FORSYTH, Ga. (NBC News) — Georgia deputies released body camera footage Tuesday of the moment first responders found a newborn baby alive abandoned in a plastic bag in the woods. Authorities found the baby girl in a wooded area in Cumming, Georgia, after a 911 call came in around 10 p.m. on June 6, […]
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(International Christian Concern) — Young girls from a majority Christian community in Punjab, Pakistan were discovered to be repeatedly sold off into sex trafficking in China. These girls, who are from extremely poor Christian families, are sold with dreams of marrying some rich businessmen in China, but instead are forced into sex slavery. In one […]
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(Persecution Relief) — Kerala police have detained a man for distributing Christian literature in a hospital in Kottayam. Evangelist Boban Koshy was picked up by police for passing out religious literature, called tracts. He asserts that he has the right to express his beliefs according to his constitutional rights and contends he did not disturb […]
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(BBC) — A series of green traffic signals along the pride parade route in Edinburgh have been replaced with a range of diversity images. Four designs have been created to represent lesbian, gay, trans and straight relationships, using recognized gender symbols on 35 lights. Edinburgh Pride will march through the streets on Saturday. Continue reading […]
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(St. Louis Public Radio) — The only abortion provider in Missouri has lost its license, but the clinic’s future remains unclear after a court hearing Friday morning in St. Louis. Citing patient safety concerns, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services on Friday declined to renew a St. Louis Planned Parenthood clinic’s license to […]
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(Pluralist) — A Brazilian woman and her partner cut off her young son’s penis last year in an attempted sex reassignment surgery. Now, the lesbian couple have admitted to killing the 9-year-old boy. Rosana Auri da Silva Candido and Kacyla Priscyla Santiago Damasceno Pessoa on May 31 stabbed the boy to death in his […]
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BLOOMFIELD, Conn. (The Daily Signal) — A female high school athlete who didn’t qualify for a track event because two boys who identify as girls ran faster filed a complaint Monday with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. “No one in the state of Connecticut is happy about this, but no one has […]
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ALBANY, N.Y. (USA Today) – NXIVM leader Keith Raniere, who surreptitiously led a secret master-slave group whose members were sexually exploited and branded with his initials on their pubic area, was convicted of seven felonies in a New York federal court Wednesday. A federal jury returned its verdict after less than five hours of […]
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AOL) — An Alaska teenager plotted the murder of her best friend after a man she met online and started a relationship with offered her $9 million for footage of the slaying, authorities say. Denali Brehmer, 18, was indicted by an Anchorage grand jury on June 14 for first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder […]
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WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States on Thursday welcomed the decriminalization of homosexuality in Botswana, calling on other countries to follow its example. “We are pleased by #Botswana’s High Court decision to decriminalize same-sex relationships — an historic moment in protecting human rights for all,” State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said on Twitter. “Congrats to […]
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