By FATIMA HUSSEIN WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS says pastors who endorse political candidates from the pulpit should not have to risk losing their tax-exempt status. The move effectively calls for a carve out for religious organizations from the rarely … Continued
On July 4, 2002, my childhood home just south of Kerr County flooded after a heavy rainstorm moved through the Texas Hill Country, hitting the headwaters that feed the Medina and Guadalupe rivers hard. That morning 23 years ago, I, … Continued
By MATTHEW LEE, AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department is warning U.S. diplomats of attempts to impersonate Secretary of State Marco Rubio and possibly other officials using technology driven by artificial intelligence, according to two senior officials … Continued
By TAMMY WEBBER It’s not just Texas and North Carolina. Intense rain is falling more frequently in many areas of the U.S. — though where it occurs and whether it causes catastrophic flooding is largely a matter of chance, according … Continued
By TIFFANY STANLEY and LINLEY SANDERS WASHINGTON (AP) — While the Trump administration explores ways to encourage Americans to have more babies and reverse the United States’ falling birth rate, a new poll finds that relatively few U.S. adults see … Continued
SILVER BAY — A 25-year-old Kansas man drowned while swimming in a North Shore river on the Fourth of July. Just before 1 p.m. July 4, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said it responded to a report of a man … Continued