President Donald Trump has cut aid to Africa and insulted one of its elder statesmen. Will that harm his search for rare ...

The Yakima Diocese of the Catholic Church issued a statement last week amplifying the church’s position against a new state law that would require priests to violate a key church ...

Washington state teems with curious plants and creatures making headlines. At Point Defiance Zoo, visitors can spot a rare blooming artichoke agave and meet a newborn Malayan tapir that sports ...

United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Türk has expressed shock after the revelation of gross human rights violations at ...

Torch Cars Catholic bishops from the State of Washington have filed a lawsuit challenging a law requiring Catholic priests to break the confessional seal to report information about suspected ...

The Catholic bishops of Washington state filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging ... by the First Amendment by infringing on the sacred seal of confession. The suit also claims the law violates ...

Washington State is attacking religion under the guise of child protection ... Now, however, the law requires priests to break the Seal of Confession, effectively criminalizing compliance with a core ...

Massachusetts’s current state seal, featuring an indigenous man underneath a sword-holding arm, may be on its way out. After a couple efforts over the past few years, officials are once again ...

TUMWATER, Wash. — Washington's library system is facing cuts that are triggering layoff notices for dozens of employees, according to state officials. The central library in Tumwater is facing ...

In a statement criticizing the new law, Seattle Archbishop Paul Etienne said the law violates the “seal of confession," and any priest who reports information received in confession “will be ...