Earlier this month, Florida's education department rejected AP African-American Studies in a letter to the College Board, which oversees AP classes.
| Jada Williams
Trends in evangelical Christianity are influencing Hispanics and their attraction to the GOP.
Why do we play with this little top during the holiday? It goes back to the second century, when the Greek empire ruled over Israel.
The historical Oxford English Dictionary lists 24 variations for the eight-day holiday. It can lead to some confusion when it comes to spelling.
Jews celebrate Hanukkah’s traditions around the world. Why does this festival of lights last eight nights?
| Alexandra Miller and Max Tracey
Findings show that antisemitic hate incidents have reached their highest levels in over 40 years.
| Emily Grossberg
Ben Stern lived through nine concentration camps and two death marches.
| Diana Zito
The nuns of Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey in Dubuque, Iowa, are preparing for the holiday season by making and selling caramel candies.
Some say Pope Francis' meeting with transgender people may not translate into doctrinal change, but it could lead to cultural acceptance.
Today, the response to a sneeze is mostly an ingrained reaction.
| Simon Kaufman and Casey Mendoza
Pope Francis is on a week-long visit to Canada that centers on an apology.
| Mimi Mees and Amber Strong
On Monday, the pope is meeting with residential school survivors in Maskwacis, where he is expected to deliver an apology.
| AP and Scripps News Staff
The vote on sex-abuse reforms fell short of what some survivors of abuse in Southern Baptist churches sought.
| AP and Scripps News Staff
As diversity across the country increases, schools are looking for ways to be inclusive of all the kids that make up the community.
"Please, please, let us not get used to war," Pope Francis pleaded during Easter Mass.
| AP and Scripps News Staff
The pontiff reiterated his condemnation of war as barbarous and sacrilegious.
| AP
Emhoff held a virtual Passover dinner earlier this year, lit the first menorah in the VP's residence and was the first to affix a mezuzah to the door.
New practitioners are drawn to witchcraft for the sense of control it can offer — especially after the chaos of the past couple years.
The Hagia Sophia has been a museum since 1935, but before that it was a mosque for nearly 500 years.
The announcement comes about a year after the denomination officially reaffirmed its stance against gay marriage.
| LeeAnne Lowry
A D.C.-area imam and rabbi have been working to grow connections between their two religions in the hopes of combating hate.
Teri Kalgren educates the public about what it's like to be a modern witch.
| Noor Tagouri
