MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota declared March 10 to be “Abortion Provider Appreciation Day” in recognition of a local abortion facility that he called “an essential part of our community,” and the city council of Saint Paul, named after the apostle Paul, voted unanimously to “celebrate the courage” and “high-quality care” of […]
ORLANDO, Fla. — A county tax collector’s office in Florida has removed a Christian sign from the view of the public after the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) wrote to the entity to assert that the display was an “unconstitutional endorsement of religion over non-religion.” The small sign, which appears to have rested on […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Democratic lawmaker in California has proposed a bill that would require large retail stores in the state to combine boys and girls clothing departments, as well as their boys and girls toy sections, into un-gendered areas, asserting that separating the sexes “incorrectly implies that their use by one gender is inappropriate.” […]
NEW YORK — A New York City woman has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in illegally selling abortion drugs through the mail, using a jewelry site as a front for her abortion pill scheme. According to reports, in 2016, Ursula Wing, 42, began selling the drugs — which she ordered from India — to […]
BREMERTON, Wash. — A federal judge nominated to the bench by then-President George W. Bush has again ruled against a former high school football coach who lost his job in 2016 as school district officials decided not to renew his contract in the midst of a battle over his desire to pray at the 50-yard line. […]
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren announced on Thursday that she was suspending her campaign for the 2020 presidential race after Super Tuesday results showed that she wouldn’t likely win the nomination. The primary is now down to three: former Vice President Joe Biden, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard. […]
WASHINGTON — Speaking outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday as oral argument for an abortion-related case was underway, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer warned Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh that they “won’t know what hit [them]” if they rule in favor of restrictions on abortion. “I want to tell you, Gorsuch, I […]
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg suspended his campaign on Sunday, making the announcement in his hometown of South Bend, Indiana, where he once served as governor, and being introduced by his “husband,” Chasten Glezman, whom he hugged and kissed before taking the podium. Buttigieg was the first homosexual presidential candidate in […]
LONDON — A former Iranian Muslim turned Christian is applying for asylum in England once again after his application in 2018 was denied with the claim that he would not face a “real act of persecution” if he returned to the country. He fears being separated from his family and subjected to imprisonment, torture, and […]
MARSHALL, Texas — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed suit against seven east Texas towns over recently-passed ordinances prohibiting abortion facilities and abortion advocacy groups from operating within their borders, considering such entities to be “criminal organizations.” There are no abortion facilities in any of those towns, but the ACLU argues — on […]