A student at Somona State University was ordered to remove a necklace she wore containing a cross because it “might offend other students.”
Audrey Jarvis, 19, is filing a religious accommodation request with the school after a supervisor with Associated Student Productions ordered her to remove the necklace during a student orientation. Continue reading
Somalian intelligence officials confirmed that one of the leaders of the Islamic terrorist group Al-Shabab is in custody and is answering questions.
Officials took Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys to a government intelligence base after he either surrendered or defected to the government’s forces. Local officials say that he was fleeing in-fighting among the terrorist group that has caused significant fractures in the terror group’s command structure. Continue reading
The chief minister of Uttarakhand state in India says near 3,000 people are still missing after flash flooding and landsides devastated the region.
Vijay Bahuguna said the exact number of deaths will likely never be known but that over 800 people are confirmed dead in the state. Over 100,000 people have been evacuated from the area and reports say that hundreds of people are still trapped in remote regions of the state. Continue reading
High temperature records continue to fall in California’s Death Valley as a massive heat wave continues to make the western part of the U.S.
The National Park Service confirmed a high temperature of 129.9 on Sunday, a new record for the hottest day anywhere in the U.S. in June. Continue reading
A New Mexico abortionist who had been featured in a video from the investigative group Live Action has been shown in a new video telling a woman that should she start to deliver the baby to sit on a toilet and call the clinic who will “come in and take care of you.”
The abortionist, Dr. Carmen Landau, told the woman specifically not to call 911 in the event something happened to her. Continue reading
The Yarnell, Arizona blaze that killed 19 firefighters has quadrupled in size since the deaths.
The incidents with the firefighters is the largest single loss of emergency personnel in the U.S. since 9/11. It is the third deadliest loss of personnel in a wildfire in U.S. history. Continue reading
The Texas state legislature began its second special session by reviving a bill to protect babies from he horror of abortion.
Republican governor Rick Perry called the special session after protesters disrupted the Texas Senate in the waning hours of their first special session and kept them from being able to vote before midnight. Continue reading
Tens of thousands marched on Cairo’s Tahrir Square and other cities calling for Islamic president Mohammed Morsi to be removed from office on the one-year anniversary of his inauguration.
Chants of “erhal!” (meaning “leave!”) rang out in the square. Islamist groups vowed to do anything it would take to keep Morsi in office. Continue reading
World virologists are concerned about the Islamic hajj to Saudi Arabia in wake of the outbreak of the deadly MERS virus.
The virus has originated in Saudi Arabia but no one has been able to find the source of the virus. The virus has struck hardest in Saudi with 40 deaths, a 52% mortality rate. Continue reading
In Furnace Creek, California, the temperature was 122 in the shade.
According to weather forecasters, that’s not even close to a high temperature.
Forecasters are predicting a world-record high temperature coming to Death Valley, California of 130 degrees a deadly heat wave is raving the western part of the U.S. Continue reading