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FILE - Participants carry a large pride flag during the World Pride parade with the U.S. Capitol in the background, June 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, file)

Some Republican governors are rebranding June with conservative alternatives to Pride

8:38 AM on Thursday, June 4

June is Pride Month across the U.S. But in some Republican-controlled states it's now officially Fidelity, Nuclear Family or Strong Families Month

An Israeli flag hangs on a destroyed building in southern Lebanon as seen from northern Israel, Thursday June 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Hezbollah rejects latest ceasefire agreement as Israeli strikes kill 4 in Lebanon

5:27 AM on Thursday, June 4

Hezbollah has rejected the latest ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Lebanese government and demanded a complete Israeli withdrawal

Daagbo Hounon Houna II, the Supreme Spiritual Voodoo Chief, surrounded by priestesses, is interviewed by The Associated Press, in Ouidah, Benin, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

How Voodoo overcame suppression and became a democratic force in the West African nation of Benin

9:22 PM on Wednesday, June 3

Benin recently inaugurated President Romuald Wadagni as its new leader in the latest transition in the West African nation

A childhood self-portrait by Paula Alonso-Pimentel hangs in the studio of her apartment in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, May 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Spain's reckoning with clergy abuse enters a new chapter as Pope Leo visits

9:05 PM on Wednesday, June 3

Spain is addressing sexual abuse within the Catholic Church with a new reparations program

FILE - Cities Church is seen on Jan. 19, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, File)

ICE protesters who interrupted Minnesota church service won't face state charges, prosecutor says

5:14 PM on Wednesday, June 3

Dozens of anti-immigration enforcement protesters who face federal criminal charges after they interrupted a Minnesota church service in January, accompanied by former CNN journalist Don Lemon, will not additionally face state charges

FILE - Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington attends a press conference at the North American College in Rome, Friday, May 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia,File)

Washington archbishop removes priest as exorcist after comments on UFOs and demons

4:16 PM on Wednesday, June 3

The Catholic archbishop of Washington has removed a well-known priest who said UFO sightings were the work of demons

FILE - Kanye West performs at the Coachella Music & Arts Festival on April 20, 2019, in Indio, Calif. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

Dutch court allows rapper Ye concerts in the Netherlands

11:05 AM on Wednesday, June 3

A judge in Amsterdam has rejected an appeal by a Jewish organization to block two performances by rapper Ye, finding the concerts are not a threat to public order

FILE - A police officer stands guard inside the St. Francis Catholic Church, a day after an attack that targeted worshipers in Owo, Nigeria, June 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

Nigerian court sentences 4 men to death for killing worshippers in 2022 Catholic church attack

8:38 AM on Wednesday, June 3

A Nigerian court has sentenced four men to death for carrying out a 2022 attack on a church that killed 50 people

The sun rises behind Antoni Gaudí's iconic Basilica of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, May 28, 2026, ahead of Pope Leo XIV's visit to the city in June. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Photos of Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia as Gaudí basilica rises before Pope Leo XIV’s visit

11:18 PM on Tuesday, June 2

People gather on paddleboards in shallow water as cargo and service vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, June 1, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

Kuwait says Iranian drones hit airport and killed 1 as ceasefire is tested again

11:10 PM on Tuesday, June 2

Kuwait says Iranian drones have heavily damaged a passenger terminal at its main, killing one person, wounding dozens and briefly closing the airfield

People gather to protest outside Southampton police station, Southampton, England, Tuesday June 2, 2026, after the fatal stabbing of Henry Nowak, a British teenager who was handcuffed despite claiming he was the crime victim. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)

The case of a UK teen who died from a stab wound while handcuffed by police stirs debate

11:46 AM on Tuesday, June 2

The fatal stabbing of a British teenage who was handcuffed despite telling offices that he was wounded has sparked a debate about policing and race

FILE - Members of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces parade of Shiite group Asaib Ahl al-Haq, participate in a Quds Day march in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, July 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

Powerful Iran-backed militias in Iraq say they will start handing in weapons to authorities

8:54 AM on Tuesday, June 2

Two of Iraq’s most powerful Iran-backed militias say they will start handing in their weapons to authorities

Why Mary, as the Immaculate Conception, became the patron saint of the US in the 1840s

5:27 AM on Tuesday, June 2

Fans wait for the start of a friendly soccer match between Argentina and Zambia next to a banner of Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Why soccer fandom in Latin America feels almost sacred

4:49 AM on Tuesday, June 2

Soccer devotion in Latin America extends far beyond the stadium

Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus noon prayer in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope names Mexican-American broadcasting executive to lead Vatican communications

4:28 AM on Tuesday, June 2

Pope Leo XIV has taken a step toward overhauling the Vatican’s communications by naming Maria Montserrat Alvarado as the new head of its communications office

Pope Leo XIV waves as he leaves after his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

'Love my woke pope': Why Leo's first encyclical went viral and how it speaks to his papal approach

4:04 AM on Tuesday, June 2

Pope Leo XIV has issued a manifesto calling for robust regulation of artificial intelligence

FILE - Italy's Jannik Sinner, left, shares a light moment with Pope Leo XIV on the occasion of their meeting at the Vatican, May 14, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP, File)

Pope Leo plays tennis religiously as part of an Augustinian devotion to sports and spirituality

1:01 AM on Tuesday, June 2

When Pope Leo XIV was elected last year and it emerged that he was a tennis player, his love of the sport was quickly celebrated during an audience with top-ranked Jannik Sinner

Archaeological workers wearing hard hats dig 4 meters (13 feet) underground during excavations outside Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, Monday, June 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garriga)

AP exclusive: Under Notre Dame cathedral, a 'dig of the century' unearths 1,700 years of history

9:04 PM on Monday, June 1

Archaeologists are digging beneath Notre Dame cathedral to explore as far back as Roman Paris from 2,000 years ago

Israeli mounted police disperse Ultra-Orthodox Jews blocking a road during a protest against army draft in Jerusalem, Monday, June 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Ultra-Orthodox protesters block roads and trains across Israel over military draft

10:42 AM on Monday, June 1

Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Israelis have demonstrated across the country against mandatory military enlistment

For 2 centuries, Latter-day Saints have revered religious freedom – but their definition is evolving

5:26 AM on Monday, June 1

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