(BioEdge) — In a stunning example of evading ethical controversy by exporting it, Spanish and American researchers have created monkey-human chimeras in China. The hybrid embryos will be destroyed after they develop a central nervous system and will not be brought to term. The experiment is ethically risky. What if the human stem cells develop […]

(Heavy) — Connor Betts was named by police as the body armor-wearing, masked gunman who fatally shot at least 9 people, including his own sister, while wounding at least 27 more, in a popular bar and restaurant district in Dayton, Ohio. Betts was 24 and from Bellbrook, Ohio. Witnesses said he was wearing all black […]

(The College Fix) — David Gelernter, a famed Yale University professor, has publicly renounced his belief in Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, calling it a “beautiful idea” that has been effectively disproven. Gelernter, who is known for predicting the World Wide Web and has developed many complex computing tools over the years, is today a […]

(The Orange County Register) — Resolving litigation over alleged violation of students’ constitutional rights, the Huntington Beach City School District has agreed to revise its policies regarding dissemination of religious materials on campus. On Tuesday, July 30, the school board voted unanimously to specify religious activities in its policy section covering freedom of expression. Additionally, […]

(Newsweek) — A Republican congressman in Virginia received a no-confidence vote from a local GOP committee after he recently officiated a same-sex “wedding.” On July 14, Rep. Denver Riggleman, (R-VA) married two campaign volunteers, Alex Pisciarino and Anthony LeCounte, at King Family Vineyards, about 15 miles from Charlottesville. “I’m a Congressman. I represent everyone,” Riggleman, […]

(OneNewsNow) — A man who repeatedly threatened a pro-life activist is expected to pay a price for his actions. Federal authorities arrested and charged Christopher Thompson, 22, for making death threats to longtime pro-life group Operation Rescue. Operation Rescue spokesperson Cheryl Sullenger tells OneNewsNow that Thompson began calling the Wichita, Kansas-based group a year ago […]

READING, Pa. (Reading Eagle) — As Reading dentist Tim Medianick checked the teeth of children he’d come to care for in a Ukrainian orphanage, he saw so much damage. Many of the children had cavities and decay that were long-neglected, but it wasn’t just their teeth that weren’t receiving enough attention, he said. Those kids […]

COPPERAS COVE, Texas (USA Today/Yahoo) — A Texas mom allegedly left her infant in a running car while she took shots at a nightclub, police say. When officers confronted Samantha Grace Vaughan early Sunday, she shouted racist slurs and eventually wound up smiling for a jail booking photo. Copperas Cove police found Vaughan’s baby around […]

 HOUSTON, Texas (ABC13 News) — The year Elizabeth Francis was born, the Oval Office was built, the NAACP was formed, Cadillac joined General Motors and the life expectancy for an American woman was shy of 54 years. Francis was born in Louisiana in 1909. The Houstonian celebrated her 110th birthday on Saturday. Francis gets […]

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Fox 2 News) – Adam Smith made a shocking discovery inside the freezer of his family’s apartment on the 6000 block of Magnolia late Saturday night. Smith’s mother had just passed away and he decided to open a box that was wrapped and stored in the family freezer. He said the package had […]