• Federal Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss Iowa Church’s Lawsuit Against Civil Rights Commission

  A federal judge has denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by an Iowa church against the Civil Rights Commission for allegedly interpreting a state law wrongly and putting it at risk of prosecution.

  

• FBI Files Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit Over Charleston Church Shooting, Dylann Roof's Gun Purchase

  The FBI filed a motion Friday to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the agency of negligence that paved the way for Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof to buy a handgun.

  

• Planned Parenthood Celebrates 100 Years While Pro-Life Groups Hold Prayer Vigils

  While Planned Parenthood marked its centennial with the hashtag #100YearsStrong, a coalition of 11 pro-life groups tagged it as #100YearsOfAbuse.

  

• Machete Wielding Islamist Militants Attack Man, Burn Houses in Increasing Unrest in the Congo

  A man was attacked by Islamist militants with a machete and left for dead in the North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

  

• Johns Hopkins: Authors of Homosexuality Study ‘Don’t Speak on Behalf of Institution’

  Johns Hopkins University distanced itself from the two scientists who wrote a study saying there’s no scientific evidence that people are born gay.