Frozen Florida: icicles on palm trees, falling iguanas, earmuffs instead of flip-flops

Fla. freezes as arctic blast makes its way south

4 Roman Catholic priests resign in central Mexico after they’re caught breaking celibacy vows

Church says 4 Mexican priests broke celibacy vows

True Religion hires Lynne Koplin as chief operating officer, a new position

True Religion names Lynne Koplin operating chief

Federal job discrimination complaints against private employers remain near record high

Job bias claims based on disability, religion rise

Security tighter as pope caresses babies, greets faithful in St. Peter’s for Epiphany

New security as pope leads Mass for Epiphany

Dalit Christians seek quota, apex court admits plea

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Wednesday admitted yet another plea for according a Scheduled Caste status to Dalits embracing Christianity, entitling them to quota in state jobs and educational institutions.

Exiled Tibetans condemn ban on religious event in monastery

DHARAMSALA - Exiled Tibetans Wednesday condemned the Chinese authorities for imposing a ban on a religious event at a Tibet monastery.

Richard Gere meets Dalai Lama in Bodh Gaya

PATNA - Hollywood star Richard Gere met the Dalai Lama in Bodh Gaya in Bihar where the actor is attending a five-day long religious discourse on Buddhism by the Tibetan spiritual leader, an official at a Tibetan monastery said Wednesday.

Northern Ireland’s outlawed Ulster Defense Association says it has fully disarmed

Outlawed NIreland association says it has disarmed

Pope caresses babies, greets faithful in St. Peter’s Basilica procession with added security

New security as pope greets faithful in basilica

French Sikhs bringing turban ban issue to Delhi

PARIS - A delegation of Sikhs from France will land in New Delhi Thursday for the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), the annual gathering of the Indian diaspora, to highlight the continuing problem of the ban of Sikh turbans in France.