Texting and gaming causes arthritis at early age

It used to be fifty years and older before most people first experienced the onset of arthritis. "Fifty, sixty seventy year old patients are the ones who developed arthritis,” said Houston hand surgeon Dr. Mark Ciaglia.

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Christian school removes cross to avoid offending Muslims

Parents at the newly established Oak CE Primary School in Huddersfield are fuming after they allege school officials removed a Christian cross on the school logo to not offend Muslims.

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NYPD shows support for gay pride

The NYPD is supporting gay pride with a new rainbow colored patrol vehicle. The SUV was apparently painted for the city’s gay pride parade Sunday in Manhattan and carries a message of support for Orlando in the wake of the country’s largest mass shooting incident earlier this month.

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Pope Francis Prays for One World Religion

Many people think Pope Francis is the Antichrist, or at least the false prophet. Videos like this one don't do him any favors. Although no reasonable person would argue against living in peace in a world of conflicting religions, the pontiff takes this ideal to a new extreme in a video message illustrating his heartfelt prayer request.

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Terrorist attack at Istanbul airport left up to 50 dead and 147 injured

Three suicide bombers have launched a 'major, co-ordinated' attack at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport, spraying bullets into crowds of terrified passengers and security personnel before blowing themselves up, injuring more than 140 people and leaving a death toll expected to rise to 50.

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China Tornado Kills 98, Injures 800

The death toll in eastern China skyrocketed to 98 after a powerful tornado and severe storms hit a densely populated area of farms and factories on Thursday. The tornado hit near the city of Yancheng in Jiangsu province, about 500 miles south of Beijing. Some 800 people were also injured.

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23 Dead in West Virginia Flooding

At least 23 people have died from devastating flooding and historic rainfall in West Virginia, according to the state's Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has called the flooding "among the worst in a century" for some parts of the state.

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$9 Trillion Dollars went missing at the Federal Reserve

Rep. Alan Grayson questions the Federal Reserve Inspector General where $9 Trillion dollars went missing. The answer is pure evil.

SDA Churches to hold free funeral services for Orlando Shooting victims

A number of Central Florida churches have offered free funeral services to families of victims in the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub. Florida Hospital Church in downtown Orlando, Metro Church in Winter Springs, Forest Lake Seventh-day Adventist Church in Apopka and Forest City Spanish Adventist Church in Altamonte Springs have all volunteered to conduct the services at no cost.

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Woman who spanked children for stealing gets arrested

A woman spanked her children after she says she caught them stealing and her subsequent arrest has touched off a firestorm about spanking, discipline, parental rights and abuse. The single mother of six apparently found out that three of her kids (boys ages 10-13) broke into a neighbor’s house and stole property. After spanking the kids with a belt, she was taken to jail and her other children removed from her home.

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Lightning strikes kill 93 people in just two days

At least 93 people have been killed by lightning strikes in India in just two days, according to disaster management officials. The country's annual monsoon season, which runs from June to October, has been wreaking havoc since it hit the southern coast earlier this month - but the death toll this week has been particularly high.

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Goodbye, Password. Banks Opt to Scan Fingers and Faces Instead

The banking password may be about to expire — forever. Some of the nation’s largest banks, acknowledging that traditional passwords are either too cumbersome or no longer secure, are increasingly using fingerprints, facial scans and other types of biometrics to safeguard accounts.

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Megachurch pastor Joel Hunter: Evangelicals must repent of LGBT oppression

Megachurch pastor Joel Hunter has said that evangelicals, including himself, must repent of where they have been complicit in the oppression of LGBT communities. The senior pastor of Northland Church, a 20,000 member, nondenominational church, admitted that "institutional forms of white Christianity" have been complicit in the denigration of LGBT communities, but expressed hope for "the next generation" of Christians.

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Prosperity Gospel made TBN very rich, $800 million

Janice Crouch, who founded the Trinity Broadcasting Network with her husband Paul and preached a "gospel of prosperity" with him on TBN programs, reaching millions of viewers around the world, has died aged 78. Her death was announced in a family statement on TBN's website. At her death the network and members of her family were fighting in court over multiple lawsuits, including one involving an accusation of a rape and another claiming financial improprieties.

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America's Obesity Epidemic Hits a New High

The U.S. obesity epidemic continues to worsen: The latest reports show that 40 percent of U.S. women are obese, and American teenagers are also continuing to put on weight.

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Christians, Jews, Sikhs, Hindus defend Islamic mosque

Nearly 20 diverse civil rights and religious groups today asked a court to support a community of Muslims in New Jersey who have been trying to build a house of worship for almost a decade. The mosque met every requirement by the local zoning board and was designed to look like a house to blend in with the surrounding neighborhood. But due to local hostility toward Muslims, the permit was denied.

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Pope Francis Meets With Evangelical, Pentecostal Leaders

Pope Francis and several prominent Evangelical and Pentecostal leaders met in Rome last Friday to discuss areas of mutual agreement and where they respectfully disagreed. The aim of the gathering, which had no official agenda, was to build unity between Christian traditions that have historic enmity.

The Rev. Dr. Geoff Tunnicliffe, former secretary general of the World Evangelical Alliance and chairman of the Advisory Board of Christian Media Corporation, said in an interview with The Christian Post Tuesday, that there was a John 17 spirit during the two meetings he had with Pope Francis. Tunnicliffe noted that formal meetings with the pope are often said to last only 30 minutes but one informal meeting with Francis and Evangelical and Charismatic leaders lasted over two hours. Those at the gathering sensed the presence of God, according to Tunnicliffe, and a unity of the Spirit as their discussions focused on Jesus Christ even as they talked about theological differences.

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/pope-francis-meets-with-evangelical-pentecostal-leaders-in-john-17-spirit-165196/#U5BPO867sjcxAzU1.99

Pope Francis and several prominent Evangelical and Pentecostal leaders met in Rome last Friday to discuss areas of mutual agreement and where they respectfully disagreed. The aim of the gathering, which had no official agenda, was to build unity between Christian traditions that have historic enmity.

The Rev. Dr. Geoff Tunnicliffe, former secretary general of the World Evangelical Alliance and chairman of the Advisory Board of Christian Media Corporation, said in an interview with The Christian Post Tuesday, that there was a John 17 spirit during the two meetings he had with Pope Francis. Tunnicliffe noted that formal meetings with the pope are often said to last only 30 minutes but one informal meeting with Francis and Evangelical and Charismatic leaders lasted over two hours. Those at the gathering sensed the presence of God, according to Tunnicliffe, and a unity of the Spirit as their discussions focused on Jesus Christ even as they talked about theological differences.

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/pope-francis-meets-with-evangelical-pentecostal-leaders-in-john-17-spirit-165196/#U5BPO867sjcxAzU1.99

Pope Francis and several prominent Evangelical and Pentecostal leaders met in Rome last Friday to discuss areas of mutual agreement and where they respectfully disagreed. The aim of the gathering, which had no official agenda, was to build unity between Christian traditions that have historic enmity.

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10,000 F.B.I. terrorism investigations open

Every day, in F.B.I. offices around the country, agents leaf through classified counterterrorism documents on American citizens one last time. They reread informant reports and review surveillance logs. And then they close the case and walk away. It is a weighty decision, one that supervisors closely review. But with up to 10,000 F.B.I. terrorism investigations open at any given time, there is little time for hand-wringing.

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Police can confiscate money and property without any conviction

Confiscating cash or property without a conviction or charges is now old hat for law enforcement. Stand by for the Electronic Recovery and Access to Data machine (ERAD), a device that sucks digital money off prepaid cards and into police accounts.

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Muslim man shot dead by SWAT after taking hostages at a Texas Walmat

The gunman shot dead by police inside a Walmart in Texas has been identified as an employee at the store who had a work-related dispute with one of the people he took hostage. Mohammad Moghaddam, 54, took two people hostage, including a manager with whom he had a work-related dispute, at the store at Walmart at I-27 and Georgia Street in Amarillo, police said.

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Hundreds of fans run for their lives after soccer brawl

Violence spilled onto the terraces in Marseille as fans brawled with each other after England's draw with Russia. Supporters were seen fighting after the final whistle as Russian thugs ripped down English flags and ran after their rivals across rows of seats.

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Islamic extremist shoots dead more than 50 at Florida gay club injuring 53

The suspected Islamic extremist who killed about 50 people after taking party-goers hostage inside a gay club in Orlando has been identified.

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Exercise prevents Alzheimers

Regular exercise is the best lifestyle change a middle-aged person can make to prevent dementia, a landmark study has revealed. Activity of any intensity, from walking the dog to mountain climbing, helps prevents the cognitive decline typical in patients with Alzheimer's disease, experts said.

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Amalgamation? Here comes the three-person babies

The use of an in vitro fertilization technique involving DNA from three people to create a baby has moved a step closer with a study that shows it is safe.

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Pope Francis Joins Evangelicals at Historic 1 Million-Strong event

Evangelical leaders are calling on 1 million Christians to gather together in the nation's capital next month for prayer and worship at a historic event called "Together 2016." Inspired by Nick Hall, the founder of PULSE, a prayer and evangelism movement to empower the church and awaken the culture to Jesus, Americans are being urged to unite on the National Mall on July 16 to offer prayer that God will change the hearts of a divided America.

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Muslim Migrants Burn Down Asylum Center in Germany

A massive fire at Düsseldorf’s major international trade fair grounds yesterday has been followed by reports that the blaze was set deliberately by migrants who were angry because of Ramadan.

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London's first naked restaurant opens - 44,000 on waiting list

Offering a natural dining experience, The Bunyadi's customers are free from phones, electric lights - and even clothing. A restaurant where people shed their clothes to dine in the nude has thrilled diners on its first service in London.

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Feds spending billions to resettle refugees in the US

Federal taxpayers are on the hook for nearly $20,000 just to settle each refugee and asylum seeker, who are then immediately eligible for cash welfare, food stamps, housing and medical aid, according to a new report on the "refugee industry."

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Virgin Mary Statue's tear of blood causes hysteria

Hundreds of ecstatic pilgrims are flocking to a statue of the Virgin Mary believed to be crying a single tear of blood. Images of the statue with a red liquid dripping down its cheek have been shared on social media, prompting a mass pilgrimage to Floridablanca in Columbia.

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Tennessee Pastors Arrested for Human Trafficking and Prostitution

Pastors Jeason Kennedy (left) and Zubin Parakh were arrested for sex trafficking sting. Jason Kennedy of the Grace Baptist Church in Karns, and Zuben Parakh of Lifehouse Church in Oak Ridge answered to an online ad for people seeking sex with underage prostitutes.

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Christians told to be quiet so as not to offend Muslims

A Catholic charity has shut down prayer in one Italian church so migrants who are in the community are not offended, in fact, taking parishioners to another location so they could recite the rosary.

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Exercise, weight loss reduces cancer risk says study

A large trial is being launched this summer to establish whether diet and exercise regimes should be prescribed by doctors for women who have had breast cancer in the same way that they prescribe drugs, to prevent the disease returning and potentially save lives.

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Biblical-like plague devastates Russia

A state of emergency has been declared in southern Russia after a huge swarm of locusts spread over 70,000 hectares devastating crops. In near apocalyptic scenes millions of the insects have caused drivers to swerve to avoid them.

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School sends sheriff to order child to stop sharing Bible verses

A public school in California ordered a 7-year-old boy to stop handing out Bible verses during lunch – and they dispatched a deputy sheriff to the child’s home to enforce the directive.

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'God Is Gay' says Blasphemous TV Show

A blasphemous skit mocking bakeries that decline forms of participation in same-sex “weddings” aired on Saturday Night Live this past weekend, portraying two homosexual men taking a baker to court to force her to say that “God is gay.”

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100,000 people in Alabama exposed to water contamination

A water provider in northern Alabama warned more than 100,000 customers on Thursday not to drink or cook with tap water, saying it could be contaminated with potentially dangerous levels of a chemical that federal health officials have linked to cancer, according to local media reports.

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Obama Cites Scripture to Defend Integrating Bathrooms

President Barack Obama defended his decision to open up bathrooms to students of both sexes based on preference, citing his religious faith as a reason he decided to do it. “My reading of scripture tells me that the Golden Rule is pretty high up there in terms of my Christian belief,” he said during a town hall in Elkhart, Indiana.

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Texas hit with historic Flooding

Three soldiers were killed and six were missing after an Army truck was washed from a low-water crossing and overturned Thursday in a rain-swollen creek at Fort Hood, a spokesman for the Texas Army post said.

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Modern Spiritualism: Scientists say there's life after death

A team of British researchers have “confirmed” that consciousness can go on when someone dies but the study also uncovered some disturbing aspects of the so-called afterlife. The scientists looked at the cases of over 2,000 people and have established that thoughts continue on after their hearts stops beating.

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Law Proposed To Let Police Enter Homes Without Warrants

A new bill has been proposed which would allow police officers to enter any home, regardless of whether or not they have a warrant, if there is a pit bull on the property. Even worse, the bill would allow officers to shoot and kill the dog if only a handful of conditions were met.

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