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3:42 PM on Thursday, August 13

Since its start, the festival has grown from a weekend workshop with a handful of participants to the largest festival of its kind in Europe, lasting more than a month, with daily workshops drawing hundreds of participants and near nightly concerts attended by over 10,000 people total, according to organizers

10:50 AM on Thursday, August 13

A judge in Boston has dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit that accused Harvard University of ignoring harassment of Jewish students

4:04 AM on Thursday, August 13

Abdul El-Sayed made history this month in Michigan by becoming the first Muslim nominated by the Democratic Party to run for the U.S. Senate

2:16 AM on Thursday, August 13

An Australian jury has convicted former Catholic bishop Christopher Saunders of sexually abusing two young Indigenous men

10:58 AM on Wednesday, August 12

An array of creative promotions has played at least a small role in an MLB-wide average attendance of 29,618 through Tuesday’s games, the highest such number for a full season since 2017

10:15 AM on Wednesday, August 12

Assma Ali's appointment as a municipal judge in a small Mississippi Delta town has sparked social media backlash due to her Muslim faith

9:35 PM on Tuesday, August 11

A prosecutor has told a court that the case against a man accused of murdering 15 people at a Sydney Hanukkah celebration involved more than 800 witness statements and more evidence had yet to be examined

5:00 AM on Tuesday, August 11

Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has selected a Republican-turned-independent as her running mate in a tough reelection campaign

3:48 AM on Monday, August 10

U.S. President Donald Trump is scoffing at Iran's demands that the U.S. pay for devastation caused by five months of war

12:29 AM on Sunday, August 9

Israel’s prime minister is rejecting President Donald Trump’s announced deal for Gaza and says Israeli forces won’t withdraw from the Palestinian territory until Hamas disarms

2:07 PM on Friday, August 7

Pope Leo XIV plans to visit Argentina in November, marking the first papal visit in nearly 40 years

10:25 AM on Friday, August 7

The head of the influential Armenian Apostolic Church has appeared in court for a trial on criminal charges in the latest confrontation with the government of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan

5:02 AM on Friday, August 7

A suspended Catholic priest on a tiny Caribbean island is embracing calypso to make his voice heard on topics including Gaza and sexual abuse within the church

4:41 AM on Friday, August 7

Pope Leo XIV plans to meet with survivors of clergy abuse during a four-day trip to France next month