WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives voted 217 to 213 on Thursday to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, reducing—but not completely eliminating—funding for the abortion and contraception giant Planned Parenthood for one year in the process. The American Health Care Act (AHCA) will strip Planned Parenthood of $390 million […]
WASHINGTON — During an interfaith gathering at the White House, President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday—the National Day of Prayer—upholding religious freedom in the nation and directing departments in his administration to ensure that the rights of religious Americans are not infringed. “We are a nation of believers. Faith is deeply embedded into the […]
LONDON —The mother of a miracle child who was born with just two percent of his brain, and has since stunned doctors as his brain matter has grown and progressed to being nearly fully functional, is seeking to change the UK’s current law allowing mothers to abort unborn children with disabilities up to birth. “I feel […]
CARSON CITY, Nev. — The Nevada Senate has advanced a resolution that would place on the 2020 ballot the question of whether the state Constitution should be amended to remove language recognizing marriage as being solely between a man and a woman, and replace it with text that essentially states that gender is irrelevant in marriage. Assembly Joint […]
CINCINNATI, Ohio — An Ohio couple with five children has adopted six siblings in foster care who wanted to stay together as a family. Christopher and Christina Sanders of Forest Park had made an agreement prior to becoming foster parents that they would keep the children, and would always keep siblings together, no matter how […]
CANTON, Texas — Several strangers being described as good Samaritans helped to rescue and resuscitate two babies that were trapped in a truck flipped over in Texas floodwaters on Saturday. The incident occurred as tornadoes and inclement weather struck East Texas, killing four. Phillip Ocheltree was on the road at the time with his wife Emily, as well […]
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A pamphlet being distributed by Harvard University’s office of BGLTQ Student Life claims that “there are more than two sexes” and that “gender is fluid and changing” even from “day to day.” The document, obtained by the outlet Campus Reform, urges students to be informed and “fight transphobia.” “There are more than […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a pastor’s appeal challenging California’s ban on “conversion therapy” and counseling youth to resist romantic desires toward the same sex. The nine justices did not comment in rejecting the case, which has been battled in the court system for the past five years. As previously reported, in […]
WEST CHESTER, Pa. — A former youth leader in Pennsylvania has pleaded guilty to impregnating a teenager who had looked up to him as a father figure in her life. “I want to say I am deeply sorry for the way my weaknesses have hurt [the victim] and my family,” Jacob Malone, 35, and married father of […]
DAYTON, Ohio — An Ohio man has been arrested for attempting to travel to Syria to provide material support to the barbaric Islamic group ISIS, which identifies itself as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Laith Waleed Alebbini, 26, was taken into custody on Wednesday at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport following an FBI […]