Korean American Detainee Freed From North Korea Hands VP Note With Psalm 126 Written on Back

Korean American Detainee Freed From North Korea Hands VP Note With Psalm 126 Written on Back

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. — One of the three men who were freed from North Korea this week and returned home to America with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo handed Vice President Mike Pence a note that contained text from Psalm 126 on the back. Pence shared a photo of the Scripture, written on a lined index […]

Alfie Evans’ Funeral to Be Private, But Supporters Permitted to Watch Procession

Alfie Evans’ Funeral to Be Private, But Supporters Permitted to Watch Procession

(BBC) — The funeral for Alfie Evans will be a private event, but well-wishers have been invited to watch the procession. The 23-month-old, from Bootle, died at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool last month after suffering a degenerative brain condition. Merseyside Police said well-wishers could line the pavement outside Goodison Park from 11:00 BST […]

Colorado Mesa University Reverses Requirement to Remove Religious References From Grad Speeches

Colorado Mesa University Reverses Requirement to Remove Religious References From Grad Speeches

GRAND JUNCTION, Co. — Colorado Mesa University (CMU) has reversed its requirement that graduation speeches must be devoid of religious references after a prominent religious liberties organization contacted them on behalf of a student who was told she needed to keep comments about Christianity out of her planned speech for the nursing program’s pinning ceremony. Alliance Defending […]

Planned Parenthood President to Speak at Freedom From Religion Foundation Convention

Planned Parenthood President to Speak at Freedom From Religion Foundation Convention

Cecile Richards, who recently announced her resignation as president of Planned Parenthood, is scheduled to speak at this November’s Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) convention, and the atheist and agnostic group says that it plans to present her with an award for “moving society forward.” The Wisconsin-based group made the announcement on Monday, advising that […]

Texas Teenager Arrested Over Alleged Plot to Carry Out Massacre at Shopping Mall

Texas Teenager Arrested Over Alleged Plot to Carry Out Massacre at Shopping Mall

PLANO, Texas — A Texas teenager who is sympathetic to the barbaric Islamic group ISIS has been arrested over an alleged plot to carry out a mass shooting at a local shopping mall. Matin Azizi-Yarand, 17, is facing a terrorism charge for planning to attack Stonebriar Centre in Frisco, as well as criminal solicitation of capital […]

Alabama Governor Says it Is ‘Unacceptable’ to Disallow Teacher From Wearing ‘Just Pray’ Shirt

Alabama Governor Says it Is ‘Unacceptable’ to Disallow Teacher From Wearing ‘Just Pray’ Shirt

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The governor of Alabama has weighed on a recent situation in Mobile in which a public school teacher had to go home to change out her “Just Pray” t-shirt, and says that it is “unacceptable” to disallow the teacher from wearing the message on her clothing just because it encourages prayer. “Religious liberty is a cornerstone […]

Nearly 200 Congressmen Ask HHS to Amend Title X Regulations to Disqualify Planned Parenthood for Funding

Nearly 200 Congressmen Ask HHS to Amend Title X Regulations to Disqualify Planned Parenthood for Funding

WASHINGTON — Nearly 200 Congressmen have signed on to letters asking the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to amend the federal Title X regulations so as to prohibit funding to organizations that perform abortions, including Planned Parenthood. “Planned Parenthood has described abortion as ‘a necessary service that’s as vital to our mission as […]

Teacher Who Left Job Says Fifth Grader Wrote List of Goals That Included ‘Kill Ms. Turner’

Teacher Who Left Job Says Fifth Grader Wrote List of Goals That Included ‘Kill Ms. Turner’

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A former public school teacher of 12 years who left her job in January for reasons that include the lack of discipline of students recently showed reporters a list of goals that a fifth grader wrote, number one being that he wanted to kill her. She believes that the education system is broken and that something […]