Muslim calligrapher Yasser Abu Saymeh has dedicated the past two months to Christian art, writing the Gospel of Luke in ornate Arabic script to be presented to Pope Benedict XVI when the Roman Catholic leader visits the Holy Land next month.

The Supreme Court has turned away a challenge from a death row inmate in Texas who claimed his constitutional rights were violated by jurors who consulted a Bible during deliberations.

Don’t ask Mattie Caldwell how many candles go on her birthday cake. “I don’t remember,” she said. Medicare records indicate Caldwell’s birth date is March 5, 1901. An old family Bible gives the same date but three years earlier, in 1898. And there’s no le

Authorities say a fire that damaged a Detroit firehouse was started by a towel that a firefighter used to shade a lamp while he was reading the Bible.

Rashad Hassan scored 18 points on 9 of 10 shooting to lead Savannah State to a 103-44 win over Carver Bible College on Thursday night.

Ohio police say a man held a woman captive in handcuffs and an adult diaper for three days while he read Bible passages to her.

When Barack Obama launched his presidential campaign, he did it in Abraham Lincoln’s hometown. When he arrived in Washington, he followed the train route Lincoln used in 1861. When he needed a Bible for his swearing-in, Obama picked Lincoln’s.

The small, red Bible used to swear in Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama will go on rare public display to mark the 200th anniversary of the 16th president’s birth.

As he became a precedent-shattering president Tuesday, Barack Obama wrapped himself in America’s deepest traditions, invoking God, the Bible, the Founding Fathers, cherished documents and old-fashioned virtues.

C.J. Reed scored 18 points and Bethune-Cookman defeated Carver Bible College 87-52 on Wednesday night.