ALIAGA, Turkey — Andrew Brunson, the American pastor arrested in 2016 after being accused of espionage and having connections to those involved in a failed coup attempt against the Turkish government, is now free to leave the country after a judge sentenced him to time served. “This is the day our family has been praying […]
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas-based U.S. Pastor Council has filed suit against the City of Austin to challenge the lack of an exemption in its non-discrimination ordinance to accommodate the hiring practices of area churches. Austin City Code states that “[a]n employer may not fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise […]
APPLETON, Wisc. — A Wisconsin man who was found guilty of attempted first-degree intentional homicide of an unborn child was sentenced this week, admitting in court that he sought to end the child’s life because he feared the baby would have medical issues like his other son. Manishkumar Patel, 45, was sentenced to 22 years in […]
TORONTO — A video showing a Canadian man roundhouse kicking a pro-life woman as she answered his question about rape babies has gone viral, and the man responsible for the act has been arrested. According to reports, Marie-Claire Bissonnette, 27, approached Jordan Hunt, 26, at the annual Life Chain event in Toronto on Sept. 30 […]
LONDON — The U.K. Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that a Christian family that operates a bakery in Northern Ireland did not discriminate against a homosexual man in declining to create a “support gay marriage” cake, as they would have turned down the request of any customer who desired the message, no matter who they […]
DECATUR, Ga. — The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating a complaint filed by the parent of a Georgia kindergartner after the young girl told her mother that she was sexually assaulted in the restroom by her classmate, a boy who identifies as “gender fluid.” The case is being represented by […]
MADISON, Wisc. — A federal judge appointed to the bench by then-President Barack Obama has ruled that the State of Wisconsin and its insurers must provide coverage of “sex change”-related operations to state employees. “[T]he exclusion implicates sex stereotyping by limiting the availability of medical transitioning, if not rendering it economically infeasible, thus requiring transgender individuals to […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal judge appointed to the bench by then-President Barack Obama has struck down a law that could have closed the last operating abortion facility in Kentucky. “The court has carefully reviewed the evidence presented in this case and concludes that the record is devoid of any credible proof that the challenged […]
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — A Florida man has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder after allegedly killing his pregnant mistress. Jose Escalera, 41, was arrested after investigators connected him to the death of Tonia Wise, 23, whose body was found in a ditch in August. Wise, who was scheduled to have a […]
RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina man who had claimed that cold medicine had caused him to stab his wife to death while sleeping has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, admitting that he had been involved in drugs and alcohol, and that the “darkness consumed” him until it made him “blind” to the path he […]