Mass. campus given to Christian foundation
January 4, 2013
Christian institutions hoping to win a free campus in western Massachusetts might soon face competition from others who are willing to pay for it, according
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Tufts University reinstates Christian ministry
January 3, 2013
Medford, Mass. — Student religious groups should not have to appoint leaders who do not share their beliefs, a student judiciary at Tufts University announced
2012 Year in Review
January 3, 2013
It may not have felt like it, because a lot of people burned the candle at both ends in 2012, but in a variety of
Fewer states using capital punishment in US
January 3, 2013
WASHINGTON — Though the number of death-row inmates executed in 2012 remained unchanged from 2011, death penalty opponents said the year still showed capital punishment
Evangelical student settles with Michigan university
January 3, 2013
Ypsilanti, Mich. — A graduate counseling student who was expelled from Eastern Michigan University after citing her faith when she declined to advise a gay
Court demands contraception mandate exemptions
January 3, 2013
WASHINGTON — Foes of the federal contraception mandate are cheering a Dec. 18 appeals court decision requiring the Obama administration to devise exemptions to the
Online poker bill dead for now
January 3, 2013
The effort to legalize online poker in Congress died before the end of the year. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, announced Dec. 14 he
Iran said to be killing imprisoned pastor by neglect
January 3, 2013
KARAJ, Iran — The condition of an Iranian pastor languishing in prison on charges of “actions against the Islamic state” is deteriorating, according to sources
