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Cops: Woman Lopped Off Jesus Statue's Head at LI Church

Homeless suspect, 41, charged with criminal mischief; hate crime probed

(Newser) - A Catholic parish on Long Island is dealing with a damaged religious icon after a late-night attack. Police in New York's Suffolk County say 41-year-old Deyonna Subert was arrested after the head of a Jesus statue at St. Mary's Church in Bay Shore was removed late on May...

Man Allegedly Stole Saint's 800-Year-Old Skull From Church

Suspect allegedly opposed public display of revered Catholic relic

(Newser) - Police in the Czech Republic say a man who objected to a church displaying human remains stole what is believed to be a medieval saint's skull, embedded it in concrete, and prepared to dump it in a river, the New York Times reports. The skull, thought to belong to...

Cancelled Bachelorette Is No Longer a Mormon

Taylor Frankie Paul leaves Mormon church, seeking 'more out there'

(Newser) - Taylor Frankie Paul is stepping away from the Mormon Church. The TikTok personality and reality TV star who would have been the next Bachelorette but for the airing of footage from a 2023 domestic violence incident, chose Easter Sunday to announce that she is "detaching" from the Church of Jesus...

After Don Lemon Arrest, an Indictment for 30 More

AG Bondi accuses protesters of attacking house of worship after January protest at St. Paul church

(Newser) - Attorney General Pam Bondi announced federal charges on Friday against 30 more people who are accused of civil rights violations in a January protest inside a Minnesota church where a pastor works for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Bondi said on social media that 25 people were in custody and more...

Italian Village Restricts Photo-Hungry Tourists

A setting that's gone viral has become a plague for locals

(Newser) - A once-tranquil Alpine village in northern Italy is trying to rein in selfie-seeking tourists after years of disruption. The Times of London reports that officials in Funes, a German-speaking municipality in South Tyrol near the Austrian border, are barring most visitors from driving up a narrow road to the Santa...

Don Lemon Arrested by Feds in LA
Don Lemon Arrested
by Feds in LA
Jan 30, 2026 8:00 AM CST

Don Lemon Arrested by Feds in LA

Former CNN anchor's detention seems to be tied to anti-ICE church protest in Minnesota, sources say

(Newser) - Former CNN anchor Don Lemon is in federal custody after being arrested Thursday night in Los Angeles, according to multiple sources cited by CBS News . Lemon's attorney, Abbe Lowell, confirmed that agents detained the veteran broadcaster while he was in LA to cover this weekend's Grammy Awards. A...

After 14 Years, Shoshone Tribe Gets Its Petroglyph Rock Back

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints helps return slab that was in front of Utah meetinghouse

(Newser) - A large rock bearing petroglyphs created more than 1,000 years ago by the ancestors of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation is finally back home in the mountains of northern Utah. The recovery effort, which began in 2011, culminated earlier this month when the sacred rock was airlifted...

Minn. Church Forgave Decades of Child Abuse: Prosecutors

Leaders at Old Apostolic Lutheran Church let parishioner stay around kids for years: ProPublica

(Newser) - A Minnesota church failed to report a man who sexually abused children for decades, allowing him to continue to do so, according to an investigation by the Star Tribune and ProPublica . The Old Apostolic Lutheran Church in Duluth let Clint Massie off the hook because it believed the matter was...

There's a New World's Tallest Church

Barcelona's Sagrada Familia will add to its height

(Newser) - Barcelona's Sagrada Familia basilica became the world's tallest church on Thursday after a part of its central tower was lifted into place. The masterwork of architect Antoni Gaudí now rises to 534 feet above the city, the church said in a statement. That barely beats out the tip...

Separate Leader Scandals Rock US Anglican Church

In the latest, archbishop is accused of sexual misconduct

(Newser) - The Anglican Church in North America—a conservative institution born out of a 2009 break with the Episcopal Church—is in crisis, with two top officials facing accusations of misconduct. Bishop Stewart Ruch III is awaiting judgment following an ecclesiastical trial centering on accusations that he let men with violent...

'Best Building of All Time' Makes a Very Slow Move

Church in Kiruna, Sweden, is being transported 3 miles at 0.3 mph, on a trolley with 224 wheels

(Newser) - How do you move one of Sweden's most beloved wooden churches down the road? The Kiruna Church—"Kiruna Kyrka" in Swedish—and its belfry are being moved this week along a 3-mile route east to a new city center as part of the town's relocation. It's...

Guard Killed Gunman Who Opened Fire in Church: Police

Pastor says congregant hit suspect with his pickup

(Newser) - A gunman opened fire during a service at a suburban Detroit church on Sunday, wounding one person before he was shot and killed by a security guard, police said. The shooting happened around 11am at CrossPointe Community Church in Wayne, a city of about 17,000 some 25 miles west...

Religious Groups Push Back on Migrant Raids

Federal lawsuit seeks to roll back giving immigration agents more access to houses of worship

(Newser) - More than two dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans—ranging from the Episcopal Church and the Union for Reform Judaism, to the Mennonites and Unitarian Universalists—filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging a Trump administration move giving immigration agents more leeway to make arrests in houses of...

Tribe's Sacred Artifacts Finally Escape Church Basement

Wyoming Episcopal Church returns hundreds of artifacts to Northern Arapaho Tribe

(Newser) - The Wyoming Episcopal Church is marking Indigenous Peoples Day by returning some 200 artifacts to the Northern Arapaho Tribe, which has been fighting for ownership for decades. The diocese has held the artifacts—including ceremonial headdresses, medicine bags, stunningly beaded clothing, bows and arrows, and children's toys—since 1946,...

Historic Church in Dallas Burns
Historic Church
in Dallas Burns
Jul 20, 2024 1:45 PM CDT

Historic Church in Dallas Burns

City says building that dates to 1890 'largely collapsed'

(Newser) - A fire all but destroyed the historic church sanctuary at First Baptist Dallas, sending smoke billowing over the city but causing no deaths or injuries, Dallas firefighters said. The fire in the Texas Historic Landmark, a Victorian-style red brick church built in 1890, was reported about 6:30pm Friday and...

Fire at Dublin Church 'Disastrous for History'

Remains of a 'Crusader' mummy have been destroyed, as have other centuries-old remains

(Newser) - Centuries-old mummified remains, including those of a Crusader , are thought to have been destroyed in a fire deliberately set Tuesday at a historic Dublin church. A man was arrested and charged with an offense under the Criminal Damage Act, per the BBC . He allegedly broke into the the crypt beneath...

Parishioners Confront Armed Teen at Service

16-year-old with rifle tried to enter Louisiana church full of children

(Newser) - Parishioners at a Catholic church in Louisiana confronted an armed teenager who tried to enter a service where around 60 children were gathered for their First Communion. Police said the 16-year-old tried to enter St. Mary Magdalen Church in Abbeville, around 20 miles south of Lafayette, through a back door...

She Went Ghost Hunting, Was Found Drained of Blood

Authorities searching for male accused of abusing the French victim discovered in Italy

(Newser) - A French woman may have been hunting for ghosts before her body was found drained of blood on the floor of an abandoned church in northwest Italy. The 22-year-old woman, who has not been publicly identified, left her home near Lyon, telling family she planned to search for a haunted...

Church Sues After City Restricts Free Meal Service
Church Told to Limit
Free Meals Wins Lawsuit
UPDATED
Mar 30, 2024 6:11 PM CDT

Church Told to Limit Free Meals Wins Lawsuit

Federal judge said feeding the hungry is a 'religious exercise'

(Newser) - A church in Brookings, Oregon has won a federal lawsuit it filed in 2022 over a city ordinance that said it could only give homeless people free meals two days per week. Judge Mark Clarke described the soup kitchen at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church as a "religious exercise....

Consequences for Church That Staged Altered Hamilton

Lines were rewritten to reference Jesus before sermon claiming homosexuality as sin

(Newser) - Update: The Texas church that staged two performances of what Deadline calls an unauthorized and "Christianized" version of the musical Hamilton will pay unspecified damages for doing so. The Door Christian Fellowship Ministries in McAllen confirmed in a statement that it "did not ask for, or receive, a...

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