Katherine Weber

Latest

• 
  Feb 18, 2013

  Jerry Buss Dies at Age 80; Lakers Owner Remembered as Legend

  Jerry Buss, owner of the Los Angeles Lakers NBA team, died on Monday at the age of 80 after recently being hospitalized with an undisclosed type of cancer.

• Feb 15, 2013

  Chinese Woman Forced to Abort at 7 Months Speaks Out for First Time

  Feng Jianmei, a Chinese woman who last June was beaten by birth control officials in the Shaanxi province and forced to abort her seven-month old baby girl, has spoken out for the first time since enduring her horrific tragedy, saying that she still deals with persistent medical issues due to the late-term abortion, and that she feels she and her husband suffered the greatest loss of all: the loss of a child.

• Feb 15, 2013

  University Student Claiming Low Grade Result of Gay Marriage Stance Loses Lawsuit

  A Pennsylvania-area judge ruled Thursday against Megan Thode, a former graduate student of Lehigh University who sued to have her C-plus grade raised. She sought $1.3 million in damages and claimed that she received the low mark because she advocated for same-sex marriage.

• 
  Feb 15, 2013

  Operation Warm: 9-Year-Old Races Marathons for Underprivileged Children

  Nikolas Toocheck is a boy on a mission. The 9-year-old, who hails from West Chester, Penn., has made the altruistic commitment to run a marathon on each of the seven continents on behalf of his "Running the World for Children" campaign, which raises money for Operation Warm, a nonprofit organization which provides new winter coats for underprivileged children throughout the U.S.

• 
  Feb 14, 2013

  Kirk Cameron Encourages Liberty Film Students to Maintain Their Convictions

  Kirk Cameron, actor and evangelical leader, delivered a presentation earlier this week to film students at Liberty University, a small, private college located in Lynchburg, Va.

• Feb 14, 2013

  US Missions Group Fires Child Sex Abuse Investigators; Claims Process 'Fatally Flawed'

  The Association of Baptists for World Evangelism (ABWE), which seeks to promote Christianity internationally, recently announced that it will be dropping its primary investigator, Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment (GRACE), which was weeks away from releasing a years-long investigative report regarding sexual abuse allegations by former missionary Donn Ketcham in Bangladesh in the 1980s.

• 
  Feb 14, 2013

  Marco Rubio: Breakdown of American Family Affects US Economy

  Marco Rubio, the Republican junior U.S. Senator from Florida, recently spoke on what he believes to be the breakdown of the American family and its direct consequence on the country's economy.

• 
  Feb 13, 2013

  Ferrell Ejects Shaq: Comedian Escorts Basketball Star Out of Staples Center

  At the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday, comedic actor Will Ferrell dressed in a red security guard outfit and pretended to escort former Lakers player Shaquille O'Neal, who was watching the Lakers vs. Phoenix Suns game courtside, out of the arena.

• Feb 13, 2013

  Greg Boyd's Minn. Megachurch Contemplates Mennonite Affiliation

  Greg Boyd, a Christian theologian and author, is reportedly in the process of deciding how his Minnesota-based megachurch, Woodland Hills Church, will be affiliated with Anabaptism, a decision which has been in the works since May 2012.

• 
  Feb 13, 2013

  Kia Motors Donates $5K to Kirk Cameron's Camp Firefly

  Actor and evangelical leader Kirk Cameron recently attended an event in West Point, Ga., during which he received a $5,000 donation from Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia for his Camp Firefly, a free summer camp for terminally ill children and their families which takes place annually at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Ga.