DES MOINES, Iowa — Lawmakers in Iowa have passed a budget bill that would defund the abortion and contraception giant Planned Parenthood. House File 653 directs the state to discontinue utilizing federal funds for Medicaid, and instead create its own family planning fund, estimated at $3.1 million. “The Department of Human Services shall discontinue the […]
(Newsweek) — Russia’s Supreme Court has declared Jehovah’s Witnesses an extremist organization, ordering its assets liquidated and banning all activities in the country, Russian state media reported Thursday. The ban will not come into force until after the group’s appeal is heard. The ruling upholds a claim made by Russia’s Ministry of Justice. Responding to […]
PARIS — French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen told reporters on Friday that the country should ban Islamic hate preachers and close their mosques in light of the most recent terror attack in the nation. “Our country France has once again had the barbarity of a terrorist assault in the heart of our capital,” she said. […]
(Morning Star News) – Police and local officials in Sri Lanka declined to recognize Buddhist aggression against churches and in some cases encouraged persecution of Christians in the first four months of the year, a report indicates. Police initially refused to register a case when a mob led by Buddhist monks assaulted the pastor of […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Republican governor of Kentucky has signed a bill that authorizes the creation of elective social studies courses on the Bible in public schools. House Bill 128 overwhelmingly passed the state Senate last month 34-4 after clearing the House 80-14. As previously reported, the legislation was introduced by Rep. DJ Johnson, R-Owensboro, who says […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A special panel of the Alabama Supreme Court comprised of randomly-selected retired judges has unanimously affirmed the term-long suspension of Chief Justice Roy Moore, who was found guilty of ethics violations by the state Court of the Judiciary (COJ) over his 2016 memo surrounding the issue of same-sex “marriage.” “Because we have previously […]
FRESNO, Calif. — A Fresno man who uses the nickname “Black Jesus” went on a shooting spree on Tuesday, killing three, and shouting “Allah is the greatest” as he was apprehended by police. Kori Ali Muhammad, 39, randomly gunned down a man walking along Fulton Street, and then murdered another standing outside of the city’s […]
(Evangelical Focus) — About 30% of Germans believe in the existence of a life after death. Women are more convinced about the existence of some kind of afterlife (35%) than men (26%), shows a survey conducted by opinion institute Inse-Consulere. Those who do not believe in a life after death are 35%. Another 28% is […]
RALEIGH, N.C. — Four Republican lawmakers in North Carolina recently presented a bill that would declare the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling on “gay marriage” to be “null and void,” but the House speaker has considered it dead and won’t bring it up for a hearing. Reps. Larry Pittman of Concord, Michael Speciale of New […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Two daughters of the elderly man who was randomly shot to death by a Cleveland social worker who says he “snapped” in a breaking point over the difficulties in his life told reporters on Monday that their heart is hurting as they feel like a part of themselves died with their father. Tonya Godwin-Baines […]