Day: August 9, 2026
25 articles

Five Church Leaders Indicted in Missouri Childcare Fraud Scheme
Five individuals have been indicted in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud a Missouri childcare expansion program of more than $511,000. Authorities allege that portions of the...

Antisemitism claims and AIPAC influence dominate Moskowitz-Larkin congressional primary in Florida’s 25th District
Rabbi Efrem Goldberg, senior rabbi at Boca Raton Synagogue, urged his congregants and the broader community to register as Democrats to support U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz in the...

Killeen reader urges City Council to reconsider shelter funding
People wait outside the Friends in Crisis homeless shelter, operated by the Families in Crisis nonprofit. The presence of the shelter offers a tangible response to the complex...

Israeli Aid Groups Suspended as Gaza Faces 60 Million Tons of Rubble
The destruction in Gaza is not just measured in bombs and bullets, but in the weight of rubble that has buried homes, schools, and hospitals. Sixty million tonnes...

Oklahoma families, teachers, and clergy seek to block unconstitutional religious public school
Oklahoma families, teachers, and clergy have taken legal action to challenge the establishment of a religious public charter school, arguing it violates the principle of church-state separation. The...

Mike Huckabee intervenes in Holy Land church affairs, aiming to silence Palestinian Christian voices
The recent statement by the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in the Holy Land has sparked significant debate, particularly regarding the role of Christian Zionism in shaping the...

Bishop Accused of Embezzling $270,000 from Parish, Arrested Attempting to Leave Country
Bishop Emanuel Shaleta, the leader of the St. Peter Chaldean Catholic Cathedral in El Cajon, California, has been arrested and charged with embezzling $270,000 from his parish. The...

Chaldean Bishop Arrested in California on Embezzlement and Money Laundering Charges
Bishop Mar Emmanuel Shaleta, 69, of the Chaldean Catholic Church, was arrested in California on March 5, 2026, at San Diego International Airport while attempting to depart the...

