By Casey Harper A same-sex couple confronted an obstinate Kentucky county clerk who is refusing to give them a marriage license Tuesday. Now the clerk, who is citing religious reasons, could face legal trouble. Lawyers filed contempt of court charges Tuesday morning after a testy exchange between the couple and the Rowan County clerk, who is…
Dr. Ben Carson has pulled ahead of the pack in polling in Iowa, matching evenly with Donald Trump as the favorite for the Republican presidential nomination. The retired neurosurgeon and political activist has been quietly building his lead over the other candidates in previous weeks with a stronger “likeability” rating than Donald Trump, and less baggage….
By Rachel Stoltzfoos Fetal harvesters in Planned Parenthood clinics sometimes take and dissect what is apparently a live and fully intact fetus when it drops out of the womb, a procurement manager for a fetal tissue harvesting company says in the ninth video released Tuesday by the Center for Medical Progress. “I literally have had…
By Connor D. Wolf Walmart executives have reportedly been encouraging some stores to cut hours just months after announcing wages would be raised for 500,000 workers. Store officials, though, say that is not what is behind the move to cut hours. Economist often argue that raising the minimum wage will result in less employment opportunities and reduced…
By Rachel Stoltzfoos PETA slammed President Barack Obama’s plan to appear on Bear Grylls’ reality TV show “Running Wild” Monday, calling the show “sexist” and “speciesist.”“Bear Grylls’ show is known as the bottom of the barrel in demeaning, sexist, speciesist, and who knows what other ‘-ist’ TV reality shows — and that’s certainly saying something,” PETA President Ingrid Newkirk…
By Casey Harper A video has emerged showing an angry Michigan father attack his 3-year-old daughter’s killer in court. The video shows Clifford Thomas standing before a judge when the girl’s father, Dwayne Smith, comes from behind and gets a solid whack in before deputies pull the two apart. The entire encounter lasts about 30 seconds….
By Rachel Stoltzfoos The British spy found dead in a padlocked duffel bag five years ago had angered his MI6 boss by hacking into a Bill Clinton file, a new report on the still unsolved case reveals. Gareth Williams had “illegally hacked into secret Clinton data,” and had given a “friend” the guest list of an event both the…
By Guy Bentley Women earn more than men until they hit their 30s when they fall behind, but the change is almost entirely explainable through parenthood and personal choices rather than sexism, according to experts. Using data from the U.K.’s office of National Statistics, the Press Association found from 2006 to 2013 women aged between 22…
By Casey Harper A judge has ruled against an atheist group fighting to get a statue of Jesus removed from the top of a Montana mountain. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that providing a permit for the “Big Mountain Jesus” memorial did not constitute an establishment of religion, defeating efforts by anti-religion activists to have…
By Blake Neff A professor at North Carolina State University is warning students in her gender studies class to refrain from using any “sexist language” in their writing, or else face penalties to their grades. The sexism that professor Nancy Bishop hopes to squelch includes words such as “mankind” and the word “he” when used…