(Washington Free Beacon) — The gag order against undercover videographer David Daleiden will remain in place. On Monday, the Supreme Court declined to lift a federal judge’s gag order suppressing the Center for Medical Progress from releasing undercover footage of abortion industry insiders discussing their organ harvesting operations. The National Abortion Federation and Planned Parenthood […]

SALT LAKE CITY (Associated Press) — The Mormon church has announced plans to build seven new temples, including one in Russia where Mormon missionaries are known as “volunteers” and banned by that country’s law from publicly proselytizing. New church president Russell M. Nelson announced Sunday that the Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints […]

(Fox News) — A gang of teenagers beat a New Jersey man and left him to die on the street Wednesday, authorities said. Sebastian Aguilar, 36, of Guttenberg, was found lying on a street in the town, NJ.com reported. He was transported to Palisades Medical Center and pronounced dead Thursday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez […]

LOUISVILLE, Miss. (USA Today) — A Mississippi church has chosen to leave the United Methodist Church over conflicting views on homosexuality, abortion and the teaching of Islam. The First United Methodist Church of Louisville decided to leave the denomination Sunday morning during a “membership affirmation,” said Mike Childs, the pastor of the church. The vote […]

NASHVILLE (USA Today)— Frank S. Page, a prominent Southern Baptist leader, has resigned from his top role in the largest Protestant denomination in America because of a “morally inappropriate” relationship. Page, the president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention’s executive committee, stepped down Tuesday from the leadership role and retired from active ministry, according […]

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (Baptist Press) — A Malaysian pastor threatened with death for trying to convert Muslims to Christianity remains missing more than a year after his February 2017 kidnapping in Kuala Lumpur, a family friend confirmed to Baptist Press today (March 26). The family of 63-year-old Raymond Koh has heard nothing of his whereabouts […]

(ABC News) — A 16-year-old Florida boy is suspected of beating his friend to death with a baseball bat, authorities said, alleging that the teen was jealous of his friend’s relationship with a girl. Police say the suspect persuaded friend Giovanni Diaz, 15, to go into a wooded area Monday afternoon, where the teen “viciously […]

(Haaretz) — Three would-be tomb raiders in northern Israel were recently jailed for breaking into Galilee graves dating to biblical times, using a small bulldozer, no less. The robbers were caught red-handed in the ancient biblical town of Mishkana, also known as Maskana, and were foiled before they could do too much damage to the […]

TUPELO, Miss. (The Clarion Ledger) — A 13-year-old girl is dead in Monroe County after authorities say she was shot Saturday by her 9-year-old brother. Sheriff Cecil Cantrell said the girl would not give up a video game controller when her brother wanted it. Cantrell said she was shot in the back of the head […]

NORTH AUGUSTA, SC (WJBF) — A North Augusta family is rebuilding after a fire left them without a home. The family lost everything, including their two dogs, but among all the rubble one thing remained. “I will never leave you or forsake you, and He hasn’t left us, ” homeowner Wendy Crawley told WJBF NewsChannel 6. Crawley […]