SEATTLE, Wash. — The King County Board of Health in Washington State has passed a rule requiring pro-life pregnancy centers to post a sign notifying visitors that they are “not a healthcare facility.” The notice must be written in ten languages and in 48-point font size. The sign itself must be at least 11 by 17 […]
RALEIGH, N.C. — A prominent humanist organization is asking a federal court to require the North Carolina Department of Public Safety and the Lanesboro Correctional Institution to grant an inmate’s desire to form a humanist study group while incarcerated. The American Humanist Association (AHA) is representing Kwame Jamal Teague, who has been behind bars since 1996 […]
India (Mission Network News) — This coming Sunday, July 30, is World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. The International Labor Organization estimates at least 21 million people are in forced labor and sexual exploitation today. The blight is widespread, not isolated to particular countries and communities, and is something several Christian ministries are combatting as […]
(Baptist Press) — Charlie Gard—the infant at the center of a battle over parental authority that gained international attention—has died, his parents announced today (July 28) in England. “Our beautiful little boy has gone. We are so proud of you Charlie,” his mother, Connie Yates, said in a statement, according to the British Broadcasting Corp. […]
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A Kansas man who sympathizes with the barbaric Islamic group ISIS, which identifies itself as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for plotting to detonate a bomb on a U.S. military base. “With this sentence, John Booker is being held accountable for […]
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — A bridal shop in Pennsylvania has temporarily closed its doors after reportedly receiving threats for declining to assist two lesbians who came to the Christian-owned business in search of a wedding dress. “We at W.W. Bridal Boutique strongly believe that when a man and a woman come together to be joined as […]
KUPREANOF STRAIT — The captain of an Alaskan fishing boat is giving glory to God for giving him the fortitude to jump into the cold waters of the Kupreanof Strait to save one of his crewmen after their vessel capsized. “After losing my twin brother to the sea, it was not going to happen again,” wrote Christian […]
BOUNTIFUL, B.C. — A Canadian man has been convicted of polygamy after being found to have married 25 women over more than two decades, and fathering 145 children over that time. Winston Blackmore, 61, was found guilty on Monday of practicing plural marriage and now faces up to five years behind bars. He is an […]
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A police department in Tennessee has decided to relocate a Scripture plaque that has long been displayed on its walls following receipt of a complaint from a prominent atheist activist organization. Knoxville Police Chief David Rausch explained during a news conference on Wednesday that the plaque, which quotes from Romans 8:31, will be […]
AUSTIN, Texas — A bill recently introduced in the Texas legislature would revoke the medical licenses of physicians who perform abortions, with the exception of those deemed “necessary” to save the life of the mother or to save another baby when the mother is pregnant with multiples. H.B. 86, introduced by Rep. Valoree Swanson, R-Spring, […]