(BBC News) — The Nigerian army says that one of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls has been found, along with her six-month-old baby. She was discovered by soldiers investigating suspected members of Islamist militant group Boko Haram. Nigeria’s military said the young woman is undergoing medical checks. A total of 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko […]

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. (The Journal News) — The city will pay $112,500 to a man who alleged he was falsely arrested after being hit by a taxi. The Mount Vernon Board of Estimate and Contract voted Tuesday to pay a settlement to Stephen Sudu of Georgia, who sued the city in 2013 alleging misconduct by […]

(Christian Times) — A Turkish court has denied the appeal for release of an American pastor who was imprisoned for allegedly being a member of an armed terrorist organization. Pastor Andrew Brunson was initially detained with his wife, Norine, on Oct. 7 in the coastal city of Izmir. The couple, who have been living in Turkey […]

(Associated Press) — An upscale New Jersey town violated anti-discrimination laws by insisting that a proposed mosque have more parking spaces than churches or synagogues because of its unique worship times and traditions, a federal judge has ruled. The ruling issued Saturday by U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp stated that Bernards Township violated the Religious […]

(The Mirror) — The memory of her tiny baby’s body lying lifeless in the dust at the base of a tree tortures Amina. It was less than two months ago she fled through the vast Sambisa forest in north east Nigeria, in a desperate bid to escape Islamic terror group Boko Haram. She had been […]

MANILA, Philippines (The Philippine Star) — Do you have a problem with his mouth? Complain to God. That was President Duterte’s advice yesterday to those not comfortable with his foul mouth as he has no plans to change the way he talks just to please his critics. “If you have something against me, about my mouth, […]

(Breitbart) — An eight-year-old girl in Secaucus, N.J., says Boy Scout officials should treat her as a transgender boy, and let her join a boys’ Cub Scout pack. The child, who is a biological girl but has been living as a “transgender boy” for more than a year, was asked to leave the pack following […]

(Los Angeles Times) — Iraqi security forces launched the second phase of their offensive against Islamic State in the key city of Mosul on Thursday, advancing into the city with U.S. forces embedded closer to the front line than in the past. While Iraqi counterterrorism and army units pushed forward from the north and east […]

(Associated Press) — The children told prosecutors the two Roman Catholic priests repeatedly raped them by an image of the Virgin Mary inside the small school chapel in remote northwestern Argentina. Only their tormentors would have heard their cries because the other children at the school were deaf. The clerical sex abuse scandal unfolding at […]

LEVITTOWN, N.Y. (Associated Press) – To untold numbers of children, he’s simply Uncle Tim. Nearly 3,300 babies across the country who otherwise might have been abandoned and perhaps died have found homes in the past 17 years, thanks in part to the efforts of Tim Jaccard, a retired New York police ambulance medic who grew […]