U.S. State Department says special envoy McGurk resigns
Dec 22, 2018 – 18:17 FILE PHOTO – U.S. envoy to the coalition against Islamic State Brett McGurk attends the Kuwait International Conference for Reconstruction of Iraq, in Bayan, Kuwait […]
World Economic Forum: Trump to attend 2019 WEF meeting in Davos
Dec 18, 2018 – 20:48 United States President Donald Trump will attend the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, in January 2019 for the […]
A record number of women will be serving in the new Congress
Source: Pew Research Center BY DREW DESILVER When the 116th Congress convenes next month, women will make up nearly a quarter of its voting membership – the highest percentage in U.S. […]
The Secret History of Muslims in the U.S.
Source: The New York Times By Hussein Rashid, Negin Farsad and Joshua Seftel Muslims have been here since the time of the earliest explorers and have left their mark on everything from the White […]
MIT invents method to shrink objects to nanoscale using basic lab equipment
Source: CNN By Lauren Kent (CNN)Some say bigger is better, but researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will tell you that when it comes to tech, smaller things are […]
Poacher Who Illegally Killed Hundreds of Deer Ordered to Repeatedly Watch Bambi
Source: Time By ASSOCIATED PRESS (SPRINGFIELD, Mo.) — A Missouri poacher has been ordered to repeatedly watch the movie “Bambi” as part of his sentence for illegally killing hundreds of deer. […]
Alabama police department blames crimes on rejection of God
Source: Associated Press OPP, Ala. (AP) — A rural Alabama police department that used social media to scold community members for rejecting God came under fire from a group that […]
They now can wear slacks on their missions, and NOT just to dodge mosquitoes
Source: Salt Lake Tribune By Taylor Stevens Latter-day Saint leaders are finally cutting the faith’s female missionaries some slack. Make that slacks. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced […]
Milford Public Library invites Ahmadiyya Muslim Imam, Shamshad Nasir, to Introduce Islam in their event titled “Meet a Muslim”
“Prophet Muhammad peace be on him is a mercy for all mankind and Jesus peace be on him didn’t die on the Cross,” said Imam Shamshad Nasir of the Ahmadiyya […]
Muslim group launches effort to show faith’s regard for Jesus
Source: AZCentral BY Paulina Pineda, Arizona Republic What do Muslims think of Jesus? It’s a question Dr. Sabeel Ahmed said he gets often. To help educate people on the significance […]
Illinois AG says Catholic Church failed to disclose abuse accusations against 500 priests and clergy
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor (CNN)In yet another blow to the Catholic Church in the United States, Illinois’ attorney general says the state’s six dioceses have failed to […]
Certain antibiotics may cause aortic aneurysm, FDA warns
Source: CNN By Jen Christensen (CNN) The US Food and Drug Administration warned on Thursday that the benefits of fluoroquinolone antibiotics do not outweigh the risks — which include aortic aneurysm — for certain patients, according […]
U.S. likely to end air war against Islamic State in Syria
Dec 20, 2018 By Phil Stewart and Ellen Francis WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) – The United States will likely end its air campaign against Islamic State in Syria when it pulls out […]
Opponents of Bible classes in a W. Virginia county’s schools win round in court
Source: Washington Post By Joe Heim Reporter covering a range of topics, including race, white nationalism, schools, student culture, Native American issue Parents engaged in battle with a West Virginia school […]
Pope Francis accepts resignation of L.A. bishop accused of sexual misconduct with a minor
Source: Washington Post By Chico Harlan December 19 at 4:53 PM ROME — Pope Francis accepted the resignation of a Los Angeles auxiliary bishop after an archdiocese oversight board found “credible” an […]
Yemeni mother wins visa fight to see her dying child in a California hospital
Source: CNN By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN (CNN)The US State Department granted a Yemeni mother, whose 2-year-old son is on life support in an Oakland hospital, a waiver Tuesday to travel […]
Texas Girl’s Inoperable Brain Tumor Unexpectedly Disappeared, Her Doctors Say
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla The parents of an 11-year-old Texas girl are thanking God after hearing from doctors that an inoperable brain tumor seems to have disappeared. Roxli […]
Colonel Wilkerson on George W. Bush’s Iraq War and Trump’s Possible Iran War
December 17, 2018 This former official says the Trump admin is priming Americans for war with Iran — and he would know, since he helped George W. Bush do the same for Iraq https://nowthisnews.com/videos/politics/colonel-wilkerson-on-trumps-possible-iran-war?jwsource=cl
Jesuit Christians release lists of clergy accused of abusing minors
(CNN) Two Jesuit provinces in the United States released lists of 84 clergy credibly accused of sexually abusing minors, the latest revelations in the Catholic Church’s long-running and morally damaging sexual abuse crisis. The two lists, released separately on Monday by the provinces of Maryland and the Midwest, follow two […]
Temple University owes Marc Lamont Hill an apology
Dec 17,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby Because I have a long and complicated history with Temple University, I have closely followed the story of the backlash against Temple […]