Skip to Content

Month: April 2024

United Methodists prepare for votes on lifting LGBTQ bans and other issues at General Conference

By PETER SMITH Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — United Methodist delegates are heading into the homestretch of their first legislative gathering in five years — one that appears on track to make historic changes in lifting their church’s longstanding bans on same-sex marriage and the ordination of LGBTQ clergy. After a day off on

Continue Reading

‘These are just ordinary people’: More Kansas Citians embracing ‘prepper’ way of life

By Zac Summers Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — More Americans are identifying as “preppers,” and they’re not just disaster-obsessed people. Cory Hubbard and his team at Defcon Underground have been building underground survival bunkers for the past seven years. “A lot of people just have this feeling that

Continue Reading

French police remove pro-Palestinian students from the courtyard of Sorbonne university in Paris

By JEFFREY SCHAEFFER and OLEG CETINIC Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French police have removed dozens of students from the Sorbonne university after pro-Palestinian protesters occupied the main courtyard of the elite institution in Paris. About 50 protesters set up tents at midday Monday at the elite university’s courtyard in support of the Palestinians echoing

Continue Reading
Skip to content