Authorities in Zanzibar, Tanzania Close Down Church

Authorities in Zanzibar, Tanzania Close Down Church

(Morning Star News) – The pastor of a church on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous Zanzibar Island was preaching earlier this month when a plainclothes police officer and local officials strode into the church service. “One of the police officers in civilian clothes walked through the church’s door, stepped up to the podium and then grabbed the bishop […]

Atheists, Agnostics File Suit to Challenge Ten Commandments Monument at Arkansas State Capitol

Atheists, Agnostics File Suit to Challenge Ten Commandments Monument at Arkansas State Capitol

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas, representing four female atheist and agnostic complainants, and the Arkansas Society of Freethinkers, along with the American Humanist Association and the Freedom From Religion Foundation, have filed lawsuits challenging the placement of a Ten Commandments monument on the grounds of the state capitol building. “The […]

113-Year-Old Woman Considered Oldest American Alive: ‘She Believed The Lord Meant for Her to Be Here’

113-Year-Old Woman Considered Oldest American Alive: ‘She Believed The Lord Meant for Her to Be Here’

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio — The daughter of a 113-year-old woman who is the oldest living person in the United States says that her mother believes she is still alive because it is God’s will. Lessie Brown of Ohio became the oldest living person in America after Delphine Gibson, 114, of Pennsylvania passed away earlier this month. “Her […]

Two Wisconsin Residents With Gender Dysphoria Sue State as ‘Transsexual Surgeries’ Not Covered by Medicaid

Two Wisconsin Residents With Gender Dysphoria Sue State as ‘Transsexual Surgeries’ Not Covered by Medicaid

MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — Two Wisconsin residents who suffer from gender dysphoria have filed a lawsuit against the state’s Department of Health Services (DHS) after learning that its Medicaid program does not cover sex change-related operations. Both of the plaintiffs, who go by the names Cody Flack (a woman who identifies as a man) and Sara Ann […]

Judge Rules School District Engaged in ‘Sex Stereotyping’ by Not Allowing Girl to Use Boys’ Restroom

Judge Rules School District Engaged in ‘Sex Stereotyping’ by Not Allowing Girl to Use Boys’ Restroom

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A federal judge has ruled that a Virginia school district engaged in “sex stereotyping” by not allowing a female student who identifies as male to use the boys’ restroom. U.S. District Judge Arenda Wright Allen, appointed to the bench by then-President Barack Obama, declined on Tuesday to declare as moot the […]

HHS Proposes Title X Funding Regulation Updates That Could Disqualify Some Planned Parenthood Locations

HHS Proposes Title X Funding Regulation Updates That Could Disqualify Some Planned Parenthood Locations

WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has formally announced its proposed updates to its Title X funding program, which some note could disqualify some Planned Parenthood locations from receiving federal funds. The proposed rules would revert to the 1988 standard under the Reagan administration that disqualified family planning organizations that also […]

‘We Have Devalued Life’: Texas Lieutenant Governor Calls Out ‘Culture of Violence’ Following Santa Fe High School Massacre

‘We Have Devalued Life’: Texas Lieutenant Governor Calls Out ‘Culture of Violence’ Following Santa Fe High School Massacre

AUSTIN, Texas — On ABC’s “This Week” broadcast, the lieutenant governor of Texas lamented the “culture of violence” in America in speaking on the deadly high school shooting in Santa Fe that took the lives of ten people and wounded more than a dozen others. “[S]hould we be surprised in this nation?” asked Dan Patrick. “We have […]

Son of Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Plotting Terror Attacks After His Father Alerts FBI

Son of Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Plotting Terror Attacks After His Father Alerts FBI

BOSTON, Mass. — The son of a Boston police officer has pleaded guilty to plotting terror attacks on locations such as college cafeterias in the name of the barbaric Islamic group ISIS. The father had alerted the FBI of his son’s concerning support of the terror group three years ago. Alexander Ciccolo, 25, who also […]

Illinois High School Prohibits Valedictorian From Mentioning Jesus in Graduation Speech

Illinois High School Prohibits Valedictorian From Mentioning Jesus in Graduation Speech

SCIOTA, Ill. — Officials at an Illinois high school recently prohibited a valedictorian from speaking about Jesus in his graduation speech. Student Sam Blackledge, 18, told the Todd Starnes Radio Show that he was called to the principal’s office at West Prairie High School last week where it was outlined by school and district officials that he […]