In 2012, Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas began a shift away from one-time, crisis intervention programs towards self-sustainability by offering long-term wrap-around services. While Catholic Charities will always provide food, clothing and ...
Read More »Gov’t to investigate Connecticut school that abolished girls-only sports
The federal government announced late this week it will investigate a Connecticut school district which abolished girls-only sports. The allegations of discrimination against the district were filed by three Connecticut teenage girl ...
Read More »George Soros launches new super PAC to target 2020 elections
Billionaire financier George Soros is launching a super PAC ahead of the 2020 election and, at $5.1 million, he has already made the single biggest contribution so far this election cycle compared ...
Read More »Israel joins US-led coalition confronting Iran in Persian Gulf
Israel is assisting the U.S.-led naval mission to bolster security for vessels in the Persian Gulf‘s Strait of Hormuz, Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz said this week. According to a report by ...
Read More »Amnesty International gets political over guns
Amnesty International has issued a “travel advisory” for would-be visitors to the United States, claiming that “rampant gun violence” has “become so prevalent in the United States that it amounts to a human rights ...
Read More »Little House on the Prairie is 45 years old and as popular as ever
WALNUT GROVE, Minn. – A little more than 800 people live in Walnut Grove, Minnesota. But millions around the world know and love this small town. It’s the birthplace of Laura Ingalls Wilder, ...
Read More »Hospitality in an age of lonely lives
Piles of laundry, yard work, hectic schedules, napping kids. Let’s face it—there’s never a perfect time to invite others into our homes and, ultimately, into our lives. In her debut book, Invited: The ...
Read More »Israeli start-ups work to sow joy, hope in hearts of disabled
Millions of disabled people around the world endure struggles and hardships that others can’t imagine. But organizations in Israel are determined to provide real-life solutions to their daily challenges by partnering with ...
Read More »Sears is closing Independence, other Missouri stores
Sears is closing 26 Sears and Kmart stores in October including three Sears locations in Missouri. The company plans to close its locations in Cape Girardeau, the St. Louis suburb of St. Peters, and ...
Read More »UN wrongly targets Israel on women’s rights while ignoring real abusers
In a shocking, or perhaps not-so shocking vote the U.N. Economic and Social Council approved a resolution that targets only Israel for alleged violations of women’s rights, while ignoring countries like Iran, ...
Read More »US reaches agreement with Turkey to protect Christians
US negotiators have successfully pressured Turkey into respecting a safe zone for Syrian Christians and other religious and ethnic minorities in Northern Syria. After weeks of concern over a potential Turkish invasion ...
Read More »Is gun violence linked to absence of dads in homes?
As the nation continues to reel from multiple instances of gun violence, family organizations, politicians, public safety officials and others are questioning the media narrative that only guns cause violence. “What about ...
Read More »Palestinian hero who rescued Jewish kids from Arab mob granted Israeli residency
A Palestinian man who faced death threats after saving the lives of Israeli children following a terrorist attack which killed their rabbi father has been given Israeli residency. The unnamed 28-year old ...
Read More »Twitter takes down Ohio shooter’s account after it shows he was Warren supporter
Twitter has taken down the account of the gunman who killed nine people in Dayton, Ohio. The action came after the Associated Press showed tweets in which 24-year-old Connor Betts labeled himself ...
Read More »The not-so golden silence of the Nigerian diaspora
In my comfy suburb of Washington, D.C. where I take care of my three beautiful girls, build my web-based media company and live my dream, there are no wild elephants as there ...
Read More »Conservative shames city leaders, organizes Baltimore clean-up
Some 200 volunteers combed through the streets of northwest Baltimore on Aug. 5, cleaning up trash and weeds in an “Americans Helping Americans” event organized by conservative activist Scott Presler. Starting at 7 a.m. ...
Read More »Groups back President’s warning of video game-linked violence
When President Trump addressed the nation Monday about the mass shootings over the weekend in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, he cited mental illness and video game violence as contributing factors. ...
Read More »Bonsai tree that survived Hiroshima on display in Washington
A fisherman some 20 miles away from Hiroshima, Japan, described it as a tremendous thunder, but few within two miles from where the bomb hit reported even hearing the blast. A Jesuit ...
Read More »America’s Founders left us the answer for the massacres
The horrific massacres in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, are stark reminders that something is disturbingly amiss in American culture. Leftists will politicize these tragedies and use them as weapons against ...
Read More »Dangerous lead levels slow work on Notre Dame
Clean-up work on Notre Dame Cathedral and its neighborhood is scheduled to resume today after government monitors indicated lead levels are at life-threatening levels and halted work on Monday. One of France’s ...
Read More »LA Times condemns leftist California ethnic curriculum as ‘group think’
Jewish leaders say a new ethnic studies curriculum proposed by the California Department of Education “effectively erases the American Jewish experience” and “would institutionalize the teaching of antisemitic stereotypes” in public schools. ...
Read More »Grandmother turns in grandson, stops mass murder
A Texas man was arrested after his grandmother found out about his plans to carry out a mass shooting at a nearby hotel, authorities say. William Patrick Williams, 19, of Lubbock, was ...
Read More »Iraqi TV anchor reads eye-opening poem questioning Arab culture
Iraqi TV Host Mahdi Jassem Reads Text By Syrian Poet: For 1,400 Years We Have Been Cursing The Jews And Christians, But We Are The Ones Left Without Unity. In a July ...
Read More »What’s the story behind the drop in stock market?
The US Treasury Department placed China on a blacklist Monday evening, officially labeling China as a “currency manipulator” after the regime took a major step that sent shockwaves through global stock markets. That ...
Read More »Sheriff calls man ‘a monster’ for killing family in crash
The prosecutor’s office in southwest Missouri’s Greene County has filed three counts of second degree murder against a Springfield man accused of causing Saturday night’s deadly crash which killed three. The crash ...
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