KCIS Newsmakers Weekend

Another murder conviction for Idaho doomsday mother...Trump Administration investigating Oregon Department of Eduction over transgender athletes...and latest approval poll of the U-S Supreme Court.

U.S. Mideast Envoy cutting short Gaza ceasefire talks...Court says Oregon mother is free to begin adoption process with violating religious beliefs...and Callifornia doctor being sued for by Texas boyfriend of woman mailed abortion pill.

The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee bars transgender athletes from competing in women's sports...settlement in religious exemption case over Covid-19 vaccine mandate...and Columbia University suspenantimds and expels students for alleged anti-semtic protests.

Ruling on Planned Parenthood Medicaid funding...judge blocks part of Tennesse abortion trafficking law...and U.S. to withdraw again from UNESCO.

Pope comments on sheeling of Cathlic churcn in Gaza...U-S Ambassador to Israel condems attacks on Christian village in the West Bank...and Harvad goes to court challening funding cuts.

Fallout from Gaza church shelling...Congressman accuses Homeland Security of raiding churches...and two Ohio Planned Parenthood clinics shutting down over lack of Medicaid funding.

Israeli shell hts Catholic church compound in Gaza...Christian bookstore sues Colorado over pronoun law...and babies with DNA from three people born in Britian.

Federal court rules on West Virginia's abortion law...Congress questions another round of university president's over campus antisemitism...and a U.N. rapporteur calls for nations to cut ties with Israel.

Pastor John MacArthur dies at 86...Florida ranked top state for religious freedom...and woman faces hate crime charges for allegedly setting fire to California church.

Shooiing at Kentucky church...church leaders in Israel condemn reported violence against church in the West Bank...and friends and church members advocating for Iranian Christian asylum seeker detained by ICE.

Judge rejects challenge to Michigan's ban on publicly funded abortions...Baylor University returns large LGBT research grant...and a big thank you to a Michigan Deacon who helped stop a possible church shooting.

Texas Hill Country copes with flood aftermath...reaction to Planned Parenthood Medicaid cuts...and California Catholic diocese says stay home from Mass if worried about ICE.

Trump administration sues California over transgender athlete policies, while high school track athletes in Oregon sue state over the same issue...and Ukraine's President and the Pope suggest the Vatican host peace talks over the war with Russia.

Search continues for Texas flood victims...IRS agrees churches can endorse political candidates...and new poll says Americans don't want the government to focus on increasing birth rates.

Update on the Texas Floods...and Dr. Gregory Jantz, a pioneer in the field of mental health treatment, has died.

U.S. Supreme Coufrt to take up cases involving transgender participation in women's sports...abortions are dropping South Carolina...and ACLU sues to keep an abortion question off the ballot in Missouri.

Funeral arrangementas set for Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart...Wisconsin Supreme Court rules on abortion ban...and another lawsuit filed against Oklahoma's new public school education standards.

U-S Supreme Court thorws out appellate court rulings involving four states regarding trasngender issues...South Dakota's "bathroom bill" takes effect tomorrow...and the Trump administration announces conclusion of investigation of Harvard University over protection of Jewish students.

Effects on children in two rulings by the U-S Supreme Court...California Catholic Bishop speaks out on ICE raids at parish properties...and 6 Americans detained trying to send bibles to North Korea.

U-S Supreme Court rules on Medicaid money for Planned Parenthood...Stanford stops "gender-affirming" surgeries for those under 19...and a new AP poll on religion in schools.

Federal government suing Washington State over clergy reporting law...out of state abortions down slightly in 2024...California being pressured over transger athletes...and a possible twist over Louisiana's Ten Commandments law.

Detroit-area pastor responds to attempted attack on his congregation...U-S Supreme Court to take up another religious liberty case...abortions in the U.S. are rising...and charitable giving to religious organizations delines.

U.K. lawmakers pass assisted suicide bill...and Pope Leo warning of impact of AI on youth.

Virginia man sentenced for attempted mass shooting at a church...candidate for New York City mayor reacts to antisemtic claims...and new pick to lead the EEOC testifies on transgender workers.

U-S Supreme Court rules on "gender-affirming care" for minors...federal judge decision regarding birth gender on passports...and legislation to outlaw abortion in Ohio.

British lawmakers vote to decriminalize abortion in England and Wales...death toll climbs in militant attack in north-central Nigeria...and dozens of children placed in protective custody following alleged abuse at a southeast Iowa Bible camp,

Suspect in custody in Minnesota shooting...Israel-Iran conflict continues...and Jimmy Swaggart hospitalized.

Israel defends its decision to attack Iran...suspect name in murder of Arizona pastor...and a major California Children's Hospital is dropping a controversial program.

Southern Baptists wrap up annual meeting...suit filed against Arkansas' Ten Commandments law...and Pennsylvania mother and daughter charged for allegedly performing a "dangerous at-home abortion".

Southern Baptist delegates vote on call to change U-S marriage laws...Montana's Governor reacts to State Supreme Court rulings on three abortion laws...and a new Barna report on biblical worldview in the U-S.

Medically-assisted suicide bill passed by New York legislature...Montana Supreme Court rules on three abortion laws...and Gallup releases new poll on gender policies.

Southern Baptists meet this week in Dallas...Pope Leo comments on nationalist political movements...Israel stops activist aid ship bound for Gaza...and a new poll on support for abortion.

FBI and Homeland Security warning of 'elevation threat" to the Jewish community...U-S Supreme Court ruls on church-affiliated tax exemption case...and Attorneys general from several Democrati-ledc states call for expanded asscess to the abortion pill.

Update on Colorado attack...Washington State girls track team protests at state championships over transgender athlete...and California schools get warning about transgender athletes completing in girls' sports.

Man charged in attack on Colorado group supporting Israeli hostages...11 people hospitalized in stabbing attack at the Salem, Oregon, Union Gospel Mission...and arguments to be heard tomorrow in case involving the Yakima Union Gospel MIssionn.   

Hamas reviews new ceasfire proposal...Texas abortion pill ban update...and destructive fire at historic Ohio church building.

Spokane-area school board expresses concerns over protections for female athletes...Nebraska passes transgender athletes bill...and Israel authorizes 22 Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

Arrests at another Christian Rally in Seattle...abortions back on hold in Missouri...and last-second changes to California high school track and field championships regarding transgender athletes.

Court of appearance for people arrested in Seattle counterprotest of Christian rally...a contentious rally in Jerusalem...10 commandments could be posted in Texas public school classrooms...and Alberta schhols could remove books containing graphic LGBTQ+ material.

More on Wednesday's Israeli embassy staff shooting...Texas legislature passes bill on funding out-of-state abortion travel...and federal appeals court rules on public library book bans.

Supreme Court ruling on publicly-funded religious charter school...A Chicago man accused of shooting and killing two Israeli embassy staff members in Washington, D-C...and New Orleans Roman Catholic Archdiocese oannounces clergy sex abuse settlement.

Pope Leo presides over first general audience...Pope accused of mishandeling sex abuse allegations...and Supreme Court orders Maine legislature to resotre vote of lawmaker censured for id-ing trans athlete.