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April 23, 2016

School board member resigns over anti-Muslim Facebook posts

A New Jersey school board member has resigned after backlash over posts she made on Facebook that disparaged Muslims.

April 20, 2016

Lawyer: NYC hopes surveillance deal alters image of police

A New York City lawyer said Wednesday that the city hoped to improve the image of its police department when it reached a deal with civil rights advocates to allow a civilian to serve on a committee of high-ranking police officials as they discuss investigations relating to surveillance of political activities.

April 20, 2016

Trump's 9/11 narrative: memory and hyperbole, 15 years later

Every American of a certain age has a 9/11 story — vivid memories of where they were, what they saw, how they felt on that awful day.

April 20, 2016

Deal to end illegal surveillance of Muslims gets mixed reax

Members of the Muslim community are asking for more time to digest the terms of a deal aimed at preventing illegal surveillance by the New York Police Department.

April 19, 2016

Dozens of US-based cleric's supporters arrested in Turkey soccer crackdown

Turkish authorities on Tuesday detained 38 people suspected of "framing" soccer team Fenerbahce's players and directors in a match-fixing investigation in 2011, as the government pressed ahead with a crackdown on supporters of a U.S.-based Muslim cleric.

April 15, 2016

The Citadel considers exception to allow Muslim headscarf

An incoming freshman female student at The Citadel has asked the military college to let her wear a traditional Muslim headscarf when she begins classes in the fall, the first time such a request has been made at the school known for its buttoned-up uniforms and close-cropped haircuts.

April 15, 2016

US military school considers exception for Muslim headscarf

A U.S. military school is considering a request from a new student longstanding uniform requirements be tweaked to allow her to wear a traditional Muslim headscarf.

April 12, 2016

Denver airport contractor faces trial over head scarves

A federal jury will decide whether a ground services operator at Denver's airport discriminated against Muslim employees by not allowing them to wear head scarves.

April 5, 2016

Class-action suit challenges US government's no-fly list

A Muslim civil rights group is taking a new approach in its efforts to dismantle the government's network of terrorist watch lists.

April 2, 2016

Seeing slow progress, leaders face disparate nuclear threats

Dozens of world leaders assembling Friday for a nuclear security summit will confront a disparate array of modern-day threats, ranging from government actors like North Korea to murkier groups like the Islamic State.