Religious Issues
RALEIGH, N.C. - A federal judge ordered a North Carolina school to admit a 14-year-old high school student suspended for wearing a nose piercing she says is part of her religion, and the teenager headed to science class Friday afternoon.
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Members of a radical Muslim sect shot and killed a political leader in northern Nigeria, the latest attack by a group that engineered a massive prison break last month, a police commissioner said Thursday.
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican says its investigation of sexual abuse by clergy throughout Ireland will include meetings with victims and families.
BERLIN - A German court has convicted a former Roman Catholic acolyte and church youth director of sexually abusing children and sentenced him to four years and nine months in prison.
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court opened its new term with Justice Elena Kagan on the bench.
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