Baltimore bridge collision sends vehicles tumbling into water
Updated: 7:25am (AEDT), 27th March, 2024 Baltimore, US Reuters A massive cargo ship smashed into a bridge while sailing out of Baltimore early on Tuesday, sending cars and people into the river below and closing one of the busiest ports on the US Eastern Seaboard. Rescuers pulled out two survivors, one of whom was hospitalised, […]
FBI arrests 21-year-old National Guardsman for “criminal” US intelligence leaks
Washington DC, US Reuters The FBI on Thursday arrested Jack Douglas Teixeira, a 21-year-old member of the US Air National Guard, over the leaks online of classified documents that embarrassed Washington with allies around the world. Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Teixeira “in connection with an investigation into alleged […]
Trump, newly charged, urges defunding US Justice Department and FBI
Washington DC, US Reuters Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on his fellow Republicans in Congress to slash funding for the US Justice Department and the FBI, one day after pleading not guilty in New York to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Trump, who is seeking to regain the presidency in 2024, […]
Faith and politics: For FBI legend J Edgar Hoover, Christian nationalism was the gospel truth, argues new book
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, talks to Stanford professor Lerone Martin who, in his new book ‘The Gospel of J Edgar Hoover’, details how the longtime FBI director shaped the belief in America as a Christian nation…
The US Department of Justice is investigating the SBC. What does it mean?
United StatesRNS More than four decades after sexual abuse claims against a Catholic priest first made national headlines, spurring accusations, lawsuits, a series of newspaper investigations and billions in settlements, the US Department of Justice is investigating a religious group’s handling of sexual crimes by clergy and church staff. This time, the Southern Baptist Convention […]
In the US, FBI opens sweeping probe of clergy sex abuse in New Orleans
New Orleans, USAP The FBI has opened a widening investigation into sex abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in New Orleans going back decades, a rare federal foray into such cases looking specifically at whether priests took children across state lines to molest them, officials and others familiar with the inquiry told The Associated Press. […]
Essay: Hate crimes are growing. Faith communities are uniquely positioned to combat them.
In an article first published on Religion News Service, MAUREEN O’LEARY, director of field and organising for the US-based Interfaith Alliance, looks at key role religious leaders can play in combatting hate…
Haitians protest kidnappings as FBI says it will assist in effort to find missionaries
Port-au-PrinceReuters Haitians on Monday mounted a nationwide strike to protest a growing wave of kidnappings, days after the abduction of a group of missionaries prompted FBI involvement and fueled international concerns over gang violence in the crisis-stricken Caribbean nation. Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries on Sunday said a group of its missionaries, 16 Americans and one […]
Updated: US rebuffs Haiti troops request after President’s assassination
Updated: 7pm, 11th July (AEST)Washington DC, US/Port-au-Prince, AfghanistanReuters The United States on Friday rebuffed Haiti’s request for troops to help secure key infrastructure after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise by suspected foreign mercenaries, even as it pledged to help with the investigation. The killing of Moise by a squad of gunmen in the early […]
US intel report warns of more violence by QAnon followers
Washington DC, US AP A new US intelligence report warns that adherents of QAnon, the conspiracy theory embraced by some in the mob that stormed the US Capitol, could target Democrats and other political opponents for more violence as the movement’s false prophecies increasingly fail to come true. Many QAnon followers believe former President Donald Trump was […]