METULA, Israel — Archaeologists with Azusa Pacific University in California have announced the discovery of a nearly 3,000-year-old broken jar bearing the inscription “lbnayo,” meaning “belonging to Benaiyo.” The name is the equivalent of the biblical Beniah, meaning “Yahweh has built.” “Such a discovery advances our understanding of the site and the local region considerably,” […]

  PIERRE, S.D. — The South Dakota House of Representatives has advanced a bill that would prohibit doctors from prescribing hormones or performing sex-change related surgery on youth under the age of 16. The Vulnerable Child Protection Act was introduced earlier this month by Rep. Fred Deutsch, R-Florence, with the backing of over 40 sponsors. […]

Fearing that abortion could be outlawed in the country, an abortion “rights” group is teaching women how to commit their own “self-managed abortion” with pills. “The goal of Reproaction’s campaign on self-managed abortion is to raise awareness of self-managed abortion with pills in order to reduce stigma and build grassroots support to change unjust laws,” […]

For the first time in history, drag queens will be broadcast into the homes of millions this year via a Sabra hummus commercial set to air during Super Bowl LIV. The drag performers, Maxwell Heller and Sang-Young Sin, who go by the stage names Miz Cracker and Kim Chi, were former contestants on RuPaul’s “Drag Race.” […]

DETROIT — The police chief of Detroit, Michigan says he won’t agree to a request from the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) to cease holding police academy graduations at local churches. “We stand firm,” Chief James Craig told the Detroit News. “As an option, we’ll continue to use houses of worship for our graduations. That […]

CHICAGO — The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court injunction in favor of two lesbian women who sued as one of them was prohibited by the State of Indiana from being listed on the birth certificate as “mother #2” of a child conceived via a sperm donor. “The district court’s order […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A police officer who was working security at a church in Alabama is in critical condition after responding to a robbery in the neighborhood and being shot by a teenager. According to reports, narcotics detective John Finke was off duty on Sunday morning and was assisting with security at Church of the […]

Former vice president Joe Biden, who is currently campaigning for the presidency, posted to Twitter on Saturday that he believes “transgender equality is the civil rights issue of our time.” Biden has expressed his support for those who identify as the opposite sex, or who struggle with attraction toward the same sex, for the past […]

EFFINGHAM, Ill. — The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) has requested that a city in Illinois remove a cross from a mural painted on a tunnel on city-owned property. A “Let the Cross Stay” petition has consequently been launched in an effort to urge city council members to uphold the mural — a petition […]

BOISE, Idaho — A lawmaker in Idaho has re-filed a bill that seeks to outlaw abortion in the state by eliminating an exception in current law that forbids criminal prosecution when the mother has given consent to kill her unborn child. Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, submitted House Bill 361 on Friday, also known as the […]