President Barack Obama has allotted a $1-billion support package for Central America in the hope that it will decrease the number of illegal immigrants coming to the U.S.
Senate Democrats successfully blocked on Wednesday a bill that would cut funding to President Barack Obama's immigration programs, which are tied to the budget of the Department of Homeland Security.
2K Games Inc. released last Tuesday a new downloadable content for the World Wrestling Entertainment 2K15 video game franchise that features the rivalry between WWE superstars Christian and Randy Orton in 2011.
An administrative law judge in Oregon has ruled that a bakery owned by a Christian couple violated the state's Equality Act when it refused to bake a cake for a lesbian couple in 2013.
A new law took effect in New York on Monday that makes immigration assistance fraud a crime, with the offender subject to felony and/or misdemeanor charges.
Actor Val Kilmer was rushed to the U.C.L.A. Medical Center in Santa Monica, California, on Monday after he started bleeding from the throat, caused by an alleged tumor, but the actor reportedly refused to seek medical treatment due to his religious beliefs as a member of Christian Science.
An insurance company in the United Kingdom told a Christian minister that she could lose coverage of her car policy because she put stickers in her car.
Japan and world leaders condemned on Sunday the beheading of Japanese Kenji Goto by the Islamic State with President Obama calling it a "barbaric act."
Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of the late singer Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, has been placed in a medically induced coma after she was found unresponsive in a bath tub in her home in Roswell, Georgia, Saturday morning, according to CNN.
Nearly two-thirds of churchgoers failed a test measuring their knowledge of the Bible, highlighting widespread gaps in biblical literacy, according to a report published Tuesday by Lifeway Research. The assessment used a traditional grading system ranging from A (90 and above) to F (below 60). The average score was 51, with 65% receiving an F, 9% a D, 9% a C, 8% a B and 9% an A.
Democratic Texas state Rep. James Talarico drew comparisons between himself and the biblical figures of David and Jesus in a victory speech Tuesday after defeating Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the state's U.S. Senate election. “I'm reminded of that story from Scripture of a shepherd boy who goes up against a giant,” Talarico told supporters in Austin shortly before midnight.
WNBA player Sophie Cunningham, who drew national media attention this season for objecting to male trans-identified athletes in women's sports, reflected on her faith journey on an episode of Theo Von's podcast, saying she believes a revival is happening.
More than two-thirds of American teenagers say they would feel comfortable seeking guidance from Jesus about their identity, although parents and friends remain their preferred sources of advice, according to new research from Barna. Mothers emerged as the most trusted source of guidance, with 84% of teenagers expressing comfort in discussing identity-related questions with them.
A North Carolina county has argued that its legal battle with former Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear’s The Summit Church over a proposed campus expansion centers on the limits of federal court authority rather than allegations of religious discrimination.