(Metro) — Children as young as five are ringing a helpline to hear bedtime stories because their alcoholic parents are too intoxicated. Some of the youngsters call the counsellors at the National Association for Children of Alcoholics (Nacoa) so regularly their favourite story books are kept by the phones. According to a parliamentary group there […]
Continue reading …DALLAS, Texas (CBS News) — Norma McCorvey, whose legal challenge under the pseudonym “Jane Roe” led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision that legalized abortion but who later became an outspoken opponent of the procedure, died Saturday. She was 69. McCorvey died at an assisted living center in Katy, Texas, journalist Joshua Prager confirmed […]
Continue reading …(Christian Institute) — Fathers should be seen as a “crucial pillar” for children and not a “dispensable extra,” a think-tank has warned. The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) said the “throwaway culture” in relationships means that people quickly give up if problems occur. Andy Cook, the CSJ’s chief executive, also said the “meteoric rise in […]
Continue reading …(Politico) — Health insurance giant Humana on Tuesday said it will quit Obamacare’s insurance markets altogether, announcing it will stop selling individual coverage in 2018. The decision makes Humana the first major insurer to fully exit Obamacare amid uncertainty about the GOP’s undefined health care plans. Other major insurers said they could also withdraw from […]
Continue reading …WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Associated Press) – A Canadian man who was found not criminally responsible for beheading and cannibalizing a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus has been granted his freedom. Manitoba’s Criminal Code Review Board announced Friday it has given Will Baker, formerly known as Vince Li, an absolute discharge, meaning he is longer subject […]
Continue reading …COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WCMH) — A national sex trafficking sting ended in the arrests of 552 would-be sex buyers or sex traffickers. The National Johns Suppression Initiative began three weeks ago, ending on Super Bowl Sunday. 23 law enforcement agencies in 14 states took part in the crackdown. “Sex trafficking continues to destroy countless lives, and […]
Continue reading …(Biblical Archaeology) — An early copy of the 10 Commandments has been sold for $850,000. Dated by some to c. 300–500 C.E., this marble tablet may be the oldest stone copy of the 10 Commandments—even though it displays only nine of the traditional 10 Commandments from Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5. The 10 Commandments stone omits […]
Continue reading …(Daily Caller) — Eight countries have joined a fundraising drive to fill gaps from President Donald Trump’s executive order to ban U.S. aid to groups that provide or promote abortions overseas. Trump reinstated the “Mexico City policy” Jan. 23 in one of his first moves as president. The policy has been in place under every […]
Continue reading …ANKARA, Turkey (Associated Press)– Turkey has now detained nearly 750 suspects in a police operation against the Islamic State group, authorities said Monday. Anti-terrorism police launched the security operation against people with alleged links to IS early Sunday, conducting simultaneous raids in 29 provinces, including Istanbul, Ankara and the border provinces of Gaziantep and Sanliurfa. […]
Continue reading …(NorthJersey.com) – Two men were arrested and charged with engaging in lewd behavior on a display bed at Bed Bath & Beyond during regular business hours. Police officers responded to the Route 3 Riverfront shopping center at 5 p.m. Monday on a report from a witness that two men were engaged in a sex act, […]
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