Shortly after it was announced that Scotland had rejected independence from Great Britain in a historical vote, Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond announced that he would be stepping down from his position.
A family in Los Angeles, California has filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police Department for allegedly shooting and killing an unarmed teen back in August.
New disturbing information from the NFL indicates running back Jonathan Dwyer of the Arizona Cardinals reportedly headbutted his wife and broke her nose during a domestic dispute back in July.
President Barack Obama has reiterated his pledge to not send combat ground troops into Iraq to fight the Islamic State.
An online safe-search filtering company is receiving criticism from conservative family groups after it announced Tuesday that it would be unblocking access to gay advocacy websites.
North Korea announced this week that it had sentenced American traveler Matthew Miller to six years of hard labor for allegedly trying to commit an act of espionage when he entered the country back in April.
President Barack Obama outlined an expanded Ebola treatment program on Tuesday, saying the U.S. will send 3,000 U.S. military personnel to West Africa to help build treatment facilities, train health care workers and deliver resources to those in need.
The U.S. began its strategy to combat the Islamic State this week by airstriking parts of Iraq where the Islamic militants were attacking the country\'s security forces.
Toronto\'s Mayor Tom Ford, who has previously admitted to smoking crack cocaine, has in a surprise move dropped out of the city\'s mayoral race after announcing he has been diagnosed with a stomach tumor.
Michelle Duggar, matriarch of the Duggar family from TLC\'s \"19 Kids and Counting,\" celebrated her 48th birthday on Saturday with her massive family, with her children sending her well wishes via social media.
Pope Francis recently made an unconventional move by marrying 20 couples, some of whom cohabitated and one of whom had a child out of wedlock, at the Vatican over the weekend.
Nearly 80,000 people gathered with Pastor Philip Anthony Mitchell and 2819 Church at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Saturday for a large-scale evening of prayer and worship. Ed Newton, senior pastor of Community Bible Church in San Antonio, attended the event, known as “ACCESS — That Powerful Hour of Prayer.” Free tickets for the gathering were claimed within eight hours.
A South Carolina judge is preparing to dismiss lawsuits filed by the United Methodist Church’s South Carolina Conference against nearly 70 congregations seeking to leave the denomination while retaining their properties. The conference said Tuesday that Circuit Court Judge Brian M. Gibbons had informed the parties that he intends to dismiss the cases.
A Christian pastor who has spent years building relationships with Muslims and a historian who has studied Islamic history and doctrine debated whether Islam’s theological and political teachings allow the religion to coexist with Western society. Roberts said he once feared things like Sharia, or Islamic law, but realized the U.S. Constitution wouldn’t allow it.
A Christian teacher with 28 years of experience has filed a discrimination claim against a school in northeast England after being dismissed following a pro-life response to a student’s question about abortion. Anita Meston, 63, is suing Biddick Academy, a state-funded secondary school in Washington, Sunderland, according to ADF International, which is supporting her case.
A Christian pastor is facing a criminal charge after refusing to leave a sidewalk outside the Chinese Embassy in Washington while protesting China’s treatment of religious minorities. The Rev. Patrick Mahoney, leader of the Christian Defense Coalition, said in a Sept. 28 Facebook post that he was “arrested by the United States Secret Service for peacefully praying on a public sidewalk in front of the Chinese Embassy.”