Jon Brown

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  Apr 16, 2024

  Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce law banning sex change surgeries, puberty blockers for minors

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday overturned a lower court ruling that temporarily blocked Idaho from enforcing a new state law banning transgender procedures for minors amid ongoing lawsuits.

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  Apr 16, 2024

  Anti-Israel activist slapped with 18 felonies for threatening to 'murder' city council

  An anti-Israel activist in California sobbed in court Friday after she was slapped with 18 felony counts for allegedly threatening to murder members of the Bakersfield City Council.

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  Apr 15, 2024

  Assyrian bishop, priest stabbed during church service in Australia by black-clad assailant

  Police in Sydney, Australia, arrested a 15-year-old young man Monday for allegedly stabbing a priest and three others during a service at an Orthodox Assyrian Church.

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  Apr 14, 2024

  Bill Maher 'respects' absolutist position, says abortion is murder and he's 'OK with that'

  HBO host Bill Maher prompted silence from his audience on Friday's episode of "Real Time" when he acknowledged that abortion is murder while suggesting he's "OK" with it because there are enough people on the planet.

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  Apr 13, 2024

  Puberty-blocking drugs may pose risk of testicular atrophy, infertility: Mayo Clinic study

  A recent study by 11 scientists with the Mayo Clinic suggests that boys who take puberty-blocking drugs could be at risk of developing atrophied testicles and long-term infertility issues, despite claims that such drugs are reversible.

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  Apr 12, 2024

  Regulators pull potato chip ad that stoked outrage for mocking Eucharist: 'This is a hate crime'

  Italy’s advertising standards authority pulled a 30-second TV ad by an Italian snack company after it stoked outrage and accusations of blasphemy among Roman Catholics for replacing the Eucharist with potato chips.

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  Apr 12, 2024

  'Religious leaders' sign declaration denouncing 'religious nationalism,' promoting progressive causes

  A group of Christian clergy, theologians and scholars who took part in the inaugural conference of the Yale Divinity School’s Center for Public Theology & Policy this week signed a declaration denouncing so-called "religious nationalism."

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  Apr 12, 2024

  University ordered 500 feet of nylon rope for 'Introduction to Bondage' BDSM workshop: report

  Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) ordered more than $100 worth of materials for a BDSM workshop for students canceled in February after sparking backlash, internal documents show.

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  Apr 10, 2024

  NYPD searching for suspect who shoved 68-year-old woman down church steps

  NYPD are searching for a suspect who shoved a 68-year-old woman down the steps of her church before stealing her purse and making off in her car Sunday morning.

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  Apr 10, 2024

  'Gender non-contentedness' commonly fades after adolescence: 15-year study

  A recent study out of the Netherlands found that "gender non-contentedness" is largely a passing phase among young people if they are allowed to grow out of it.