually since January 1974 — a year after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision established a nationwide right to abortion.

The longtime Christian couple who share four children—two sons and two daughters ages 16-23— is inspiring others through their lasting marriage despite Dianna Hobbs’ multiple bouts with serious illness.

This year, the ceremony returned to NBC, though with little fanfare and some still refusing to support the annual gathering of Hollywood’s elite, to mark its 80th anniversary.

What is the world coming to when a 6-year-old first-grader opens fire in a school? Help us Jesus.

The intersection of prayer and sports has been especially prominent in the aftermath of Damar Hamlin’s frightening collapse during an NFL game.

As millions around the world celebrated the incoming of the New Year by giving thanks to God and attending events with family and friends, tragedy struck in Uganda.

he 45-year-old pastor of Leaders of Tomorrow International Ministries in Brooklyn was charged with two counts of wire fraud, one count of extortion and one count of making material false statements to the FBI.

Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, American officials said.

Former President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he would again seek the Republican nomination for president in 2024.