WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate failed to pass a bill on Tuesday that would ban abortion at 20 weeks and after, or five months gestation. The Senate was unable to obtain the 60 votes needed to pass the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, with a final vote of 54-42. The legislation was aimed at […]
Republican presidential candidate and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson clarified remarks made over the weekend about whether or not he would support the election of a Muslim president, stating that if the candidate placed the U.S. Constitution over his religion, he would be willing to back them. Carson initially drew criticism from some over his initial […]
KABUL, Afghanistan (New York Times) — In his last phone call home, Lance Cpl. Gregory Buckley Jr. told his father what was troubling him: From his bunk in southern Afghanistan, he could hear Afghan police officers sexually abusing boys they had brought to the base. “At night we can hear them screaming, but we’re not […]
PLANO, Texas – The manufacturers of Doritos potato chips say they have “had an amazing response” to their homosexuality-celebrating Doritos Rainbows chips, but some consumers have promised to never buy Doritos products again because of the company’s support of sin. The Doritos brand, a subsidiary of Frito-Lay, Inc., has announced in a press release that their company […]
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Officials in a Florida city have opted to end the presentation of prayers at city council meetings altogether rather than face a possible lawsuit from a Satanist who is seeking to lead an invocation. Activist Chaz Stevens had submitted a request to city leaders in Coral Springs and other Florida cities […]
MINDANAO, Philippines (Morning Star News) – Terrorists from the Islamic extremist group Abu Sayyaf were suspected in the bombing of a passenger bus in the city of Zamboanga on Friday that killed a 14-year-old girl and wounded 33 others. Authorities said Abu Sayyaf had threatened D’Biel Transit, attempting without success to extort monthly payments from the […]
NASHVILLE — Two lawmakers in Tennessee have introduced a bill that would defy the U.S. Supreme Court ruling regarding same-sex “marriage” and protect the rule of law in the state. Rep. Mark Pody, R-Lebanon, and Sen. Mae Beavers, R-Mt. Juliet, filed the “Tennessee Natural Marriage Defense Act” on Thursday in the state legislature to defend the […]
MOREHEAD, Ky. — An attorney for Brian Mason, the Kentucky deputy clerk that has been issuing marriage licenses to homosexuals in place of Kim Davis, told U.S. District Court Judge David Bunning on Friday that he believes Davis has altered the licenses to a point that they are invalid. As previously reported, after Bunning released Davis from […]
TURKEY (Mission Network News) — As if believers in Turkey didn’t have enough to deal with, evangelical leaders are now receiving death threats from ISIS. “These threats are against Islamic converts to Christianity,” Rody Rodeheaver of International Needs explains. “ISIS wants to make an example of them, and are threatening to do just that.” This news, along with […]
NEW YORK — The U.S. ambassador to the U.N. has pledged to continue to inplead the case of an American pastor imprisoned in Iran when she appears before the United Nations. Samantha Power met with the wife of Pastor Saeed Abedini on Friday at the U.S. Mission in New York City. As previously reported, Abedini, a […]