The U.S. Supreme Court has again rejected an appeal from a small church in the Bronx that tried to overturn New York City's ban on after-hours religious worship services in public schools.
President Barack Obama is defending the Muslim religion in his White House summit on countering violent extremism, saying that terrorists are not really following Islam.
The president is standing his ground, refusing to say terrorist groups like ISIS and al Qaeda are connected to Islam. But critics are urging him to face the facts about Islamic terrorism.
The Pentagon is announcing an upcoming operation to take back Iraq's second largest city from the Islamic State. The operation will involve up to 25,000 Iraqi and Pershmerga troops trained by the U.S.-led coalition.
