(PEOPLE) — The body of a missing mom who was nine months pregnant was found strangled to death Wednesday in a Chicago home, and her baby was cut out of her womb after she was killed, PEOPLE confirms. Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, 19, who also went by the last name Ochoa-Uriostegui, had been missing since April […]
Continue reading …BETHLEHEM, Pa. (The Morning Call) — A man charged with setting two fires at a Bethlehem church that banned him said as he was leaving court Thursday that he “was mad at God.” Wilmer Jose Ortiz Torres, 43, is a former member at Iglesia Pentecostal De Bethlehem on Pembroke Road. Ortiz Torres is charged with […]
Continue reading …AUSTIN, Texas (KVUE) — The Texas Senate initially passed the dubbed “Save Chick Fil-A” bill by state Senator Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola) on Wednesday. The amended version of Senate Bill 1978 prohibits governmental entities from taking adverse actions against people for their affiliation with or donations to religious organizations. This language matches the House version of […]
Continue reading … LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has released video of a woman, identified by police as 25-year-old Cadesha Bishop, pushing an elderly man off a bus in Las Vegas. Witnesses say the victim had been asking Bishop to be nicer to the passengers before being pushed out the doors and […]
Continue reading …(AL.com) — Alabama lawmakers aiming to challenge abortion rights nationally are one step from their goal of putting an almost total ban on the procedure into state law. The Senate voted Tuesday night 25-6 to pass a bill to make it a felony for a doctor to perform an abortion. The bill is a priority […]
Continue reading …(The College Fix) — On Monday, the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs settled a lawsuit brought by a student Christian apologetics group alleging its religious freedom had been violated when the university tried to dictate the makeup of the group’s leaders. In November, Ratio Christi sued the public university, alleging its officials refused to formally […]
Continue reading …(Business Insider) — Mayor Pete Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten, recently visited Jimmy Carter’s Sunday-school class in Plains, Georgia, and then had lunch with the former president. The South Bend, Indiana, mayor said he was “humbled” to meet with Carter, who has hosted other 2020 Democratic candidates such as Sens. Cory Booker and Amy Klobuchar […]
Continue reading … (Voice of America) — U.S. President Donald Trump called it his “great privilege” to welcome ambassadors and diplomats from Muslim-majority nations to the White House for an iftar dinner Monday marking the end of the day’s fasting observed by Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan. He highlighted Ramadan as “a time of charity, […]
Continue reading …(Washington Times) — On its way to Vermont Gov. Phil Scott’s desk is an abortion rights bill that makes late-term legislation in New York and Virginia look conservative by comparison. The Democrat-controlled state legislature gave final approval Friday to H. 57, which would create a “fundamental right” to abortion and prohibit government entities from interfering […]
Continue reading …(The Daily Herald) — Harvest Bible Chapel elders say they’re taking down the “Walk In the Word” website with teachings of former Senior Pastor James S. MacDonald, who was fired in February. On Friday, links to MacDonald’s videos and audio recordings on the website, jamesmacdonald.com, led to notices that the site is undergoing scheduled maintenance. […]
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