News briefs today include Russian attack on a Ukrainian mall; Palestinian state recognition; Trump trial resumes; and Israel/Egypt exchange fire. Egyptian who shot at Israeli troops is killed by return fire An ...
Read More »Daily News Briefs: Missouri tornadoes; Libertarians; Actor killed; Shipwreck
Tornadoes hit Missouri, other states Sunday night Tornadoes swept across the region Sunday night with at least 24 dead. The Ozarks of Missouri and Arkansas were particularly hit hard. Texas, Kentucky, Oklahoma ...
Read More »Daily News Briefs: PGA star dead at 30; fire kills newborns; Indianapolis 500
News briefs for Sunday, May 26. Among today’s news is a fire in an Indian maternity ward; PGA star dead; Hamas missile attack on Israel and Indianapolis 500. PGA golfer dies at ...
Read More »Daily News Briefs: Missouri missionaries murdered in Haiti
Here’s your daily news briefs for Saturday, May 25. Murdered missionaries from Missouri Condolences are pouring in for the daughter and son-in-law of Missouri state Rep. Ben Baker who were murdered while ...
Read More »Morning Brief: Submarine found; hostages dead; Ukraine and more
Metro Voice is beginning a daily news brief to bring you the news in a paragraph or less. Here’s the news for Friday, May 24, 2025. Israel recovers three more hostage bodies ...
Read More »Expect less ‘pride’ this year as Target downplays month
Target announced that after the backlash it faced last June, only select stores will carry its LGBTQ pride collection this year. The retailer announced on its website that it will be “offering ...
Read More »Ministry financial watchdog developing ministry ‘standard’ for leadership care
The ongoing scandal at International House of Prayer KC is just one of many allegations of misconduct that continue to roil the church. The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability is responding by ...
Read More »Judicial Watch: An Inside Look at the Trump Trial
Judicial Watch has reviewed the New York trial of Donald Trump and provides this look at the proceedings and facts. The Trump prosecution rested its case Monday with a central question unanswered: ...
Read More »AAA expects Memorial Day travel to be near record levels
More than 42.3 million Americans are expected to travel 50 or more miles from home this weekend, a 7 percent increase from two years ago, according to AAA. “This is expected to ...
Read More »Knights of Columbus denied permit to hold Memorial Day service in National Park
[UPDATE:] The National Park service has reversed its decision and will now allow the Knights of Columbus to hold a service at a cemetery. Original story below. The Knights of Columbus, ...
Read More »How much do you know about Memorial Day?
How much do you know about Memorial Day? As we ponder the selfless sacrifice of the men and women of our armed forces, we hope that you will join us in reflecting ...
Read More »As attendance drops, Jimmy Carter’s church hires female pastor
Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia, was accustomed to having a lot of visitors when former President Jimmy Carter taught a Sunday School class. But now that Carter is in hospice, the ...
Read More »World No. 1 Golfer Scottie Scheffler Arrested ahead of PGA Championship
Scottie Scheffler ended Thursday within striking distance of the lead in the PGA Championship, but was arrested and charged after he allegedly failed to follow police orders as he was about to enter Valhalla ...
Read More »Kansas sues Biden administration over Title IX revisions
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is leading a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education over its recently announced changes to Title IX. The revisions would forbid discrimination based on gender identity ...
Read More »Statue of Billy Graham to be unveiled in U.S. Capitol
The late Billy Graham will take his place among about 200 great Americans with a statue in the U.S. Capitol. His statue will be unveiled this Thursday during a ceremony that will ...
Read More »Harvest Hosts is changing how people RV
Harvest Hosts, an RV-membership network offering 5,000 nontraditional camp sites across North America, supports small business and churches with a simple trade. In exchange for a safe, well-lit space to park an ...
Read More »Boys Scouts of America rebrands
The Boy Scouts of America is changing its name to become more gender inclusive. Next February, the 115th anniversary of its founding, it will become Scouting America. “Though our name will be ...
Read More »Evangelical leaders respond to survey on Gaza aid without the facts
A survey released Tuesday by National Association of Evangelicals finds a false narrative prevails on humanitarian aid to Gaza. The NAE’s report says “Over 90 percent of evangelical leaders who participated in ...
Read More »Chick-fil-A is envy of fast-food industry over these sales numbers
Chick-fil-A continues to record impressive sales numbers despite being closed on Sunday. It generated more than $21 billion in sales in 2023, a nearly 15 percent increase over the previous year, “Nation’s ...
Read More »Americans oppose protests and support Israel military action in Rafah
Anti-Israel protests are much more popular on elite college campuses than with the American public in general. Two recent polls find that the American people are on opposite sides of the Biden ...
Read More »Lawsuits, threats follow firing of president of Calvin University
Calvin University had high hopes when it hired alumnus Wiebe Boer as president two years ago. Now it is embroiled in a controversy over alleged improprieties In mid-February, Boer resigned after the school’s board ...
Read More »Fewer Americans are reading the Bible: Why it matters
How many people today are engaging the Bible in any meaningful way? Apparently, fewer than you might think. In April 2024, the American Bible Society (ABS) published their annual “State of the ...
Read More »NYPD breaks up pro-Hamas protest at Columbia
After weeks of pro-Hamas demonstrations at Columbia University featuring calls for genocide against Jews and the taking of two university employees as hostages, NYPD officers cleared a university building and broke up ...
Read More »Government vows to shut down nation’s largest Christian university
Grand Canyon University, the nation’s largest Christian university, is fighting back after the U.S. Department of Education vowed to shut it down. “Going after predatory schools preying on first generation students,” Education ...
Read More »Convoy of Hope on the ground to help victims of deadly weekend tornadoes
Teams from Convoy of Hope in Springfield are fanning out to help victims of this weekend’s deadly tornadoes in the Midwest. Authorities confirmed that at least four people died because of Saturday ...
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