NEW YORK — A female preacher in New York who has become pregnant outside of wedlock says she won’t step down from the pulpit, stating that she is not “sorry or ashamed.” Desiree Allen serves as the pastor of arts and spiritual formation at First Corinthian Baptist Church in New York City, which also runs the […]
The day after Americans observed a holiday meant to give thanks to God for their blessings, news reports from across the country outlined various incidents of violence at retail stores, including shootings in Nevada and New Jersey that left two dead. According to reports, at least six people were shot on Thursday night and Friday, […]
WICHITA, Kan. — The man who seven years ago shot and killed notorious late-term abortionist George Tiller, also known as “Tiller the Killer,” was re-sentenced this week—becoming eligible for parole 25 years earlier than his original sentence. Scott Roeder had originally been sentenced to life in prison without the eligibility of parole for 50 years, also […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A pro-life pregnancy center in New Mexico was significantly damaged by fire on Wednesday in an act that fire officials are calling intentional arson. The Albuquerque Fire Department has confirmed that several fires were set inside of Project Defending Life, also known as Women’s Pregnancy Options, sometime after midnight on Wednesday. The center is across […]
PARIS — A television council in France has rejected an advertisement that features smiling Down syndrome children out of concerns that the video might “disturb” mothers who have aborted a baby because of his or her diagnosis. The video “Dear Future Mom” has been in circulation for two years, created by the group CoorDown and released […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. — A Kentucky man who identifies as an atheist has filed a federal lawsuit against the state Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) after his request for a specialty plate reading “I’m God” was denied. “Nobody’s been able to prove I’m not [God] and I can’t prove I am,” Ben Hart told the Courier […]
TEQUESTA, Fla. — No hallucinogenic drugs were found in the system of a Florida teenager who was arrested in August after being found growling and biting off the face of a man he had just murdered. Some had suspected that 19-year-old Austin Harrouff had been on flakka or bath salts, as Christian News Network’s previous report […]
WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has released its annual “abortion surveillance” report, showing that abortion rates are falling and are at their lowest in decades, but with at least 600,000 babies still losing their lives each year. “A total of 664,435 abortions were reported to CDC for 2013,” the organization wrote, outlining the […]
NEW YORK — A Manhattan man has been arrested for seeking to join the barbaric Islamic group ISIS and allegedly expressing support for a plot to carry out an attack in Times Square. Mohamed Rafik Naji, 37, was arrested on Monday and charged with attempting to provide material support to the terror group. According to a news […]
CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. — An appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling siding with a New York school district that instructed a teacher to cleanse Christianity from her classroom under threat of termination. The Buffalo News reports that the Second Circuit Court of Appeals this month rejected the arguments of high school biology and anatomy […]