(AL.com) — Alabama lawmakers aiming to challenge abortion rights nationally are one step from their goal of putting an almost total ban on the procedure into state law. The Senate voted Tuesday night 25-6 to pass a bill to make it a felony for a doctor to perform an abortion. The bill is a priority […]
(The College Fix) — On Monday, the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs settled a lawsuit brought by a student Christian apologetics group alleging its religious freedom had been violated when the university tried to dictate the makeup of the group’s leaders. In November, Ratio Christi sued the public university, alleging its officials refused to formally […]
(Business Insider) — Mayor Pete Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten, recently visited Jimmy Carter’s Sunday-school class in Plains, Georgia, and then had lunch with the former president. The South Bend, Indiana, mayor said he was “humbled” to meet with Carter, who has hosted other 2020 Democratic candidates such as Sens. Cory Booker and Amy Klobuchar […]
(Voice of America) — U.S. President Donald Trump called it his “great privilege” to welcome ambassadors and diplomats from Muslim-majority nations to the White House for an iftar dinner Monday marking the end of the day’s fasting observed by Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan. He highlighted Ramadan as “a time of charity, […]
(Washington Times) — On its way to Vermont Gov. Phil Scott’s desk is an abortion rights bill that makes late-term legislation in New York and Virginia look conservative by comparison. The Democrat-controlled state legislature gave final approval Friday to H. 57, which would create a “fundamental right” to abortion and prohibit government entities from interfering […]
The popular shoe company Converse, a subsidiary of Nike, has announced its annual “Pride Collection” of sneakers with rainbow and transgender flag themes. Included among its six “faces of pride” for the collection this year is an 11-year-old “drag kid” known as “Desmond is Amazing.” “What started as a rebellious fight for equality has since grown […]
(The Daily Herald) — Harvest Bible Chapel elders say they’re taking down the “Walk In the Word” website with teachings of former Senior Pastor James S. MacDonald, who was fired in February. On Friday, links to MacDonald’s videos and audio recordings on the website, jamesmacdonald.com, led to notices that the site is undergoing scheduled maintenance. […]
WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) — At first glance, it looks like an abandoned dump. But this plot of land in Macon County, Alabama is described in an FBI search warrant as a “makeshift military-style obstacle course” belonging to a small group of terrorists led by Siraj Wahhaj who owned the property up a long dirt […]
BOCA RATON, Fla. — A Florida woman has been charged with attempted murder after her newborn daughter was found discarded with household trash in a dumpster behind the apartment complex where she resides. Rafaelle Sousa, 35, was taken into custody on Friday after a receipt found in the dumpster led investigators to her door. According […]
APOPKA, Fla. — Controversial televangelist Paula White, who serves as a spiritual advisor to President Trump, announced on May 5 that she has transferred the pastoral leadership of New Destiny Christian Center to her son and his wife — which has also been renamed Destiny City. She outlined that she will now move to the […]