More than 800 people filed a federal lawsuit Feb. 16 against VictoryLand owner Milton McGregor and several machine manufacturing companies providing slot machines for the
New Home Baptist Church, Pisgah, has certainly been taking its name literally in recent months. When church member DeShun Johnson’s house was in need of
Bessemer City Councilors barely mentioned gambling in the regular Feb. 16 meeting — a stark difference from the late-night, last-minute “bingo” meeting held just four
JIJIGA, Ethiopia — Prosecutors and police are trying to concoct a terrorism case against an Ethiopian convert from Islam who has been jailed since May
GULISTON, Uzbekistan — Tohar Haydarov, a Baptist arrested by Guliston City Police in central Syrdarya region Jan. 18, faces criminal charges of producing or storing
Anti-gambling leaders had their work cut out for them to speak over an unruly crowd at a rally held Feb. 23 on the steps of
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — Two Christian evangelists in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, were arrested after Muslims invited them to debate religion but instead called
STRASBOURG, France — A European court Feb. 2 ordered Turkey to remove the religious affiliation section from citizens’ identification cards, calling the practice a violation
