NATIONAL BRIEFS
Dec 26, 2017
gary
National, News
Standing up for conscience (WNS)–Pro-life advocates on Nov. 8 urged Congress to ensure passage of a bill protecting the conscience rights of healthcare providers. Tears streamed down Cathy...
Mueller Investigation Hit with ‘Contempt’ Threat Over Major Revelation of ‘Anti-Trump’ Bias
Dec 26, 2017
gary
National, News
By Jonathan Pincus A contempt of Congress resolution against FBI director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is reportedly being drafted by U.S. House Republicans. The...
Scientists implant human brain cells in mice
Dec 26, 2017
gary
National, News
Researchers have barely paused to consider the ethical implications By Julie Borg (WNS)–Just four short years ago, scientists first learned how to coax human embryonic stem cells to grow...
The Education Department’s staffing diet
Dec 26, 2017
gary
National, News
Is Betsy DeVos trying to starve public education or save it from gluttony? By Leigh Jones (WNS)–The Education Department workforce is shrinking, more evidence of the Trump...
Weighed in Wikipedia’s balances and found wanting
Dec 26, 2017
gary
National, News
Internet encyclopedia erases entry for notable paleontologist after he advocates intelligent design By Julie Borg (WNS)–Wikipedia has deleted a paleontologist’s page because he...
Free speech win for pro-life students in California
Dec 26, 2017
gary
National, News
By Leigh Jones (WNS)–A pro-life student group at Fresno State University won its fight this month against a professor who told a student she had no free speech rights on a college...
Replacing Jesus with Xi Jinping
Dec 26, 2017
gary
News, World
By Onize Ohikere (WNS)–Chinese officials asked Christians in southeast China’s Yugan county to replace their religious icons with portraits of President Xi Jinping—the Communist...
Indian Christians accused of kidnapping, forced conversion
Dec 26, 2017
gary
News, World
By Julia A. Seymour (WNS)–A court allowed seven Christian children in India to return to their families a week after Hindu radicals falsely accused their chaperones of kidnapping them to...
Canada rejects Christian couple for adoption
Dec 26, 2017
gary
News, World
Their Biblical beliefs on sexuality and gender conflict with the government’s official position By Kiley Crossland (WNS)–A married Canadian couple is suing the Alberta government after...
Lebanon caught in regional squeeze-play
Dec 26, 2017
gary
News, World
The fight for dominance between Iran and Saudi Arabia threatens to overtake their less powerful neighbors By Onize Ohikere (WNS)–Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s resignation...
