Social media criticized Pastor Joel Osteen for apparently not allowing misplaced Hurricane Harvey victims to use his massive Houston-based Lakewood church for shelter over the weekend. Many questioned why the wealthy pastor refused to house the victims or publicly donate funds to relief efforts. Osteen, 54, has an estimated net worth of $40 million, according

WASHINGTON — On the 54th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, religious leaders and political activists staged separate marches here and in Charlottesville, Va., to call for many of the same things the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had championed in his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. In the nation’s capital on Monday,

Nearly a month before a car driven by an alleged neo-Nazi plowed into counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Aug. 12, white supremacists planning the “Unite the Right” rally joked about using vehicles to run over their opponents. That message and thousands of other conversations among white supremacists were leaked from a chat app called Discord

HOUSTON — At least eight people are now dead in Tropical Storm Harvey’s assault on southeast Texas, authorities said Monday, as the nation’s fourth largest city remained awash in murky brown water that submerged highways, houses, shopping plazas and entire neighborhoods. More than 30,000 people in Houston and across the Gulf Coast were likely to

Donald Trump’s presidency already has been one of the most controversial in American history, and its ending could be just as action-packed and unpredictable as his first seven months in office. As the 45th president deals with his stalled agenda, his sinking approval ratings and the investigations into his presidential campaign’s possible ties to Russia,

SAN DIEGO — The following notice was received from the Jewish Federation of San Diego County: Help us help the victims of Hurricane Harvey. Hurricane Harvey, the category 4 storm that bombarded the Gulf Coast on Saturday with home-ripping winds and extensive damage, continues to dump rain in large areas of central Texas. Despite difficult