CHICAGO — Businesses throughout Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, Gold Coast, Loop and Lincoln Park areas were smashed and looted as hundreds of rioters took to the streets in violent chaos during the overnight hours early Monday after a false report was circulated online mischaracterizing the exchange of gunfire between an Englewood man and Chicago police. […]

SALEM, Mass. — The Satanic Temple (TST), which describes itself as non-theistic and considers Satan a metaphor for autonomy and rebellion rather than a literal being, has announced the creation of a “ritual” to be conducted whenever a woman obtains an abortion in an effort to obtain an exemption from state abortion regulations under the […]

WASHINGTON — A survey conducted by the Washington, D.C.-based Pew Research Center finds that Americans by far are turning to television and movies to help themselves cope with the coronavirus pandemic rather than spending their time in the Scriptures. The nonpartisan organization surveyed 10,211 adults at random from July 13 to 19 to analyze how […]

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has released a statement refuting remarks made by President Donald Trump during a press conference, in which he said that Biden follows the “radical left agenda” and will thus “hurt the Bible [and] hurt God.” Biden, who supports abortion access, has officiated a same-sex ceremony between staffers, and claims that […]

LYNCHBURG, Va. — Liberty University, which hails itself as the world’s largest Christian university and holds to the mission motto “Training Champions for Christ,” announced on Friday that its board of trustees has requested that President Jerry Falwell Jr. take an “indefinite leave of absence” from his roles at the school, to which he has […]

LYNCHBURG, Va. — Jerry Falwell, Jr., the president of Liberty University, which hails itself as the world’s largest Christian university, has explained, and expressed regret over, a controversial vacation photograph in which he had his pants unzipped while standing next to his wife’s assistant, who likewise had her fly unbuttoned. A federal congressman, who is […]

LOS ANGELES — Renowned pastor John MacArthur of Grace Community Church in California has reportedly received a letter from the City of Los Angeles threatening him with fines or arrest if he does not comply with a state order to stop holding indoor church services due to the COVID outbreak. “He (Jesus) is the head […]

Jerry Falwell, Jr., the president of what hails itself as the world’s largest Christian university, bearing the mission motto “training champions for Christ,” posted — and then deleted — a photo on social media in which he posed with his pants completely unzipped, standing next to a woman in very short ripped shorts with her […]

CHICAGO — A coalition of parents, a teacher and a group of churches have filed suit against Chicago Public Schools in an effort to stop the district from allowing Hindu transcendental meditation, and its initiation Puja, from being taught to students. “Although all named defendants have made statements to the contrary, the ‘Quiet Time’ program is […]

GLENDALE, Ariz. — The eighth installation of the nationwide “American Worldview” survey conducted by Dr. George Barna and the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University found that most Americans believe that having some kind of faith is more important than following a specific religion. The outlet was disheartened to find that more than half […]