PRINCETON, N.J. — Historic Princeton University has opened a prayer area for Hindu students, according to reports, complete with a temple for the Hindu goddess Saraswati. The Universal Society of Hinduism had been asking officials for a space for adherents to Hinduism, and the editorial board of Princeton student newspaper “The Daily Princetonian” wrote in April that […]
KATY, Texas — Following an investigation over student complaints, a school district in Texas is partially backing a reading teacher whose controversial assignment asked students to mark the existence of God as only a “commonplace assertion,” rather than a fact. As previously reported, Jordan Wooley, a seventh grade student at West Memorial Junior High School in […]
CAIRO, Egypt — The barbaric Islamic group ISIS, which identifies itself as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, has released a video of what is purported to be the final moments of a downed Russian plane as it claims responsibility for the deadly crash. An Airbus A-321 jet crashed in a mountainous region of […]
CHICAGO — A school district in the Chicago area is remaining steadfast in its refusal to allow a male student who identifies as female to change in the girls’ locker room despite an opinion from the U.S. Department of Education that the district is violating federal law. According to reports, an unidentified high school student within Township […]
MONTGOMERY — A federal judge who ordered the removal of a Ten Commandments monument at the Alabama Supreme Court in 2003 has ruled that officials must restore the state’s contract with Planned Parenthood because canceling it denied women their choice in medical providers. As previously reported, Gov. Robert Bentley’s office wrote a letter to Planned Parenthood Southeast […]
NEWARK, N.J. — A Muslim man in New Jersey plead guilty this week to conspiring to provide material support to the barbaric terror group ISIS by helping to recruit a “small army” to join the organization. Alaa Saadeh, 24, of Rutherford admitted his guilt on Thursday in federal court. He was arrested in June after […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — A couple in Oregon has announced that they are planning on following their five-year-old daughter’s wishes not to return to the hospital when she becomes sick again, opting for “heaven over the hospital.” Julianna Snow was diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) at the age of two after numerous visits to the doctor in […]
BREMERTON, Wash. — Members of the Satanic Temple of Seattle were met with chants of “Jesus” by students and others after they were spotted last night outside of a football game where they had sought to pray on field. The move was in response to the controversy over Bremerton High School Coach Joe Kennedy, who prayed […]
BEIJING (New York Times) — Driven by fears that an aging population could jeopardize China’s economic ascent, the Communist Party leadership ended its decades-old “one child” policy on Thursday, announcing that all married couples would be allowed to have two children. The decision was a dramatic step away from a core Communist Party position that […]
CINCINNATI — The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the free speech rights of a controversial California-based group that was ousted from an Arab festival in 2012 when attendees began turning violent in response to their antagonism. As previously reported, U.S. District Court Judge Patrick Duggan ruled last year that men with an organization identifying […]