NEW YORK — A Muslim man who is suspected in the planting of several bombs in New York City and New Jersey in September was indicted on Wednesday on eight federal counts and faces life in prison if convicted of the most serious charges. Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, is charged with charged with one count of […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon official who ordered a couple to pay heavy emotional damages to two lesbians for declining to create a cake for a same-sex “wedding,” resulting in the eventual shutdown of their bakery, lost his election bid last Tuesday. Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) Commissioner Brad Avakian sought to serve as […]
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — A school district in Pennsylvania has asked a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging its new resolution that students should use the restroom that correlates with their biological gender. “Plaintiffs have failed to state a Title IX Claim against the district upon which relief can be granted, and thus said claim […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has delayed its plans to offer sex change operations for veteran service members due to insufficient funds. “VA has been and will continue to explore a regulatory change that would allow VA to perform gender alteration surgery and a change in the medical benefits package, when […]
President-elect Donald Trump told CBS’ “60 Minutes” this past week that he believes the issue of same-sex “marriage” has been “settled” by the U.S. Supreme Court and that he is “fine with that.” The interview, which aired Sunday night, included a variety of topics, such as immigration, abortion and the protests following the election. “One […]
BOULDER, Co. — An abortionist in Colorado who performs late-term abortions is currently being investigated by a Congressional panel that has been looking into whether abortion facilities are involved in the harvesting and sale of baby body parts. Warren Hern of the Boulder Abortion Clinic, which has been in operation since 1975, recently received a letter from […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A former prison inmate in New Mexico has filed a federal lawsuit against a chaplain and others for allegedly being prohibited from practicing Satanism while incarcerated. Monica Lujan, a member of the Church of Satan, is suing the Corrections Corporation of America and three of its employees. She had spent three years […]
DUNMORE, Pa. — A high school football coach in Pennsylvania is now no longer leading prayers with his team following the receipt of a complaint from a prominent professing atheist organization. According to reports, Dunmore High School Head Coach Jack Henzes has led his team in prayer before each game for years. “We pray to […]
The state of North Dakota is now the sixth state to sue the Obama administration over rules that some believe might require doctors to aid patients who desire to undergo gender transition treatments—from hormone therapy to mastectomies—despite their convictions or belief that the procedure would not be beneficial for the person. “The regulation … undermines […]
AUSTIN, Texas — Abortion advocates have again expressed their opposition to a proposed rule that would mandate abortion facilities to cremate or bury the remains of murdered children instead of disposing of their bodies as medical waste or sending them into the sewer system. “Legally, practically and morally, these rules are unnecessary,” a statement from […]