• Russell Wilson Conducts Controversial ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Review, Receiving Mixed Reactions

  In a move that may surprise some fans, Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson went on Twitter Friday to express his thoughts on a controversial film that would be released this weekend.

• Family Christian Stores, America's Largest Christian Bookstore Chain, Files for Bankruptcy, Hopes for Restructuring Process

  The largest Christian bookstore chain in the United States filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Wednesday in Michigan. However, Family Christian Stores claimed that neither employees will be laid off nor stores will be closed in its restructuring plan.

  

• ISIS Seizes Iraqi Town al-Baghdadi Close to Base Housing U.S. Marines

  ISIS fighters have launched a major offensive Thursday, seizing parts of a town in Iraq that is uncomfortably close to a base that housed U.S. military personnel.

  

• Federal Judge Orders Alabama County To Issue Marriage Licenses to Same-Sex Couples

  In the latest developments regarding Alabama and same-sex marriage, a federal judge ordered a state county official to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in order to comply with an earlier federal ruling that declared the state’s ban unconstitutional.

  

• U.S. Slams Sudan on Blocking U.N. Investigation into Mass Military Rape of 200 Women, Girls in Darfur

  A report released by Human Rights Watch (HRW) claimed that over 200 women and girls were raped by the Sudanese military in October 2014, prompting condemnation by the United States. The Sudanese government has denied all allegations.