Feds Arrest Third Afghan National Accused of Terrorism in under a Week
A crowd of Afghan men leaves a stadium in Khost, eastern Afghanistan, Dec. 2, 2025. Associated Press / Photo by Saifullah Zahir Immigration and Customs Enforcem...
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Manhunt Underway in California after Murder Suspect Accidentally Released
Officials started searching for Isaiah Andrews, a murder suspect accidentally released from prison last week, according to a Monday release from the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s office. The 20-year...
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Ex-Youth Minister Lindsey Whiteside’s Home Detention for Child Sex Abuse Divides Mississippi Town
The prosecution of former Mississippi youth minister Lindsey Whiteside, who is accused of sexually abusing a minor under her care, continues to divide her community as United States Attorney Clay
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Documentarian Filming Outside Planned Parenthood Says Police Handcuffed Him, Seized His Cameras
An independent filmmaker says that he was filming a documentary outside of a Planned Parenthood in California when police handcuffed him, confiscated his equipment and forced him to sit in the back
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Accused Charlie Kirk Assassin Can Choose Trial Outfit, Judge Rules
A judge ruled Monday that the suspect in Charlie Kirk’s fatal shooting is not required to appear in his jail uniform during his upcoming hearings. Utah District Court Judge Tony Graf agreed to let s...
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Ohio pastor arrested on abuse-related charges | Baptist Press
WILMINGTON, Ohio (BP) – An Ohio pastor was arrested on abuse-related charges earlier this month.
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Pastor Pleads Not Guilty to Diverting More Than $400K in Church Funds
Adrian Davis, a former pastor of a now-defunct campus of a megachurch in Alabama, has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of diverting over 400,000 from church funds Prosecutors allege the money
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The Finger of Suspicion
This issue of A Public Witness looks at the danger of religious attacks against politicians as MAGA comes after Republicans for non-Christian beliefs or for offering kind words to Americans celebrating a non-Christian religious holiday.
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Texas Doctor Surrenders Medical License after Lawsuit over ‘gender transition’ Drugs for Minors
A Texas physician has surrendered her medical license following a lawsuit accusing her of providing prohibited gender transition drugs to nearly two dozen minors in violation of state law
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Latino Pastors Look to Refit Preaching and Pastoral Care to Trauma of Mass Deportations
Latino Christian leaders meeting in Southern California discussed how best to pastor congregations newly traumatized by the Trump mass deportation policy.
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Son of Life Church Pastor Charged with Multiple Child Sex Crimes, Had Explicit Videos of Parents: Affidavit
Jonathan Peternel, the 24-year-old son of Nathan Peternel, who serves as the lead pastor of the multicampus Life Church in Pendleton, Indiana, has been arrested and charged with multiple felony
