US marks 9/11 attacks amid drumbeat of political violence
The remembrances today are being held during a time of increased political tensions.
By Carla Babb
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Paul Newman, the Pacific and the bomb that changed the world
As an actor in Hollywood, Paul Newman supported nuclear disarmament. As a sailor in World War II, he believed the atomic bomb saved his life.
By Dave Kindy
8 decades after Hiroshima atomic bombing, search for missing continues
When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago in Hiroshima, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to the small, rural island of Ninoshima.
US military chaplaincy marks 250 years of providing spiritual support
Six weeks after the Continental Army was formed in 1775, George Washington made a declaration that has shaped the military ever since: “We need chaplains.”
By Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service