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Chinese authorities formally arrested 18 leaders of a major underground church, clearing the way for their prosecution and potential prison sentences of up to three years. According to Reuters, which reported the arrests Wednesday citing a Christian NGO advocate, nearly 30 pastors and staff members belonging to Zion Church were detained by police in mid-October in the biggest crackdown on Chinese Christians in seven years.ChinaAid, a Christian non-profit human rights organization, said in a statement that the leaders were arrested on "politically motivated charges.""These pastors and co-workers are being treated as criminals simply because they faithfully shepherded a large, legally unregistered

A large-scale Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine rocked the western city of Ternopil Tuesday night, killing more than two dozen people, including three children.Ukraine’s Ministry of Internal Affairs said Wednesday that at least 25 people were killed and 73 injured in the strike that hit two nine-story residential buildings.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia launched more than 470 drones and 48 missiles in the overnight assault. Emergency services were working to rescue people under the rubble and put out fires caused by the strikes. Photos from the scene showed blown-out windows, the charred, blackened exterior of a residential building

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is keeping Jessica Tisch as commissioner of the New York City Police Department."As the 48th Commissioner of New York City Police Department, Commissioner Tisch has rooted out corruption in the upper echelons of the NYPD and led a department-wide focus on accountability and transparency, while delivering historic reductions in violent crime," Mamdani's office said in a statement on Wednesday.This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Source link : https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mamdani-keeps-jessica-tisch-nypd-commissioner Author : Publish date : 2025-11-19 13:22:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The University of California at Berkeley was once famed as the birth of America’s modern free speech movement in 1964, led by graduate student Mario Savio. But, that legacy has been marred by successive incidents and policies at the university antithetical to our First Amendment ideals. The growing trend of left-wing violence targeting free speech in America was on full display this week when Antifa thugs crashed a peaceful Turning Point USA event at UC Berkeley. The mob attacked attendees and vandalized university property in its attempt to oust Turning Point from the event space. Police made only a few

A federal judge ruled that a Texas law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom in the state is unconstitutional.U.S. District Judge Orlando L. Garcia found that Senate Bill 10 violates the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution that prevents the government from establishing or favoring a religion."I am relieved that as a result of today's ruling, my children, who are among a small number of Jewish children at their schools, will no longer be continually subjected to religious displays," plaintiff Lenee Bien-Willner said in a statement. "The government has no business interfering with parental

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., was ridiculed as "dishonest" and "sick" after arguing from the House floor that his former law school student and colleague was only "taking a phone call from her constituent" when she was texting disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein during a 2019 House hearing.Republicans on Tuesday, led by Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., introduced a resolution to censure Plaskett for "inappropriate coordination with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein," which it says "reflects discreditably on the House of Representatives." Plaskett was caught texting Epstein, whose primary residence was in the U.S. Virgin Islands, during a 2019 hearing when former Trump attorney

Anti-Islam activists and pro-Muslim counter-protesters clashed on Tuesday in Dearborn, Michigan, prompting a heavy police presence.Dearborn, home to one of the largest Muslim populations in the country, has recently become a target for activists who accuse it of operating under "Sharia law," according to MLive.The clash began when Jake Lang, who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, arrived on Michigan Avenue and attempted to burn a Quran, the outlet reported.Lang held up a lighter attempting to light the religious text on fire, but counter-protesters knocked it from his hands.MUSLIM DEARBORN MAYOR WEIGHS IN ON RESIDENTS' COMPLAINTS ABOUT MOSQUE'S

A loose signal wire caused the blackout that sent the cargo ship Dali crashing into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Tuesday, blaming the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) for failing to assess the bridge’s ability to withstand a ship strike.The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge occurred early on March 26, 2024, when the container ship Dali lost power and struck a support pier, prompting the spans to fall into the Patapsco River.The NTSB’s final report found that a single misinstalled wire led to a total power loss that left the Dali without