(WND) — Science publications are hailing research breakthroughs in a new life-saving procedure that harvests the organs of aborted children and transplants them in animals, where they can grow and then be made available to patients. The Genetic Literacy Project website calls the process Xenotransplantation and suggests the biggest question would be, “Would you accept […]

CINCINNATI, Ohio (NBC News) — A suburban Cincinnati gay rights activist was charged with a misdemeanor early Tuesday after police say he falsely claimed online that he was kidnapped and thrown in the trunk of his car, NBC affiliate WLWT reported. In a post on Facebook and Twitter just before 12:30 a.m. ET, Adam Hoover […]

ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – After a five-year court battle, a U.S. evangelist singled out by Turkey’s Ministry of the Interior for deportation because of his outreach activities has been granted a residency permit to stay in Turkey. David Byle was issued a residency permit at the end of January after five years of living […]

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A prominent Bangladeshi-American blogger known for speaking out against religious extremism was hacked to death as he walked through Bangladesh’s capital with his wife, police said Friday. The attack Thursday night on Avijit Roy, a Bangladesh-born U.S. citizen, occurred on a crowded sidewalk as he and his wife, Rafida Ahmed, were […]

NEW YORK — Three would-be jihadists from Brooklyn who plotted to join the Islamic State were nabbed Wednesday—including one who declared himself ready to “execute” President Obama or “plant a bomb in Coney Island.” Two of the suspects—falafel restaurant workers Abdurasul Juraboev and Akhror Saidakhmetov—were expected to be arraigned in Brooklyn Federal Court. The third—kitchenware […]

CHICAGO – A University of Illinois at Chicago student leader has been charged with sexually assaulting a 19-year-old female student in what Cook County prosecutors say was a re-enactment of scenes from the film “Fifty Shades of Grey.” Freshman Mohammad Hossain, 19, appeared shocked after a Cook County judge set his bail at $500,000, walking […]

NORTH KHARTOUM, Sudan (Christian Telegraph) — Lawyers representing the Khartoum Bahri Evangelical Church in North Khartoum have filed an appeal against a court decision to confiscate the remaining property at the site and permanently close the church, reports Dan Wooding, Founder of ASSIST and ASSIST News Service. According to Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), on February 18th, […]

(The Christian Institute) — A Scripture Union book designed to help with the move to secondary school has been banned at a Scottish school after humanists complained it could “distress” pupils. Robert Douglas Memorial School in Scone, Perthshire, decided to stop handing out the book to primary school leavers after a complaint from one humanist […]

As clothing becomes more amorphous and less gender specific, lines are blurring. At Hood by Air’s FW 2015 runway show in New York this week, male models wore slit dresses down the runway, while Public School showed women wearing men’s trousers. On Sunday, New York-based designer Telfar Clemens had two male models strut the runway […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (ABC7) — Though a movie screening that can be heard and seen by the public for free might sound fun in most cases, some parents are frustrated by what one drive-in theater is broadcasting for all to see: “Fifty Shades of Grey.” The movie, rated R for “strong sexual content, unusual behavior, and […]