WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden used the Lord’s name in vain on Friday as he spoke at the annual conference for a prominent homosexual activist organization. Biden, who served as keynote speaker at the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) annual spring conference in Washington, was expressing disagreement with recent remarks made by famed neurosurgeon and possible […]
WASHINGTON — A House panel has approved a bill that—among other asylum and immigration concerns—would grant foreign homeschooling families asylum in the U.S. if they face persecution in their native country for opting to teach their children at home. HR 1153, approved 17-13 in the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, was inspired in part by the […]
ARUSHA, Tanzania (AFP) – A court in Tanzania has sentenced four people to death for the murder of an albino woman who was killed so her hacked-off limbs could be used in magic, officials said Friday. The sentencing comes after Tanzania’ President Jakaya Kikwete blasted the wave of killings of albinos, whose body parts are […]
IRVINE, Calif. (NBC) — Southern California apartment complexes that doubled as “maternity hotels” for Chinese women who want made-in-America babies were raided early Tuesday, capping an unprecedented federal sting operation, officials said. NBC News was on the scene as Homeland Security agents swept into The Carlyle, a luxury property in Irvine, California, which housed pregnant […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 21-year-old man previously charged with lying on a passport application so he could fly to Syria to join the Islamic State terrorist group was indicted Wednesday on a charge of trying to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. Adam Dandach was also charged in the superseding indictment with […]
(Manchester Evening News) — A schoolboy was “excluded” from World Book Day celebrations after turning up for lessons in a Fifty Shades of Grey costume. Liam Scholes, 11, arrived at Sale High School dressed as Christian Grey, wearing a suit and carrying cable ties and an eye mask. He later told the M.E.N it was […]
LAKE WORTH, Fla. — A city in Florida is under scrutiny after it allegedly mandated area churches to obtain business licenses—an allegation that it now denies despite a paper trail to the contrary. Liberty Counsel, which has offices in Florida, Virginia and Washington, D.C., recently sent a letter to Lake Worth officials on behalf of a […]
BOISE, Idaho — Three lawmakers in Idaho chose to sit out a Hindu prayer at the state capitol on Tuesday, and one is being called upon to apologize for calling Hinduism a “false religion” to the media. Rajan Zed, president of the Universal Society of Hinduism, presented the prayer this week at the Idaho State House—the first invocation […]
ABINGTON, Northhampton – A former Olympic gymnast in the UK who refused her doctors’ advice to abort two of her unborn children due to health concerns and risks has given birth to triplets. As previously reported, Jaime Halsey, 35, and her husband Steve found out that they were expecting triplets in October and were referred to specialists […]
(Daily Mail) — Obsessive neighbor Kiki Muddar spun a web of fantasy with the sole aim of securing a place in Polly Chowdhury’s bed. She created a cast of 15 characters to entrap the former law firm secretary. Despite only existing on Facebook and via text message, the characters persuaded Chowdhury to kick out her […]