YAOUNDE — Civilians in the African nation of Cameroon continue to be killed in the crosshairs of ongoing violent clashes between French-speaking government soldiers and English-speaking separatist forces seeking to form their own country. The violence has been unceasing for the past three years in the midst of grievances that boil down to the alleged […]
ITHACA, N.Y. — An Uber driver allegedly refused last month to take a college student to have her unborn child murdered after realizing that the address she had provided was that of an abortion facility. The unidentified student posted about the matter on Reddit last month and also spoke with Yahoo Lifestyle last week. The […]
VICTORIA, B.C. — A justice with the Supreme Court of British Columbia has granted a teen’s request for a protection order against her father, stating that the man’s rejection of his daughter’s identification as a boy, and his continued references to her by her birth name and with female pronouns — both privately and publicly […]
COLOMBO — Eight of the nine Islamic suicide bombers responsible for the deadly blasts that killed more than 300 people in Sri Lanki on Sunday, including at two Roman Catholic assemblies and an evangelical charismatic church, have now been identified by officials. According to reports, most were middle to upper class citizens, with some holding degrees […]
PHILADELPHIA — The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has denied an injunction to a faith-based foster agency that, along with three foster parents, had sued the City of Philadelphia for canceling its contract due to a city non-discrimination ordinance that prohibits agencies from turning away homosexuals. Without a contract, the agency will no longer be […]
PARIS — Many worldwide have expressed shock and sorrow over the past week following the fire that severely damaged the 800-year-old Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France. While millions are being pledged by Roman Catholics and others in an effort to rebuild the facility, the incident has also stirred a remembrance among Christians about the […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear three cases that surround the question of whether or not employers, including Christian business owners, are prohibited under federal civil rights law from firing workers due to their “sexual orientation” or “gender identity.” The law has historically been interpreted as barring discrimination against women, but […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A North Carolina abortionist who had been arrested five years ago on a rape charge that was later dropped, and who was previously captured on camera claiming that he is doing a service to taxpayers by ridding the world of “ugly black babies,” stopped his car on Saturday in front of those […]
XI’AN, Shaanxi — Researchers in China have announced the discovery of a “treasure trove” of fossilized sea creatures, with some being soft-bodied organisms — a rare occurrence as tissues normally decompose and are not preserved unless there has been a rapid aquatic event. While some speculate that the marine life had been buried by a […]
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling in concluding that the chaplain for the U.S. Congress did not discriminate against a well-known professing atheist in declining to permit him to present a secular invocation before the legislature. “Even though we accept as true Barker’s allegation that Conroy rejected him ‘because he […]