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Image copyrightGetty Images The US Supreme Court has ruled that a concrete cross honouring World War One soldiers can remain on state land, reversing a lower court decision. The American Humanist Association had sued to remove the Bladensburg, Maryland, mon…

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a large cross erected as a tribute to war dead may continue to stand on public land outside Washington in the Maryland suburbs. The justices reversed a lower court that said the cross was an unconstitutional endorsement …

The state took over the monument and the land under it in 1961. Since then, Maryland has spent more than $117,000 to maintain and repair the memorial. Several area residents and the American Humanist Association sued to remove the cross in 2014, saying they …

A World War I memorial cross sits in Bladensburg, Md., just outside Washington, D.C. The federal government asked the Supreme Court to rule in favor of the cross. Becky Harlan/NPR The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a 40-foot World War I memorial cro…

Protesters opposed to a proposed extradition law sing hymns outside the Legislative Council in Hong Kong on Monday, June 17, 2019. Christians have been a visible part of the protests this month, among the largest in Hong Kongs history. (Lam Yik Fei/The New Yo…

Tucked in the southeastern part of Edinburghs St Giles Cathedral is a small chapel brimming with spectacular woodwork. Eagle-eyed visitors will spot three distinctly Scottish heavenly beings hiding among the architectural details. The Thistle Chapel, a gorge…

Background Reading: Ive been an Op-Ed columnist since 2009, and I write about politics, religion, pop culture, sociology and the places where they all intersect. Im a Catholic and a conservative, in that order, which means that Im against abortion and critic…

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Cannabis In UK Javier Hasse When Shavo Odadjian, bassist of the band System of a Down, told me he was launching a cannabis strain called Church, I could not help but find it funny. W…

The releases this week seemed timed to a clause in Chinese law that allows the authorities to detain people for six months without trial. After that, they have to be criminally detained, formally arrested or released on bail. The status of Mr. Wang and the o…

Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg garnered applause in Iowa after saying faith did not belong to a single party. | Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images DES MOINES, Iowa One of the biggest applause lines of Pete Buttigiegs latest trip to Iowa came when…