Antidepressants Affects Brains of Babies in the Womb

Almost one in five children born to mothers taking antidepressants during pregnancy have a brain defect – called a “Chiari type 1 malformation” – according to a groundbreaking study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Planned Parenthood Offered Free Bibles

Planned Parenthood is being offered as many free Bibles as there are waiting rooms in the abortion giant’s chain after it made a “religious argument” for abortion, according to the Alliance Defending Freedom.

Obama Administration’s Attacks on Religious Freedom Intensifying

Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Gregory S. Baylor will testify Tuesday before the U.S. House Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice chaired by Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.). Baylor will speak about the increasing attacks on religious freedom by the Obama administration.

U.S. Military Bases Within Striking Distance, Iran Says

A top Iranian defense official’s claim that a U.S. military base in the Indian Ocean is now within missile range served both as a threat to American interests and a revelation that, if true, Tehran has doubled its striking distance.

FAA Approves Drones for Commercial Use

The Federal Aviation Administration took a big step on Tuesday in easing restrictions on commercial drone use in the US. For the first time, the government agency gave permission for a commercial drone to fly over land.

Methodists Fear Split Over Same-Sex Marriage

Last month, a group of pastors and theologians called for an amicable split in the United Methodist Church over homosexuality, according to USA Today.

Berlin Prayer House Unites Jews, Christians and Muslims

The possibility of Christians, Muslims and Jews all praying under the same roof in a building so unusual that it doesn’t have an official designation is the hopeful project of a pastor, a rabbi and an imam, according to the Times of Israel.

Nearly 10% of Americans have Diabetes

About 29.1 million Americans — nearly 10% of the U.S. population — now has type 2 diabetes, according to a new report.

‘170,000 Missiles, Rockets Pointed at Israel’

The head of Israel’s most powerful intelligence agency depicted Wednesday a changing battlefield in which offensive cyber capabilities will, in the near future, represent the greatest shift in combat doctrine in over 1,000 years. For now, though, he said, the 170,000 rockets and missiles pointed by enemy states at Israel represented the most pressing threat, a danger he placed even above Iran’s rogue nuclear program.

B-2 Stealth Bombers Sent to Europe

Two of the United States’ most recognizable military aircraft — a pair of B-2 stealth bombers — caught the eyes of residents as they arrived in Europe this week for training.

Clinton Accuses Israel of Being Occupying Force

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accuses Israel of being an occupying force in her new memoir Hard Choices and claims that the Jewish state denies “dignity and self determination” to Palestinians in the West Bank.

Obama Administration Wants $2 Billion to House Illegal Kids

As tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors cross into the United States illegally from Mexico, the Obama administration admits it didn’t anticipate how many would come — and it is asking Congress “for additional (taxpayer) resources to meet this challenge.”

USA Today Poll: Obama Mishandled Bergdahl Exchange

Public opposition to the exchange of five Taliban prisoners for captive Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has less to do with Bergdahl himself and more with how President Obama handled the transfer, according to a new USA TODAY/Pew Research Center poll.

Israel: Hezbollah is Stronger than any Arab Army

Israel’s top military officer warned today that Hezbollah is more powerful than most of the world’s armies and that a confrontation between Israel and the Lebanese Shiite militant organization was a near certainty.

Al Qaeda Splinter Group Seizes Control of Mosul

Militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a splinter al Qaeda group, launched an overnight attack on Mosul seizing control of the governor’s headquarters, television stations, as well as freeing hundreds of prisoners held in jails.

Taliban Launches Second Attack at Karachi Airport

Pakistan’s Taliban insurgents claimed responsibility for an attack on a security academy at Karachi’s airport on Tuesday, less than 48 hours after an all-night siege by Taliban gunmen at Pakistan’s busiest airport that killed more than 30 people.

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