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U.S. researchers in Boston say they have developed a technique that effectively converts human skin cells into stem cells, a development that could have both medical and political implications.

A pending bill that bars government funding for non-profits having religious requirements in their hiring process is a “serious assault” on faith-based charities, according to the senior vice president of the National Religious Broadcasters.

A jury acquitted four Christian missionaries accused of inciting a crowd while videotaping themselves proselytizing Muslims at the Dearborn Arab International Festival in June.

A Christian concert open to the public will be held at Fort Bragg despite protests from a national group that claims it’s a violation of the so-called separation between church and state.

House Republicans will unveil a “Pledge to America”, an ambitious and sweeping set of proposed changes, which proposes to shrink the size of government and reform Congress, Worthy News has learned.

A majority of Americans say public school students should have more freedom to express their religious faith in school.

In what many consider a stunning upset, the Senate struck down a proposal to stop a Republican-led filibuster designed to stop abortions from being performed on U.S. military bases.

A city ordinance to stop the distribution of commercial leaflets and handbills now threatens the freedoms of both speech and religion.

Rifqa Bary, the Muslim-turned-Christian convert who ran away from her parents last year fearing her life was in danger, has been granted permanent resident status in the United States, Worthy News has learned.

An appeals court Thursday decided to suspend a district court’s prohibition on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research while the court reviews whether it violates a ban by Congress on spending taxpayer money for experiments that are connected in any way with the destruction of human embryos.

A small evangelical Christian group in Florida on Saturday plans to burn Korans as a protest against violent Islamic extremists on September 11, the ninth anniversary of the terrorist attacks against the United States.

The commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan says an American church’s plan to burn Korans on September 11 could endanger U.S. troops and damage the overall war effort in that country.

U.S. forecasters have downgraded Earl to a category two hurricane, but expect it to remain a powerful storm as it closes in on the U.S. east coast.

The category four storm is on course to lash the coast of North Carolina late Thursday, before shifting to the north. Hurricane and tropical storm warnings and watches are in effect along the Mid-Atlantic coast and as far north as Massachusetts.

The “Restoring Honor” rally drew a crowd estimated between 300,000 and 500,000 to Washington D.C. which had a tone of evangelical revival rather than that of a political protest.

A U.S. Federal court issued a temporary injunction on Monday that blocks the government from funding medical research involving human embryonic stem cells saying it violates federal law.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ‘Ella’, a new morning-after contraceptive pill effective up to five days after unprotected sex or contraceptive failure, despite the lack of adequate clinical trials, critics say.

In what is seen as a victory not only for freedom of speech, but also for Christians and the ability to share their faith in an increasingly hostile climate here in America, a California Appeal Court issued a sharp rebuke to a local shopping mall for arresting a Christian youth pastor, Worthy News has learned.

Two weeks ahead of a schedule set by President Barack Obama, the last large U.S. combat brigade has left Iraq. Pentagon officials stress that some American combat forces remain in the country ahead of an August 31st date to formally transition the U.S. presence to an advisory and training operation.

Lawsuits against open displays of crosses appear to be on the rise. A series of 14 crosses erected in Utah to honor state Highway Patrol officers that have died on Utah roads are in danger of being removed, Worthy News has learned.