After at least one district last year faced opposition from outside groups to its policy of letting students voluntarily sign up for a Bible elective, the Oklahoma State Senate has drafted a bill that could provide legal protection to schools that wish to offer religion or Bible courses.
Christopher Lee Cornell, who used the alias \"Raheel Mahrus Ubaydah\" online, was arrested Wednesday for planning a jihadist plot against the U.S. Capitol and government officials, according to reports. The 20-year-old Green Township, Ohio, man was sympathetic to Islamic State militants and was ...
Actor David Oyelowo talks about how his own faith was transformed when he played the role of Martin Luther King Jr. in the film Selma.
A Houston area pastor and wife share their story of infertility, embryo adoption, and the birth of a son to highlight an \"adoption alternative\" which they said gives \"leftover\" embryos a chance for life. Churches in the United States have celebrated the third Sunday in January as Sanctity of ...
U.S. police are being unfairly targeted in response to allegations of police brutality, leaders from three police organizations said at the first public meeting of U.S. President Barack Obama\'s policing task force on Tuesday.
Attorneys for North Dakota and Arkansas urged a U.S. appeals court panel on Tuesday to overturn federal judge decisions that block state laws that would shorten the period allowed for a woman to end a pregnancy.
In what might be a historic vote for Republican lawmakers, the U.S. House of Representatives, which must originate all budget bills, voted 236-191 to approve funding for Homeland Security and simultaneously defund -- largely through five Republican amendments to the bill -- President Obama\'s ...
The Tim Tebow foundation will make February 13 a \"Night to Shine\" for nearly 5,000 special needs individuals across the U.S. as they celebrate the organization\'s 5-year anniversary.
Seventeen million viewers chose to watch the season premiere of The Walking Dead -- a horror show in its fifth season -- with no fewer than 13.2 million having watched one of the weekly series\' programs, according to the Neilsen ratings.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared January Human Trafficking Awareness month Tuesday, Jan. 13. It is the latest initiative the state is taking to curb sex trafficking in the state. In 2013, New York launched a statewide court program to help trafficking victims escape exploitation and abuse.
Sugar is not a substance that just packs on pounds, researchers have discovered. Eight thousand scientific papers show a strong link between sugar and chronic disease, say scientists at the University of California/San Francisco. Christians need to be aware of the serious threat sugar poses to ...
A Mississippi bill spearheaded by Democratic Representatives Tom Miles of Forest, and Michael Evans of Preston, proposing the Bible be approved as the state book has received promises of bipartisan support.