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[ad_1] Award-winning chef Naomi Pomeroy, who starred on Top Chef Mastershas died at age 49 from a river tubing accident. Pomeroy drowned Saturday evening in the Willamette River in Oregon, the Benton County Sheriff’s Office said. Her body was found days later in the river by people paddling in a canoe. Portland restaurateurs are grieving … Read more
[ad_1] President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 while traveling Wednesday in Las Vegas and is experiencing “mild symptoms” including “general malaise” from the infection, the White House said. Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden will fly to his home in Delaware, where he will “self-isolate and will continue to carry out all of his … Read more
[ad_1] The Christian Institute has urged the Northern Ireland Executive to decisively ditch its “bad idea” of imposing sweeping changes to hate crime legislation. Justice Minister Naomi Long is due to publish draft hate crime legislation for the Province, based on Judge Desmond Marrinan’s recommendations from 2020, which included a call to remove the ‘dwelling … Read more
[ad_1] Church leaders from a range of Christian denominations have urged the Prime Minister to oppose attempts to outlaw so-called conversion practices. In a letter to Rishi Sunak, nine church leaders including the Free Church of Scotland’s Moderator Revd Prof Robert Akroyd warned that “teaching ordinary Christian virtues, would inevitably fall foul of a law … Read more
[ad_1] The Liberal Democrats have been reported to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) over allegations a party candidate was deselected over his Christian views. Award-winning former BBC journalist David Campanale had been the party’s prospective parliamentary candidate for the South London swing seat Sutton and Cheam, but after two years of campaigning LGBT … Read more
[ad_1] The Christian Institute has slammed a taxpayer-funded study pushing Northern Ireland to impose a new ‘conversion practices’ law based on the allegations of just ten people. ‘A Study of Conversion Practices in Northern Ireland’, commissioned by LGBT lobby groups with funding from the Department for Communities, features various examples of mainstream Christian beliefs and … Read more
[ad_1] New Yorkers were going about an otherwise normal Tuesday morning when dozens of eyewitnesses say they saw a curious sight in the sky: a flaming streak of light. At the same time, loud booms could be heard that shook buildings and had some residents wondering if an earthquake had hit Manhattan. According to NASA, … Read more
[ad_1] A man armed with two knives was shot and killed by police officers on Tuesday near the site of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisc., as violence continues to follow the U.S. presidential campaign trail. The RNC kicked off on Monday, two days after a gunman opened fire on former president Donald … Read more
[ad_1] Stormont’s Justice Minister has announced she is abandoning plans for a stand-alone hate crime Bill, but says she intends to incorporate aspects of it into other legislation. Naomi Long had been expected to publish a Bill based on Judge Desmond Marrinan’s recommendations from 2020, which included a call to remove the ‘dwelling defence’, protecting … Read more
[ad_1] President Joe Biden is seriously considering proposals to establish term limits for U.S. Supreme Court justicesand an ethics code that would be enforceable under law amid growing concerns that the justices are not held accountable, according to three people briefed on the plans. It would mark a major shift for Biden, the former head … Read more