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FBI agents gather outside a home in a Dearborn, Mich., neighborhood on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Mike Householder)

FBI names third man accused of planning Halloween terror attack in Michigan

3:35 PM on Wednesday, November 5

The FBI has announced Wednesday a third man has been arrested and accused of planning a Halloween terror attack in Michigan

Zohran Mamdani speaks after winning the mayoral election, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Mamdani's historic win as New York City's mayor sparks excitement and hope among many US Muslims

9:59 AM on Wednesday, November 5

Zohran Mamdani's historic New York City's mayoral race victory has sparked excitement and hope among many American Muslims

Bad Bunny and Puerto Rican Muslims: How both remix what it means to be Boricua

5:26 AM on Wednesday, November 5

Karen Okawa, Japanese Church of Christ member and time capsule committee member, reacts as she holds a heavy lid that was used on the Japanese Church of Christ's 100-year-old time capsule at the University of Utah Marriott Library Preservation Department in Salt Lake City, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. (Kristin Murphy/The Deseret News via AP)

Century-old time capsule found at a Utah church evokes memories of a now fleeting Japantown

5:19 AM on Wednesday, November 5

A historian’s hunch about what might lie hidden within the walls of a Japanese church in Salt Lake City led congregants to uncover a century-old time capsule recalling the city's once vibrant Japantown

Wake Forest Demon Deacons to host Presbyterian Blue Hose Thursday

1:42 AM on Wednesday, November 5

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons host the Presbyterian Blue Hose

Police officers carry seized material from an apartment in the Mümmelmannsberg district after a raid, in Hamburg, Germany, Wednesday Nov. 5, 2025, as German Interior Minister Dobrindt has banned the Islamist association Muslim Interaktiv. (Marcus Brandt/dpa via AP)

Germany cracks down on Muslim groups viewed as threats to its constitutional order

1:42 AM on Wednesday, November 5

The German government has banned a Muslim group accused of violating human rights and democratic values

FILE - Pope Leo XIV arrives in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican for Mass for the repose of the soul of the late Pope Francis and deceased cardinals, Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini), File)

Pope Leo calls for 'deep reflection' about treatment of detained migrants in the United States

1:08 AM on Wednesday, November 5

Pope Leo XIV has called for deep reflection in the United States regarding the treatment of detained migrants

Bishop Steve Wood of St. Andrew's Church thanks health care workers at East Cooper Medical Center, where he was a patient fighting COVID-19 easier in the year, during an evening event to honor health care workers at East Cooper Medical Center Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP)

Leader of conservative Anglican denomination takes leave while facing misconduct claims

3:31 PM on Tuesday, November 4

Archbishop Stephen Wood, leader of the Anglican Church in North America, has taken a leave of absence amid allegations of misconduct, which he denies

A tent camp for displaced Palestinians stretches along Zawaida in the central Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israel says the remains of a hostage have been turned over in Gaza

10:42 AM on Tuesday, November 4

Israel's military says the remains of a hostage in Gaza, Staff Sergeant Itay Chen, have been returned for burial in Israel

Indian Sikh pilgrims enter Pakistan through the Wagah border crossing point, to participate in celebrations marking the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, at Gurdwara Janam Asthan Nankana Sahib, near Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Nearly 2,100 Indian Sikhs arrive in Pakistan for annual religious festivities

7:43 AM on Tuesday, November 4

Officials say about 2,100 Indian Sikh pilgrims have arrived in eastern Pakistan to participate in an annual commemoration of the birth of their religion’s founder

Author Salman Rushdie appears during an interview in New York on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Salman Rushdie's new book is his first fiction since a brutal attack. He tells us why

7:29 AM on Tuesday, November 4

Salman Rushdie's new book, “The Eleventh Hour,” marks a creative reset for the author

FILE - Czech Cardinal Dominik Duka leaves, Feb. 21, 2019, at the end of the opening session of a four-day sex abuse summit called by Pope Francis at the Vatican.(AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, file)

Cardinal Dominik Duka, former Prague archbishop, dies at 82

4:07 AM on Tuesday, November 4

Cardinal Dominik Duka, a former Archbishop of Prague, has died at 82

New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks at Dutch Kills Playground on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025, in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

New York's Jewish community divided, anxious over Mamdani, an Israel critic

3:24 PM on Monday, November 3

New York City’s Jewish community — the largest in the United States — is abounding with anxiety and friction a day ahead of an election that could give the city its first Muslim mayor

Maine churches, schools opening chapters of the late Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA organization

12:22 PM on Monday, November 3

At least 20 Turning Point chapters have been established at colleges, high schools and churches in Maine in the two months since its co-founder Charlie Kirk was assassinated in Utah

FILE - The sun lights the buildings behind the entrance of the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Germany, Dec. 6, 2019. (Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Faith leaders condemn a Pennsylvania Halloween parade float with an Auschwitz sign

12:10 PM on Monday, November 3

Jewish and Catholic leaders have condemned a Halloween parade float in Pennsylvania that included a replica of the Auschwitz gate

Providence hosts Holy Cross to begin season

1:43 AM on Monday, November 3

The Providence Friars start the season at home against the Holy Cross Crusaders

Red Cross vehicles carrying the bodies of three people believed to be deceased hostages handed over by Hamas make their way toward the border crossing with Israel, to be transferred to Israeli authorities, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel hands over bodies of 45 Palestinians after Hamas returns the remains of 3 soldiers

12:05 AM on Monday, November 3

Israel has returned the bodies of 45 Palestinians, according to the Red Cross

FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom at a press conference to discuss the measures approved by the legislature to redraw the state's Congressional districts and put new maps before voters in a special election, in Sacramento, Calif., Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)Gavin NEwsom

American Arab group sues over California's new antisemitism law

9:01 PM on Sunday, November 2

The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee is challenging a new California law designed to protect Jewish students from discrimination

A vendor sells local newspapers with headlines referring to US President Donald Trump's comments about Nigeria, on the street of Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

What to know as Nigeria rejects US military threat over alleged Christian killings

7:46 AM on Sunday, November 2

A Nigerian government official says the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump cannot unilaterally carry out any military operation in Nigeria over its claims of Christian persecution in the West African country

People with skull make up march during the Paseo de las Animas parade as part of the Day of the Dead celebrations in Merida, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Zetina)

From Mexico to Germany, photos capture the Day of the Dead celebrations

1:49 PM on Saturday, November 1

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