COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WCMH) — A national sex trafficking sting ended in the arrests of 552 would-be sex buyers or sex traffickers. The National Johns Suppression Initiative began three weeks ago, ending on Super Bowl Sunday. 23 law enforcement agencies in 14 states took part in the crackdown. “Sex trafficking continues to destroy countless lives, and […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — A committee of the Oklahoma House of Representatives has advanced a bill that would allow for the display of the Ten Commandments in public buildings and on the grounds of such facilities. H.B. 2177, introduced by Rep. John Bennett, R-Sallisaw, passed the House General Government, Oversight and Accountability nearly unanimously with a […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Democratic governor of Pennsylvania has vowed to veto a bill banning abortions past 20 weeks—legislation that will could soon be heading to his desk after clearing the Senate on Wednesday. Gov. Tom Wolf has called S.B. 3, which also bans dismemberment abortions on the unborn—or tearing them apart limb from limb—as being “radical […]
PHOENIX, Ariz. — A Muslim man from Arizona who is accused of aiding in a plot to attack a Mohammed drawing contest in Texas, as well as conspiring with friends about other potential attacks on the United States, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. “The sentencing of Kareem is significant and sends a strong […]
RICHMOND, Va. — Lawmakers in Virginia have passed a bill that prohibits the government from punishing those who believe in biblical marriage and conduct their public lives in accordance with that conviction. S.B. 1324 passed the Senate on Tuesday 21-19, and now moves on to the House for consideration. The vote was along party lines. […]
BELLE PLAINE, Minn. — The city council of a Minnesota city voted narrowly on Monday to return a memorial featuring a soldier kneeling before a cross tombstone to a public park after veterans reluctantly agreed to cut the cross off the display due to a complaint from a prominent professing atheist organization. Council members in Belle […]
Concerns over the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) International Mission Board’s part in an amicus brief supporting the construction of a New Jersey mosque have prompted the board, led by “Radical” author and former Alabama pastor David Platt, to change its policies about taking part in such legal briefs in the future. “As a result of discussions among […]
A former manager of two Planned Parenthood facilities in Iowa states that facilities were expected to reach “abortion quotas,” and if they succeeded, they were rewarded with pizza parties or other perks. Sue Thayer, a mother of six who has fostered over 100 children, worked at Planned Parenthood for 17 years. She first managed Planned Parenthood […]
BLOOMFIELD, N.M. — Officials in a New Mexico city are considering their next steps to defend a Ten Commandments monument placed on the grounds of city hall after the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals denied this week a request for a full court review of a three-judge panel’s ruling against the Decalogue display. “Americans shouldn’t be forced […]
WASHINGTON — Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, who had been nominated by President Donald Trump, was confirmed Wednesday night to serve as U.S. attorney general—making Sessions the leader of the U.S. Department of Justice, whose constitutional duty it is to protect and defend all Americans, including the unborn. He was approved 52-47 mostly along partly lines, with […]