Michelle Wilkins, a 26-year-old Colorado woman answered a Craigslist ad for baby clothes. When she arrived she was attacked by a woman who cut her seven-month fetus from her womb. The mother survived the attack, but the baby did not. The suspect faces eight felony charges, including unlawful termination…

In 2016, Colin Kapernick, the 49ers quarterback, gained national attention by not standing for the National Anthem. His choice was a personal act of protest against recent acts of police violence against African Americans, but erupted into a national media controversy for the NFL. Kapernick has drawn…

Though there is still some question about the validity of the research, a new study suggests naming male children a common name might be doing them a favor. The study published in Social Science Quarterly by Shippensburg University professor David Kalist says giving boys odd or strange first names may…

Authorities arrested Tatiana Kudinova, a Russian businessperson, for arranging a hit on her daughter-in-law who had irritated her by making nonstop mother-in-law jokes. The feud began over who should pick up the tab for a family party. But Roxanne, the daughter-in-law, didn’t let it rest and continued…

America's Spirit During his sermon at the Washington National Cathedral on the National Day of Prayer and Remembrances for the victims of the terrorist bombings on the World Trade Center in New York, NY and on the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Dr. Billy Graham drew a parallel between the destruction…

A Michigan man whose wife pleaded guilty to trying to hire someone to kill him, asked the judge to be lenient with her sentence. Jake Merfeld’s wife was caught on tape in April, making a deal with an undercover police officer posing as a hit man. She told the undercover officer that killing him would…

In 2014, the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline received reports of 5,042 potential human trafficking cases. Almost one-third of the cases involved minors. The department of justice believes about 300,000 children in the United States are trafficking victims. Shannon Forsythe is the founder…

The internet has opened up a vast world of knowledge and experience. It has also enabled the harassment of people for their views, experiences, appearances, or demographic backgrounds. Pew Research reports that, “Fully 40 percent of online users have experienced bullying, harassment, and intimidation.”…

Authorities arrested a 29-year-old Florida woman after she allegedly used a stun gun on a woman who tried to hug her Christmas night. Authorities jailed Deborah Downing on charges of aggravated battery after she reportedly used a stun gun on a friend attempting to offer a Christmas greeting. Authorities…

What would cause a 24 year-old man to break into a gas station, drink some beer, smoke some cigarettes, and then dial 911 and turn himself in? Didn’t he know he would end up in jail? That is exactly what Matthew Robert Kiss knew. That is what he wanted. He wanted to see his brother who was already in…

Steven Felton, 34, was arrested for 10 armed robberies. Multiple security cameras caught his bare face with him holding a pellet gun and demanding money. In his defense he claimed his “evil twin” had carried out the robberies. Neither the jury nor the judge believed him and he was convicted by the jury…

In a Norfolk, Virginia courtroom, a teenager pleaded to the charge he murdered both his parents. The young honor student with no criminal history explained the reason he committed the crime. He explained that he’d gotten angry over routine punishments. “I just remember getting mad,” 16-year-old Vincent…

Antonius Hart Sr. and his son Antonius Hart Jr. drove away from the Pirtle’s Chicken restaurant without realizing the server forgot to add the wings they ordered. When they returned and complained the restaurant offered them replacement wings but that did not satisfy them--they demanded extra chicken…

TERROR Hassan Hotari is proud of his son, Saeed. What did Saeed do that made his father proud? Did he graduate from college? Find the cure for a disease? Or get a promotion at work? No. On June 2, Saeed Hotari got out of a car at the Dolphin Disco in Tel Aviv—a nightclub that attracts Israeli teenagers.…

During the 2017 shooting at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, TX, Pastor Frank Pomeroy and his wife lost 26 members of their church family, including their own 14-year-old daughter. As the nation sat stunned at the news of the largest mass shooting in Texas history, the media requested a statement…

Pastor Eric Dammann, recently used a personal illustration to demonstrate that God can even use a person’s mistakes by telling about an event more than a dozen years ago when he was a youth worker. He punched a smart alec teenager in the chest, knocking him to the ground. He then said to the child he’d…

Brutality How did it come to this? Why this brutal cruelty? What were the events that led to this great travesty of justice? Well, it all began with a conspiracy among religious leaders. (Matt 27:1-2) After Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, the religious leaders knew their days were numbered if they…

Police in Trenton, New Jersey say Dwaine Whitaker turned himself in to them after he appeared on a surveillance video trying to hold up a business at gunpoint. They say a friend apparently told Whitaker about the video, and after watching it, he turned himself in.—Jim L. Wilson and Jim Sandell. Police:…

A 13-year-old-girl who was hit by a stray bullet is recovering from surgery and working through her pain. Tiya Hudson was hit in the back when a bullet went through the side of her house. Several neighbors heard an argument outside, but no one is sure where the bullet came from. Hudson’s doctors think…

A Florida judge recently came up with an unusual sentence for a man accused of domestic violence. Officials arrested Joseph Bray after he and his wife had a fight because he neglected to wish his wife a happy birthday. Records indicated police took Bray into custody he and his wife had argued, and he…

It may only be a turn of phrase, but Pittsburgh police Chief Nate Harper says surviving a tough year, and seeing a decrease in the number of murders in 2009 was due to good police work, and a little help from above. In an interview conducted at the beginning of the New Year, Chief Harper said the city…

TERRORISM/HOPE I've found myself reliving the events of 9-11 over and over. I don't need to see a video tape of the planes crashing into the twin towers, I've seen it so many times that all I have to do is close my eyes and I can see it again. I'm sure this is partly because of the horrific nature of…

A Florida woman was shot in the leg while sitting at a café on Independence Day, but didn’t know until doctor found the bullet five days later. Heather Charlebois told a local paper that she initially thought someone threw a firecracker at her. She felt pain, but didn’t see much blood, so she didn’t…

When 19-year-old Josh Lewis went out to deliver a pizza to a hospital emergency room team, he never dreamed he would soon become a patient, but that’s what happened. While delivering the pizza, an assailant stabbed him and stole his Jeep Cherokee. While recovering from a collapsed lung and torn muscles…

JEALOUSY/ABUSE Writing for “The Spectator,” the oldest continuously published magazine in the English language, Theodore Dalrymple coined a helpful term: “morbid jealousy.” His column entitled, “Black-eyed monster” exposed the unhealthy life patterns of abusive, over-controlling jealous men. Typically,…