Jon Brown

City leaders in Asheville, North Carolina, are weighing options to crack down on the growing rate of panhandling in the mountain town that relies heavily on tourist dollars.

King Lawal, who has been a member on the North Northamptonshire Unitary Council in England for two years, is taking legal action after being canceled by seven different organizations.

Residents of China are increasingly using "facekinis" to protect against a record-breaking heat wave that has been afflicting the country in recent weeks.

A concerned father is urging officials in the Church of England to take action against alleged curriculum in a church school that teaches that children can be born in the wrong body.

The Taqueria Garibaldi Mexican restaurant in Sacramento was ordered to pay $140,000 in back wages and damages to 35 employees after using a supposed priest to uncover workplace sins.

Scientists have not ruled out an extraterrestrial spacecraft to explain recent geographical anomalies discovered on Mars, according to a recently published research paper.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation recently determined that the remains of a woman found in 1985 belong to Michelle Lavone Inman, whom authorities believe was murdered.

A Democrat-run college town in Idaho is paying out a $300,000 settlement to three churchgoers arrested during a 2020 outdoor "psalm sing" that garnered national attention.

The Alaska Department of Corrections rescinded an interim policy that effectively banned the Roman Catholic Mass in state prison facilities by forbidding the use of alcoholic wine.

The liberal United Church of Christ (UCC) recently passed a resolution condemning pro-life legislation and urging the denomination to financially support women getting abortions.

Parochial school parents in Pennsylvania are suing the State College Area School District after their kids were allegedly barred from participating in district activities.

A man was killed and a woman is fighting for her life in the hospital after being knocked out of a sightseeing gondola by a drilling machine at a popular Montreal resort.

The town of Smithtown, New York, on Long Island decided to rebrand the name of its anti-bias task force as a "unity council," prompting protest from members of the council.

The son of a Canadian pastor potentially facing 10 years in prison for delivering a sermon to truckers blocking the U.S.-Canada border in 2022 appealed to the EU Parliament for help.

A curriculum compiled by an organization in the U.K. instructs children as young as seven about gender identity and pushes the idea that LGBTQ behavior is compatible with their religion.

Investigators with the Suffolk County’s Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals discovered two decapitated goat carcasses behind a Long Island Burger King.

Bergen County Superior Court Judge Gary Wilcox is facing a formal complaint regarding TikTok videos he posted that depict him lipsynching profane songs in his courtroom.

Children wielding baseball bats are reportedly attacking and robbing mothers in Noe Valley, a wealthy San Francisco neighborhood known as "stroller alley" for its young families.

San Pedro Huamelula Mayor Victor Hugo Sosa married an alligator-type reptile in a marriage ceremony that represents the union of the Chontal and Huave indigenous groups.

Pastor Yang Xibo and his wife have been slapped with a 400,000-yuan fine for organizing religious activities in defiance of the Chinese Communist Party, says a watchdog.

South Carolina man Eric Fetzer was arrested after human remains were found in a barrel floating on Lake Thicketty in upstate South Carolina, police said.

The North Carolina-based Elevation Church disaffiliated from the Southern Baptist Convention last week after the denomination banned women from teaching.

The sky during the Fourth of July weekend is scheduled to boast the first supermoon of 2023, also known as the full buck moon, according to NASA.

Human rights advocates are raising the alarm about the rising persecution of Christians in India amid Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to the United States.

The Vatican has reportedly opened a formal investigation into the diocese of Bishop Joseph Strickland following years of public criticism against Pope Francis, whom he has accused of weakness.

James Wesley Henry, 43, was arrested Monday after allegedly "eviscerating" a woman's pet dog while she was playing pickleball at a park in north Asheville, North Carolina.

A luxury resort in Mexico owned by Hyatt has shut down amid an investigation into the deaths of an American couple who were found dead in their rooms earlier this month.

Police in the United Kingdom have arrested a 43-year-old man after he allegedly sexually assaulted two young girls while they were swimming at the beach in Bournemouth, U.K.

A high court in Germany ruled against a ban that prevented peaceful protests and counseling within sight of an abortion clinic, which 40 Days for Life has notched as a legal win.

The overall health of pastors in the U.S. has plunged since 2015 as more say they face declining respect from their community and lack of true friends, according to a recent study.