Louisiana lawmakers have for the third consecutive year rejected a bill that would have added some rape cases to the narrow list of exceptions to the state’s abortion ban.

Large numbers of Muslims converge once a year on Saudi Arabia to unite in a series of religious rituals and acts of worship as they perform the Hajj, the pilgrimage that is one of the pillars of Islam.

After Local 10’s recent story about a man who was captured on camera seemingly taking puppies from a Fort Lauderdale home, Local 10 Animal Advocate Jacey Birch was contacted as he said he had been searching for the puppies’ owners for the last two weeks.

Some people thought the 1925 Scopes monkey trial marked a cultural defeat for biblical fundamentalism.

The 1925 Scopes monkey trial famously put the spotlight on evolution and appeared to mark a defeat for biblical fundamentalism.

In his public appearance as pope, Leo called himself an Augustinian, putting an unusual spotlight on his religious order.

Francis’s 69-year-old successor is the first U.S.-born pope in the 2,000-year history of the Roman Catholic Church, which has grown to 1.4 billion strong.

“Conclave” the film may have introduced moviegoers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the periodic voting to elect a new pope has been going on for centuries and created a whole genre of historical trivia.

Two general managers and one head coach were surprised Shedeur Sanders wasn’t selected Thursday night because their teams had first-round grades on him, they told The Associated Press.

Zeev Buium was trying to help lead Denver to the NCAA’s Frozen Four championship less than two weeks ago.

Nico Iamaleava says he’s heading to UCLA, a week after Tennessee announced the quarterback who helped the Volunteers reach last season’s College Football Playoff was no longer with the program.

A woman and her 2-year-old granddaughter were rescued from a Lauderdale Lakes canal last month after a car crash, and weeks later, they reunited with the Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy who saved them from their sinking vehicle.

Dustin May allowed just one hit and an unearned run for the Los Angeles Dodgers in his first major league start in nearly two years.

Packed pews, rollicking singing and emotional devotions have marked Lent worship services at Notre Dame d'Haiti, the Catholic church at the heart of the largest Haitian diaspora in the United States.

TCU standout guard Hailey Van Lith says it was difficult, but she's glad to have shared publicly about mental health struggles she says she dealt with early in her basketball career.

Protesters on each side of the abortion debate have packed a hallway of Georgia's Capitol during a hearing on a bill that would ban most abortions.

Texas Rangers left-hander Cody Bradford says he realized early in his development that he probably wouldn’t ever possess the type of fastball that causes scouts to take a second look at their radar guns.

Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan got sick in the second half of the Heat-Knicks game, interrupting the action at Madison Square Garden.

A Fort Lauderdale teenager was remembered by family and friends Saturday, a little more than a week after she was shot and killed. The murder suspect is now behind bars.

Pope Francis remained on the 10th floor of the Gemelli Hospital on Tuesday night in Rome.

A Miami Beach man was arrested on Saturday for allegedly opening fire on another vehicle and striking two people inside.

A Florida man has been put to death for the 1997 killings of a husband and wife at a remote farm in an attack witnessed by the couple's toddler.

President Donald Trump says at a private religious group's Washington prayer breakfast he's forming a commission on religious liberty.

Five decades of war among leftist guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries, drug lords and the government in Colombia have left 450,000 people killed and more than 124,000 disappeared.

Two friends from California, Learner Tien and Alex Michelsen, have both reached the fourth round at the Australian Open.

Jessica Alba and her husband Cash Warren are separating after 16 years of marriage.

A violent attack left a Fort Lauderdale senior battered, bruised and in incredible amounts of pain; police say the person responsible for the beatdown also robbed him and took his car.

An 11-year-old boy and an adult are recovering after authorities said they were attacked by a dog near a condominium complex in Deerfield Beach on Friday evening.

The Native American Church is the most widespread religious movement among the Indigenous people of North America.

This holiday season, some religious congregations across the U.S. are holding events designed to be accomodating to and inclusive of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

About 7 in 10 U.S. adults say they believe in angels, but what, exactly, is an angel.

For Christians around the world, Christmas is the joyful celebration of the birth of Jesus.

Born in Ghana, Sister Seyram Mary Adzokpa had never encountered a nun until adulthood.

An annual tradition to help families in need this holiday season saw long lines Wednesday at Miami’s Jose Marti Park.

Israel Vázquez, the Mexican fighter who won three bantamweight world titles, has died at 46.

Colombia hosts the largest population of migrants and refugees from Venezuela, where more than 7.7 million have left since 2014 for economic, political and safety reasons.

Fatima Rispo said her beeping phone woke her up early Saturday morning. She had received an automatic notification that her son had been in a car crash in Broward County. The message sent shortly before 2:50 a.m. included the location: Valentine Lake in Pompano Beach.

The Florida City community remains shocked following the shooting death of a 9-year-old boy.

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The normally bustling Broadwalk on Hollywood Beach was looking bare Tuesday morning as rain ahead of Hurricane Milton drives away tourists, also leaving businesses looking empty.

A well-known Reggaeton artist is in critical condition after being found in the back of an SUV Thursday morning with a gunshot wound to the head.

Among the nation’s charismatic Christians, there’s one highly politicized faction in particular that believes the reelection of former President Donald Trump would be a win in a literal spiritual war of angels in demons.

Seventy-three-year-old Lesly Lorquet is grateful to be alive after surviving a steep drop off of an Interstate 95 overpass in downtown Miami over the weekend.

For many Haitian immigrants, Sunday mornings in Springfield, Ohio, are spent joyfully worshipping God as they sing and pray in their native Creole.

Police have made an arrest in connection to some breakins in northern Miami-Dade County.

A 2-year-old girl who nearly drowned inside her family’s pool in Aventura in early April returned home with her family on Thursday.

A 50-year-old man from Key West was arrested Wednesday after he attacked a man who was holding a sign that displayed a Bible verse, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said.

Robert’s Western World is Nashville’s most iconic honky tonk and practically synonymous with country music.

A Texas church has not one — but two — members aboard the International Space Station.

Pascal Kanyemera has no doubts: Back in 1994, when he survived the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, God had his back.

The Suarez Bicycles Assembly, a repair shop serving customers since 1987 in Miami, was temporarily closed on Thursday after an overnight fire.

Marty Welch and a companion were boating in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, when they suddenly came upon the congregation of gators.

A father in Gaza is mourning a baby boy killed in bed by an Israeli airstrike.

A child that was injured in a fatal drive-by shooting in Broward County has returned to his home.

It’s been 100 years since a Scottish runner famously refused to race on a Sunday at the Paris Olympics because of his Christian beliefs.

She was at the top of her career and excited for what was to come, but everything changed when one South Florida mother got pregnant with twins.

Masses of pilgrims have embarked on a symbolic stoning of the devil in Saudi Arabia, marking the final days of Hajj pilgrimage and the start of the Eid al-Adha celebrations for Muslims around the world.

Before flying to Italy’s southern Puglia region to meet world leaders at the Group of Seven summit, Pope Francis hosted a very different audience at the Vatican celebrating the importance of humor.

The family of a worker who authorities said was found with gunshot wounds during a massive apartment fire in Miami on Monday spoke to Local 10 News.

Once a year, Muslims coming to Saudi Arabia unite in a series of religious rituals and acts of worship as they perform Hajj, one of the pillars of Islam.

During his playing days, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says, he would not have volunteered to be interviewed on live television in the middle of a major league game.

Andra Day gained acting acclaim after her starring role in a 2021 Billie Holiday biopic, but the soulful singer nearly lost the strength of her powerful voice during the process.

Pope Francis’ apology for using a vulgar term to refer to gay men was the latest comment to make headlines about the Catholic Church’s teachings on homosexuality.

The Rev. Brandon Thomas Crowley had always loved the Black Church, and developed an ambition in his youth to become a pastor even as he realized he was gay.

A group of South Florida fire rescuers who put their critical training to the test were honored on Wednesday.

A 2-year-old girl who nearly drowned inside her family’s pool in Aventura last month continues to fight for her life.

The North America’s Building Trades Unions has endorsed President Joe Biden.

A 2-year-old girl who nearly drowned inside her family’s pool in Aventura last Saturday continues to fight for her life.

A man hugged a grieving mother on Tuesday night in Broward County who through tears said, “Why God? Why? Why did my baby die?”

The Vatican has issued a new document rejecting the concept of changing one’s biological sex.

A woman checked out of a Florida hotel and told staff that she was going on a God-directed shooting spree because of the solar eclipse, then shot two drivers on Interstate 10 before being arrested and charged with attempted murder Monday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A Malaysian shoe company has apologized and stopped selling some of its footwear after some Muslims said the logo resembled the Arabic writing for the word God.

A Lauderhill man is facing an attempted murder charge in Illinois after police said he shot an off-duty police sergeant working a private security detail at a suburban Chicago trucking company Monday.

The Cove is a pop-up, 18-and-up Christian nightclub in Nashville, Tennessee.

A South Florida middle school student discussed the experience of seeing the bus she'd just been traveling on going up in flames on the side of the highway.

Many Americans believe the United States was founded as a Christian nation.

Large numbers of Americans believe the founders intended the U.S. to be a Christian nation.

A 66-year-old Hialeah resident fired his gun after he was enraged over a parking dispute — injuring his 18-year-old neighbor, police said.

Republican presidential candidates these days are barely discussing abortion in Iowa just days away from the state's caucuses.

In the greatest rebuke yet to Pope Francis, the Catholic bishops of Africa and Madagascar have issued a unified statement refusing to follow his declaration allowing priests to offer blessings to same-sex couples.

Pope Francis in a Christmas Eve homily said that “the clash of arms even today” prevents Jesus “from finding room in the world."

From Jesus' biblical birthplace of Bethlehem to New York City, many Palestinian Christians this Christmas season are gripped with helplessness, pain and worry amid the Israel-Hamas war.

Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples.

“Thank you God for forgiving me, I’m ready for everything, amen,” Carlos Travieso posted on his Facebook page Sunday, three days before he would be arrested and accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and her mother at a condominium building in Miami’s Flagami neighborhood Wednesday morning.

After walking into her new home on Tuesday in Miami-Dade County, a single mother dropped to her knees and said, “Thank you, Jesus. Oh God, you have been so good to me!”

Preparing for Hanukkah feels uniquely somber yet defiant this year for the Jewish communities in and around Miami Beach.

More than three dozen Palestinian prisoners have returned home to a hero’s welcome in the occupied West Bank following their release from Israeli prisons as part of a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas.

Jehovah’s Witnesses are well-known for proselytizing door-to-door and handing out their literature.

Among the thousands of migrants reach the U.S. border each day are many Mexican victims of organized crime who are fleeing violence and asking for protection.

Thirty percent of Americans don’t identify with a religious group — but not all of them are atheists or agnostics.

Judy Blume, James Patterson and Michael Connelly are among 24 prominent writers who have raised more than $3 million to help PEN America open an office in Miami and expand it efforts to counter Florida’s surge in book bannings in recent years.

Pope Francis is shaming and challenging world leaders to take concrete action to slow climate change before it’s too late.

Because of a procedural change in how the U.S. government processes some green cards, faith communities across the country may lose thousands of leaders and workers.

A clergy sex abuse scandal involving Chile’s most notorious pedophile, the priest Fernando Karadima, shook the South American country in 2010 in a way never seen in Latin America.

Hauley Tillman, also referred to by his students as “Sensei Champ,” is in danger of losing his martial arts academy due to financial troubles after helping thousands of kids in Miami.

Miami police are searching for a 14-year-old boy who has autism and has been reported missing.

American Heritage School’s head athletic trainer said he wants the public to know that helping to save the life of a player who suffered a cardiac arrest during a football game was a team effort.

A fugitive’s attempt to get away from Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies ended when he climbed a large tree in a cemetery on Monday in Dania Beach.

Compared with the devil, angels carry more credence in America.

Ukrainian officials say Russia again struck the Ukrainian Black Sea city of Odesa, keeping up a barrage that has damaged critical port infrastructure in southern Ukraine.