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The historically Black neighborhood of Lincolnville in St. Augustine is rich with history, including several pivotal moments ...

FWISD Superintendent Karen Molinar said she pored through Bluebonnet Learning lesson by lesson and determined it was the best ...

U.S. Rep. James Clyburn, one of 58 Democrats who didn't vote on a resolution to honor Charlie Kirk following his murder in Utah, said Tuesday that he would not ...

Those who use the Book of Revelation to prop up the rapture should read the book to the end, where God creates a new heaven and new earth and a new Jerusalem descends on it. Taken literally or ...

I am not ready to give up yet. I have a faint hope that our nation can wean off of this addiction to the bullet. It is killing our citizens at a stunning rate, and now, it is killing the idea of the ...

Geoffrey Kabaservice on political violence and assassinations in the 1960s. Plus: Is Trump making a massive political ...

When awarding the Booker Prize, it’s customary for the chairman of judges to say what a hard decision it was. Yet, without ...

My oldest daughter Lexie has been a beacon of helping since high school and her mission trips to the Dominican Republic to help migrant Haitian workers. She inspired me to go on one of these trips ...

This is the first installment in RD’s latest series, “What in the What??,” in which our experts offer insight into religious ...

The contrast could hardly be more stark or irreconcilable. Erika Kirk, in obedience to the explicit command and living example of Jesus Christ on the cross, forgave her husband’s assassin. Within ...

Here’s a look at the life of civil rights activist and clergyman Jesse Jackson. Personal Birth date: October 8, 1941 Birth place: Greenville, South Carolina Birth name: Jesse Louis Burns Father: Noah ...