OLYMPIA, Wash. — Justices with the Washington State Supreme Court heard on Tuesday the appeal of a florist accused of discrimination by providing a referral for a regular customer’s request for the creation of floral arrangements for his same-sex ceremony rather than fulfilling the order herself. Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson told the court that Baronelle Stutzman […]
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — A Tennessee woman who is accused of attempting a coat hanger abortion to kill her unborn son is now facing a charge of “attempted criminal abortion” after prosecutors dropped their original charge of first-degree attempted murder. As previously reported, Anna Yocca, 31, an unmarried mother, reportedly filled her bathtub with water last September […]
NEW YORK — A Muslim man who is suspected in the planting of several bombs in New York City and New Jersey in September was indicted on Wednesday on eight federal counts and faces life in prison if convicted of the most serious charges. Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, is charged with charged with one count of […]
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — A school district in Pennsylvania has asked a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging its new resolution that students should use the restroom that correlates with their biological gender. “Plaintiffs have failed to state a Title IX Claim against the district upon which relief can be granted, and thus said claim […]
JERUSALEM (Israel Today) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet on Sunday approved a proposed bill that would put an end Muslim calls to prayer being blasted over loudspeakers across Israel. Known as the muezzin, this mosque official is supposed to call the faithful to prayer from a mosque’s minaret five times every day. Modern mosques, […]
DALLAS, Texas — The Baptist General Convention of Texas has sent a warning letter to a congregation in Dallas that recently voted to allow open homosexuals as members and leaders. According to reports, Wilshire Baptist Church passed a motion 61 percent to allow those in unrepentant homosexual behavior to serve in the house of worship. While […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has delayed its plans to offer sex change operations for veteran service members due to insufficient funds. “VA has been and will continue to explore a regulatory change that would allow VA to perform gender alteration surgery and a change in the medical benefits package, when […]
CHICAGO — State and federal authorities are seeking to fine a nursing home in Illinois over $100,000 after five residents overdosed on heroin this year. The alleged incidents occurred at Continental Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Chicago this past February. While the facility is primarily for the elderly, many of its residents are not senior […]
(Time) — A man formerly convicted of terrorist offenses has been arrested for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at a Protestant church in Samarinda, in Indonesia’s East Kalimantan province, on Sunday morning, killing a toddler and wounding three other children. On Monday, at around 3 a.m. local time, a Buddhist temple in Singkawang, West Kalimantan […]
President-elect Donald Trump told CBS’ “60 Minutes” this past week that he believes the issue of same-sex “marriage” has been “settled” by the U.S. Supreme Court and that he is “fine with that.” The interview, which aired Sunday night, included a variety of topics, such as immigration, abortion and the protests following the election. “One […]