UNDATED (ChristianPost) -More than 9 in 10 Americans believe in God. But a new Gallup Poll also found that the number of nonbelievers has risen from one percent in 1944 to seven percent today. The percent of Americans who affirm their belief in God has decreased slightly from 96% in 1944 to 92% today. Those [...]
BATON ROUGE, LA. (AP) – The Louisiana House has voted 91-0 to have a Ten Commandments monument placed on the grounds of the state Capitol. The bill requires that the inscription be the same as that used on a Ten Commandments monument at the Texas Capitol that was allowed under a 2005 Supreme Court ruling. [...]
NEW YORK CITY (FNIF) – The Bronx Household of Faith wants to rent a New York City public school for its weekend church services. After all, the school district rents out space to many groups. But, 16 years after the legal fight began, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the New [...]
CASTROVILLE, TX. (AP) – A Texas high school valedictorian is thankful that a federal appeals court blocked a judge’s order prohibiting prayer at her weekend graduation ceremony. Angela Hildenbrand thanked God and prayed for her fellow graduates Saturday at Medina Valley High School in Castroville. Last Tuesday, a federal judge prohibited public prayer at the [...]
JOPLIN, MO. (CBN) – The death toll in Joplin, Missouri is now 141 after three people passed away from injuries sustained during last month’s tornado. Over 900 people were injured when the EF-5 tornado hit Joplin on May 22. It was the deadliest single tornado in the United States in more than 60 years. A [...]
CAIRO (AP) – A new poll finds a majority of Egyptians do not support Egypt’s most powerful Islamic group, the Muslim Brotherhood, and less than 1 percent want an Iran-style Islamic theocracy. The Gallup poll conducted after the fall of former President Hosni Mubarak found that while 69 percent of Egyptians want religious leaders to [...]
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ PLANNED PARENTHOOD HAS FILED A LAWSUIT CHALLENGING A SOUTH DAKOTA LAW THAT WOULD REQUIRE WOMEN SEEKING ABORTIONS TO WAIT THREE DAYS AND UNDERGO COUNSELING AT PREGNANCY HELP CENTERS THAT DISCOURAGE ABORTION. THE THREE-DAY WAITING PERIOD WOULD BE THE NATION’S LONGEST. THE NEW LAW IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE EFFECT JULY [...]
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ OFFICIALS HAVE DECIDED TO BUILD EMERGENCY EARTHEN LEVEES ON EACH SIDE OF THE MISSOURI RIVER IN AN ATTEMPT TO PROTECT HOMES IN PIERRE AND FORT PIERRE FROM FLOODWATERS. HOWEVER, SOUTH DAKOTA GOV. DENNIS DAUGAARD SAYS SOME HOMES WILL BE HIT BY RISING WATER WHEN RELEASES INCREASE AGAIN SATURDAY BEFORE WORK [...]
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ OFFICIALS HAVE DECIDED TO BUILD EMERGENCY EARTHEN LEVEES ON EACH SIDE OF THE MISSOURI RIVER IN AN ATTEMPT TO PROTECT HOMES IN PIERRE AND FORT PIERRE FROM FLOODWATERS. HOWEVER, SOUTH DAKOTA GOV. DENNIS DAUGAARD SAYS SOME HOMES WILL BE HIT BY RISING WATER WHEN RELEASES INCREASE AGAIN SATURDAY BEFORE WORK [...]
ROUNDUP, MONT. (AP) _ AS FLOODING WASHES OUT ROADS AND SWAMPS MORE HOMES IN MONTANA, REGIONAL RAINS ARE FORCING RELEASES FROM DAMS THAT PROMISE TO SWELL THE MISSOURI RIVER PAST ITS BANKS DOWNSTREAM IN IOWA AND THE DAKOTAS. THE CENTRAL MONTANA TOWN OF ROUNDUP WAS UNDER AN ESTIMATED 6 FEET OF WATER TODAY AS THE [...]
