David Crary

@CraryAP

Religion news director for Associated Press. Past postings; Nairobi, Johannesburg, Paris, Sarajevo, Toronto. Plus covering LGBTQ and repro-rights in US.

New York City

Joined October 2009

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David Crary@CraryAP · 4 h

Muslim leaders increase security after vandalism reports at Texas and California mosques (from @AP Religion Team’s ⁦@MariamFam⁩ ) apnews.com/article/us-mos…

CraryAP's tweet card. After vandalism reports involving graffiti at a few mosques in Texas and California, Muslim leaders there have stepped up existing efforts to keep their sacred spaces and community members safe.

David Crary@CraryAP · 19 h

Trump administration investigates Oregon's transgender athlete policies #LGBTQ apnews.com/article/trump-…

CraryAP's tweet card. The Trump administration is investigating the Oregon Department of Education after receiving a complaint from a conservative non-profit group alleging the state was violating civil rights law by...

David Crary@CraryAP · Jul 25

Despite rainy weather, Catholics in a Paraguayan town dress as birds to honor their patron saint (from @AP Religion Team's @maritereh ) apnews.com/article/saint-…

CraryAP's tweet card. Dozens of Catholics in feathered costumes joined a procession in Paraguay, honoring St. Francis Solanus.

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David Crary@CraryAP · Jul 25

A Columbia genocide scholar says she may leave over university's new definition of antisemitism apnews.com/article/columb…

CraryAP's tweet card. Academics around the country are raising alarm about growing efforts to define antisemitism on terms pushed by the Trump administration.

David Crary@CraryAP · Jul 24

Judge acquits 5 former Canadian junior hockey players in sexual assault case that rattled the nation apnews.com/article/canada…

CraryAP's tweet image. Judge acquits 5 former Canadian junior hockey players in sexual assault case that rattled the nation

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David Crary@CraryAP · Jul 24

French President Macron says France will recognize Palestine as a state apnews.com/article/france…

CraryAP's tweet card. French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France will recognize Palestine as a state, amid snowballing global anger over people starving in Gaza.

David Crary@CraryAP · Jul 24

Central African Republic rebels found guilty of war crimes by International Criminal Court apnews.com/article/intern…

CraryAP's tweet card. International Criminal Court judges have found two leaders of a predominantly Christian rebel group in the Central African Republic guilty of multiple counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

David Crary@CraryAP · Jul 24

A group of Catholics revitalized a remote Arizona village before the diocese ordered them to leave (From @AP Religion Team’s ⁦⁦@reporterdeepa⁩ ) apnews.com/article/arizon…

CraryAP's tweet image. A group of Catholics revitalized a remote Arizona village before the diocese ordered them to leave
(From @AP Religion Team’s ⁦⁦@reporterdeepa⁩ )
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David Crary@CraryAP · Jul 24

With no access to education beyond the 6th grade, girls in Afghanistan turn to religious schools (from @AP’s ⁦@ElenaBec⁩ ) apnews.com/article/afghan…

CraryAP's tweet image. With no access to education beyond the 6th grade, girls in Afghanistan turn to religious schools (from @AP’s ⁦@ElenaBec⁩ )

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David Crary@CraryAP · Jul 24

Columbia University agrees to pay more than $220M in deal with Trump to restore federal funding apnews.com/article/columb…

CraryAP's tweet card. Columbia University has reached a deal with the Trump administration to pay more than $220 million to the federal government to restore federal research money that was canceled in the name of...

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David Crary@CraryAP · Jul 24

Appeals court finds Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship unconstitutional, upholds block apnews.com/article/immigr…

CraryAP's tweet card. A federal appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump’s order seeking to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional, affirming a lower-court decision that blocked its enforcement nation...

David Crary@CraryAP · Jul 23

Rome gears up for Holy Year's monumental Catholic youth rally in scorching temperatures (From @AP Religion Team's @nwinfield ) apnews.com/article/vatica…

CraryAP's tweet card. Half a million young people are expected to pour into Rome next week for the biggest event of the 2025 Holy Year.

David Crary@CraryAP · Jul 23

Bermuda shorts, beachwear and a local ban divide Algerian town apnews.com/article/algeri…

CraryAP's tweet card. A dispute over men’s swimwear is dividing an Algerian beach town. Earlier this month, the mayor of Chetaïbi banned Bermuda shorts, calling them indecent.

David Crary@CraryAP · Jul 23

Far beyond Harvard, conservative efforts to reshape higher education are gaining steam apnews.com/article/harvar…

CraryAP's tweet card. Far beyond Harvard University and its standoff with the Trump administration, Republican officials in several states have been pushing for changes at public universities.

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David Crary@CraryAP · Jul 23

US Olympic and Paralympic officials bar transgender women from competing in Olympic women’s sports #LGBTQ apnews.com/article/team-u…

CraryAP's tweet card. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has barred transgender women from competing in women’s sports.

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David Crary@CraryAP · Jul 22

Florida's attorney general targets a restaurant over an #LGBTQ Pride event apnews.com/article/florid…

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David Crary@CraryAP · Jul 22

Australian Parliament resumes after Labor's landslide election victory apnews.com/article/austra…

CraryAP's tweet card. Australia’s Parliament has resumed after the center-left Labor Party won one of the nation’s largest-ever majorities in the May elections.

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David Crary@CraryAP · Jul 22

Planned Parenthood wins partial victory in legal fight with Trump administration over funding cuts apnews.com/article/planne…

CraryAP's tweet card. Planned Parenthood has won a partial victory in a legal fight with President Donald Trump’s administration over its efforts to defund the organization in tax legislation.

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David Crary@CraryAP · Jul 20

Volunteers flock to immigration courts to support migrants arrested in the hallways apnews.com/article/immigr…

CraryAP's tweet card. A diverse group of volunteers from faith leaders to grandmothers to retired lawyers have been escorting people to immigration courts across the country.

David Crary@CraryAP · Jul 19

Tradition and faith meet at the coast in Spain every July to celebrate the patron of sailors (from @ClaudiaRosel_ for @AP's Religion Team) apnews.com/article/estepo…

CraryAP's tweet card. Coastal communities in Spain every year honor Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the patron of sailors. In Estepona, a former fishing village, the celebration is the year’s most anticipated event.

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