HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — An appeals court has ruled that Pennsylvania’s religious freedom law needs to be considered more fully in a case about a township’s efforts to make an Amish woman stop using ...

Anderson is a postdoctoral researcher in population health and demography at Pennsylvania State University’s Population Research Institute. Signaling support for several New York Amish families, the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A hate-crimes case that has drawn worldwide interest because of the unusual nature of the charges and because it offers a rare glimpse into the reclusive Amish religious community ...

There are settlements of Amish all around the nation but a large number live in Pennsylvania and Ohio. The Amish are a group of plain people who are similar to but different than the Mennonite. The ...

My mobile phone has a photo of pretty flowers on the lock screen but I usually rush past it in order to check my messages or scroll. I do waste a lot of time using it - spending some 97 minutes on it ...

GLADWIN COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) - A semi-truck collided with an Amish buggy on Tuesday morning in Beaverton Township, leading to one person being hospitalized, according to the Gladwin County Sheriff's ...

To many outsiders, the Amish and Mennonites might appear nearly identical, sharing their roots in Anabaptist Christianity and valuing simplicity and faith. However, despite their shared history, these ...

MORRISTOWN - The religious rights of 10 Old Order Amish men are being violated by a St. Lawrence County town that is selectively prosecuting them for building homes without permits, a national public ...

A pickup truck went through a stop sign in rural Michigan and crashed into a van carrying members of an Amish community, killing at least six people, authorities said. The crash occurred Tuesday ...

WATERLOO — An Amish father who says childhood vaccines run counter to his family's religious beliefs is suing to overturn New York's ban on religious exemptions that let unvaccinated children attend ...

Rights and Responsibilities is a recurring series by Richard Garnett on legal education, the role of the courts in our constitutional structure, and the law of religious freedom and free expression.

Last night, the TLC cable television network released its latest Amish-themed reality show, “Suddenly Amish,” a sort of fish-out-of-water survival challenge in which contestants navigate Lancaster ...