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Pope Francis on Wednesday accepted the resignation of the Catholic bishop of Brooklyn, Nicholas DiMarzio, weeks after a Vatican investigation cleared him of sexual abuse allegations, and appointed a native New Yorker to replace him. DiMarzio is 77 years old, two years beyond the normal retirement age for bishops. Francis accepted his resignation and appointed Bishop Robert Brennan of Columbus,…

Rev. Megan Rohrer became the first openly transgender bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in September 2021. And now they are using their new platform to work toward diversifying the leadership of the church and cheerleading for others who are “living in the intersections.”

The Vatican has concluded that allegations of sexual abuse dating back a half century against the Roman Catholic Bishop of Brooklyn do “not have the semblance of truth,” but an attorney for the accusers said they will continue to pursue their civil cases. Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the Archbishop of New York, said Wednesday that the Vatican has closed its investigation…

Heavy snow and wind shut down highways Tuesday in Colorado and Wyoming, closed schools in Nebraska and forced more than 1,000 travelers to sleep overnight in Denver’s airport after hundreds of flights were canceled just as Thanksgiving travel moved into high gear. The storm was heading to South Dakota, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, while a “bomb cyclone” weather phenomenon...

A Roman Catholic bishop named by Pope Francis to investigate the church’s response to clergy sexual abuse in Buffalo, New York, has himself been accused of sexual abuse of a child, an attorney for the alleged victim notified the church this week.

Former President Barack Obama delivered a eulogy at the funeral for Rep. Elijah Cummings on Friday, commemorating the late congressman’s perseverance through Washington as the son of sharecroppers.

Congressman and civil rights champion Elijah Cummings was remembered as “a man of noble and good heart” by former President Barack Obama during Cummings’ funeral Friday, at a church filled with dignitaries and ordinary people from Baltimore. Remarking on the title “honorable” given to those in public life, Obama said Cummings was honorable before he was elected, outside of the...

The man accused of shooting two people at a New Hampshire church over the weekend has a lengthy criminal history in Massachusetts, including ties to a notorious street gang and stints in prison for stabbing a man in Boston and assaulting a woman on the South Shore, government records show. The suspect, Dale Holloway, was accused of beating his estranged...

A bishop and a woman were shot and a suspect is in custody after a gunman opened fire during a wedding in Pelham, New Hampshire, on Saturday, authorities said.

The family of a woman shot and killed by a Fort Worth police officer in her own home have retained an attorney.

Pope Francis accepted the resignation of a New York City bishop who was accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy in the 1980s, the Vatican said Thursday.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester was the first in New York to seek bankruptcy protection under the weight of new sexual misconduct lawsuits, but lawyers and church leaders say it may not be the last.

Conservative Republican Dan Bishop won a special election for an open House seat in North Carolina, averting a demoralizing Democratic capture of a district the GOP has held for nearly six decades. But his narrow victory didn’t erase questions about whether President Donald Trump and his party’s congressional candidates face troubling headwinds approaching 2020. Bishop, a state senator best known...

President Donald Trump’s rally in North Carolina will serve as a measure of his clout in trying to elect a Republican to the House in a closely watched special election that’s seen as a tossup race. It will be his first campaign rally since a tough end of summer that saw slipping poll numbers, warning signs of an economic slowdown...

Newark is already seeing water donations pour in after a nationwide water appeal.

Victims have one year to file lawsuits that were previously not under the statute of limitations. The Boy Scouts of America, Roman Catholic Church, schools, hospitals and Jeffrey Epstein were just some of the targets named in the lawsuits. NBC 4 New York’s Rana Novini reports.

The children of Sacred Heart Catholic Church streamed out into Mississippi’s heat on a blistering Sunday afternoon, carrying what they said was a message of opposition against immigration raids their parents could not. “I will not sit in silence while my parents are taken away,” read a sign carried by two Hispanic boys. They were among a group of several...

Hundreds of undocumented workers have been released from federal custody following massive immigration raids in Mississippi. Now they, and hundreds of others still in custody, are awaiting court hearings and possible deportation.

U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman Jr. has submitted his resignation, signaling the end of a two-year stint during what he called a historically difficult time in relations between the two countries. Huntsman is planning to return to Utah amid speculation that he may again run for governor, said Salt Lake Chamber president Derek Miller, who served under him during...