ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A Maryland bill that would have allowed terminally ill patients to request a lethal prescription to hasten their death failed by one vote in the state Senate on Wednesday. According to the Capital Gazette, the bill reached a tie vote of 23-23 during a second reading voice vote—just one vote short of […]
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A Minnesota mother has filed suit against the Anoka-Hennepin School District and School Board for prohibiting her daughter, who identifies as a boy, from using the boys’ locker room. According to the official complaint, the teen, who is only being identified as N.H., came out to her family in 2015 and began seeing a […]
CARROLLTON, Texas — A caretaker at a cemetery in Texas has discovered the body of a newborn baby buried inside of a flower pot. According to reports, on March 11, a grounds caretaker at the Perry Cemetery in Carrollton noticed the pot being “out of place,” and went to empty it out. Underneath the soil […]
OLYMPIA, Wash. — A Republican lawmaker in Washington has introduced a bill that would outlaw abortion in the state, and asserts the right to do so under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Rep. Matt Shea, R-Spokane Valley, filed House Bill 2154, also known as the “Abolition of Abortion in Washington Act,” which had […]
(Mission Network News) — Doors of opportunity are opening for World Missionary Press (WMP) to send Scripture booklets into Muslim-majority areas. In the past, it hasn’t been safe to send booklets to contacts for distribution among the people. However, contacts in Kazakhstan, Northern Nigeria, Senegal, and other areas are now giving WMP the green light […]
TRENTON, N.J. — Lawmakers in New Jersey have passed legislation that would allow terminally ill patients to request a lethal prescription to hasten their death. Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy says that he intends to sign the measure into law. The state Assembly passed S.1072, also known as the “Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill […]
MANCHESTER, N.H. — A Bible has been returned to a Missing Man table at a veterans hospital in New Hampshire after it was initially removed following a complaint from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF). “[A]s of Monday morning, the 18th, the Bible will be in a plexiglas case that was donated by a Navy […]
(International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on Saturday, March 23, at around 1:50 p.m., more than 20 police officers and other Chinese government officials raided a Bible school class at Beijing’s Shouwang Church. The authorities demanded the church to cease its activities immediately and read out an official document formally […]
LONDON — A mother in the United Kingdom has taken formal legal action against her son’s former elementary school after he was not permitted to opt out of an event in celebration of Pride Month last June. According to reports, Heavers Farm Primary School in London held an event on June 29 called “Proud to Be […]
(The Christian Institute) — A national newspaper has said police time and resources are being wasted by making officers in England and Wales “arbiters of acceptable opinion.” The Telegraph criticized the police for “the continued harassment of people, often Christians, for making perfectly lawful statements that are decreed ‘hate crimes.’” In October, the U.K. government […]