South Dakota governor signs historic abortion ban
March 16, 2006
PIERRE, S.D. — On March 6, South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds signed a bill into law that bans nearly all abortions in the state. His
College newspaper editors suspended over cartoons
March 9, 2006
CHICAGO — The editor in chief and opinions page editor of The Daily Illini, the student newspaper at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, were suspended
Sixteenth Street Baptist named national landmark
March 2, 2006
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, the site of a 1963 bombing that killed four girls, has become a National Historic Landmark. U.S.
Supreme Court to hear partial-birth abortion case
March 2, 2006
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court announced Feb. 21 it will decide if a federal ban on partial-birth abortion is constitutional. The high court will
Former Birmingham pastor, civil rights leader dies
March 2, 2006
LAKELAND, Fla. — Earl Stallings, former pastor of First Baptist Church, Birmingham, in Birmingham Baptist Association, and one of the eight white clergy Martin Luther
Civil rights leader, retired Baptist pastor Porter dies
February 23, 2006
John T. Porter, a civil rights leader and pastor emeritus of Sixth Avenue Baptist Church, Birmingham, in Birmingham Baptist Association, died Feb. 15. He was
Hispanic evangelicals tout immigration reform
February 16, 2006
CARROLLTON, Texas — Breaking rank with leading evangelical groups that have chosen to stay out of current immigration debates, a new coalition has formed to
Courts strike down partial-birth abortion ban
February 16, 2006
WASHINGTON — In cases that may be headed for the U.S. Supreme Court, two federal appeals courts Jan. 31 struck down the federal ban on
