The US Army is now down to 479,000 soldiers on active duty – that's the lowest number since 1940.
Pop singer Justin Bieber has made a permanent declaration of his faith by tattooing a small cross on his face.
Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson says a "mob mentality of political correctness: is assaulting America's Judeo-Christian values and "we're slowly losing our soul."
GOP Senate lawmakers are demanding answers from Facebook over its alleged bias toward conservative news. The investigation comes after a former Facebook employee admitted to the tech blog Gizmodo that they routinely suppressed conservative news from the "trending topics" section.
A statue depicting Jesus as a homeless beggar is drawing attention from many outside a Catholic church in Syracuse, New York.
Each year more than 300,000 children in the U.S face the risk of sexual exploitation. Rescue efforts tend to focus on girls, which often leave boys as invisible victims in the sex industry. A North Carolina ministry is working to change that.
The attorney representing Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore in a judicial inquiry is speaking out on behalf of his client. Even some more liberal attorneys are siding with the justice based on the law.
A war without a name will still take lives. That is the message powerfully conveyed by award-winning author Matti Friedman in his memoir Pumpkinflowers. Friedman takes readers into the trenches of a modern day war, recreating the harrowing experience of a band of young soldiers charged with defending an outpost-called "The Pumpkin."
A potentially epic clash over transgender rights is taking shape this week after both the U.S. Justice Department and North Carolina filed lawsuits against each other over the Tar Heel State's bathroom law.
Heroin addiction is a global problem and lawmakers in the U.S. are debating whether to have supervised injection sites.