Amanda Casanova

The two scientists who were instrumental in the eventual development of the COVID-19 vaccine have been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology/medicine.

Thousands of students nationwide are planning a “Bring Your Bible to School Day” on Oct. 5.

A worship pastor at Hindman First Baptist Church and the executive director of adult and family ministries at Camp Nathanael in Kentucky won $61,450 on “Wheel of Fortune” earlier this month.

House Republicans are building a case to potentially impeach President Joe Biden as inquiry hearings started in the House Oversight Committee this week.

Seven Republican candidates took to the debate stage this week in California for the second presidential primary debate ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

The story of how José Hernández went from a migrant farmworker to a NASA astronaut is capturing hearts and headlines.

The number of Christians finding security in the U.S. from other countries has fallen some 70 percent, according to a recent report.

Religion News Service reports the “Closed Doors” report from Open Doors, an international Christian charity group that tracks persecution, said that in 2022, about 9,528 Christians found safety in the U.S. after fleeing persecution in their home country. In 2016, that number was 32,248.

In Myanmar specifically, the number of Christian refugees fell from about 7,600 in 2016 to just 587 in 2022. In Iran, the number dropped to 112 in 2022 from more than 2,000 in 2016, and in Eritrea, those numbers were 1,639 in 2016 to just 252 in 2022.

Actor Kevin Sorbo spoke out in a recent op-ed, saying many Hollywood male stars are not “manly” enough.

Sorbo, who played Hercules in film and TV in the 1990s, said “bold, confident, self-assured females” are too often upstaging “passive men” in film and television, ChurchLeaders.com reports.

According to Fox News, Sorbo wrote, “Society today seriously misunderstands masculinity. On the one hand, we love to normalize androgynous, Billy Porter-type men who sport skirts and poofy dresses.” 

He also pointed out actor Timothée Chalamet, saying GQ’s 2019 best-dressed man “often wears clothes that, well…let’s just say your grandfather wouldn’t have been caught dead dressed like.”

The United Kingdom's West Midland Police have dropped charges against a woman arrested in March for silently praying within an abortion facility's "buffer zone."

The governor of California has vetoed a bill that would have required judges to consider if a parent affirms their child’s gender identity when the court makes custody decisions.