KCIS Newsmakers

Judge rules West Virginia can restrict sale of abortion pill...California church sues Santa Clara County over alleged Covid surveillance of members...and Christian nurse kidnapped then released in Haiti publically forgives her captors.

Abortion positions at the Republican Presidiential Debate...and Seattle-area church appeals Washington State mandate on abortion coverage in medical plans.

South Carolina Supreme Court reverses course on abortion...more blasphemy charges against Pakistani Christians...and Chrisitians reportedly attacked during prayer service in Delhi, India.

Lawsuit threatened over Missouri senior center bible study...and reports of beating and arrest of Christian educator in India over alleged trafficking and fraudulent conversion of students.

Rescue and firefighting efforts continue on Maui...Pastor Greg Laurie asks for prayer for their church in Lahaina...and a new Lifeway Research poll of pastors on fear in the U.S. Church.

Americian Christian nurse kidnapped in Haiti has been freed...Ohio voters reject measure on increasing voter threshold for amending state consitution...and a new lawsuit filed over an Idaho abortion law.

U-S House members react to appeals trial of Christian Finnish Parliatment member...former "19 Kids and Counting star" loses appeal...and it's special election day in Ohio on issue that could effect a November vote on abortion.

Ruling on Texas abortion law appealed...Ohio vote tomorrow on state Consitution...Pope wraps up World Youth Day...and the latest on violence in India's Manipur state.

Pope Francis visits a once-troubled and crime-plagued neighborhood in Portugal's capital as part of his trip to the country for World Youth Day events...and a federal appeals court ruling on abortions in Guam.

A group of student missionaries from Texas, were safely on their way back to the U.S. today after their return from a mission trip in Niger was delayed due to a coup...Russian missile strikes damage another Ukrainian church...and Pope Francis makes a challenge to university students.

Death penalty for Pittsburgh synagogue shooter...Oklahoma Governor signs executive order deciding defenitions of "female" and male" for state agencies...and Pope Francis arrives in Portgugal for World Youth Day".

The U.S. State Deparment is working to free an American missionary and her daughter kidnapped in Haiti...a Pittsburgh jury has begun deliberations in the punishment for the gunman in a 2018 synagogue massacre...and an Idaho abortion law has been put on hold.

American Christian nurse kidnapped in Haiti...Denmark’s foreign minister says the government will seek to make it illegal to desecrate the Quran or other holy books in front of foreign embassies...and another big weekend for "Sound of Freedom".

A coup in Niger and its implications...U.S. Senate passes Defense bill, setting up battle with House on abortion policy...and University of Notre Dame professor files efamation lawsuit against student-run publication over coverage of her abortion work.

Russia refuses to speak at UN meeting on its attacks on the Ukrainian port city of Odesa, including an Orthodox Church... dozens of Christians reportedly in jail in Uttar Pradesh, India on allegations of breaking anti-conversion laws...and Nero's theatre has been discovered near the Vatican.

Israeli Supreme Court to hear challenges against a new law that weakens its power...Canadian pastor moves to Kenya to escape persecution...and a settlement for three Idaho Christians arrested at an outdoor "Psalm Sing".

Protests continue in Israel over judicial law...and reaction to missle strike on Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Odesa.

Israeli lawmakers have approved a plan to reshape the country’s justice system...famous Jesuit priest expelled from the Catholic regligious order...and another strong weekend at the box office for "Sound of Freedom"

More demonstrations over Swedish Quran protests...UN council adopts resolution on blasphemy...and guilty plea in Wyoming abortion clinic fire.

A sentence for a Nebraska women for burning and burying the body her unborn baby after an illegal abortion...more protests in iraq over a protest in Sweden over the Quran...and India's Prime Minister speaks out on deadly clashes between mostly Hindu and Christian ethnic groups in Manipur state.

Israel's President addresses U.S. Congress...Nigerian Bishop gives written testimony to U.S. Congress on what he says is genocidal violence targeting Christian communities in the African nation..and Germany's parliament rejects attempts to introduce assisted suicide into the country.

Iowa abortion law blocked...father and son pastors found guilty of being part of Capitol riot...and a local councilmember in Britain allegedly suspended by his party over social media post declaring "Pride is not a virtue but a sin."

Two federal courts being asked to affirm the First Amendment rights of two bloggers/photographers...an anti-cpnversion law in one Indian state is being scrapped...and another big weekend at the box office for the “Sound of Freedom”.

U.S. House passes defense bill which includes amendments on abortion coverage, diversity initiatives at the Pentagon and transgender services...an abortion battle continues in Iowa...and a federal appeals court has ruled on whether a Catholic high school can legally fire an employee for being in a same-sex marriage.

Abortion comes up at NATO meeting...lawsuit over HHS abortion drug mandate goes foward...and first over-the-counter birth control pill approved.