Jonah Hicap

Twitter targets ISIS with new anti-abuse rules; terror group found to have 46,000 Twitter accounts
Twitter targets ISIS with new anti-abuse rules; terror group found to have 46,000 Twitter accounts

Twitter has issued new guidelines to combat abuse and harassment after it was criticized for failing to stop the Islamic State (ISIS) from using the platform to advance its propaganda and recruit people to its fold.

Climate change threat: Latin Americans most concerned while Americans, Chinese are least concerned
Climate change threat: Latin Americans most concerned while Americans, Chinese are least concerned

People in Latin America consider global climate change as a serious problem but least among Americans, according to an online poll by Pew Research Center.

In New York City, you can be slapped with $125,000 fine if you use wrong pronoun on a transgender
In New York City, you can be slapped with $125,000 fine if you use wrong pronoun on a transgender

New York City has toughened its anti-discrimination laws favouring transgenders and gender non-conforming communities that it would be a violation if a business owner, landlord or an employer fails to use a person's preferred name, pronoun or title.

Father of 19-year-old man shot dead by cop inside Chicago home says he\'s now the voice of his \'good son\'
Father of 19-year-old man shot dead by cop inside Chicago home says he's now the voice of his 'good son'

The father of a 19-year-old man who was shot and killed by a police officer in Chicago over the weekend burst into tears as he recalled his son.

Charges dropped against Baptist church leader accused of molesting disabled man in Missouri
Charges dropped against Baptist church leader accused of molesting disabled man in Missouri

Prosecutors dropped the charges against a deaf church official in Missouri who was accused of sexually molesting a church goer with disability.

Atheists, backed by Muslims, push for removal of huge cross at Bladensburg war memorial in Maryland
Atheists, backed by Muslims, push for removal of huge cross at Bladensburg war memorial in Maryland

A group of atheists is appealing a Maryland court ruling last November 30 that declared the 90-year-old 40-foot cross at the Bladensburg World War I Veterans Memorial is constitutional and did not violate the Establishment Clause under the First Amendment.

Christian bakers pay $137,000 fine in Oregon discrimination suit after state wipes out their savings
Christian bakers pay $137,000 fine in Oregon discrimination suit after state wipes out their savings

A Christian couple in Oregon handed over a check amounting to nearly $137,000 in damages in a discrimination suit filed by a lesbian couple after the state garnished their bank account and took their savings including money for church tithe.

Planned Parenthood booklet tells people with HIV they have the right not to tell their partner about it
Planned Parenthood booklet tells people with HIV they have the right not to tell their partner about it

Abortion provider Planned Parenthood is telling HIV-positive youths that they have the right not to tell their sexual partners about their disease.

Couple\'s request to undo divorce is rejected by New Hampshire Supreme Court
Couple's request to undo divorce is rejected by New Hampshire Supreme Court

A New Hampshire couple's request to undo their 2014 divorce was rejected by the state Supreme Court.

New York congressman calls for mosque surveillance, saying it\'s \'where threat is coming from\'
New York congressman calls for mosque surveillance, saying it's 'where threat is coming from'

Republican New York Rep. Peter King is pushing for more surveillance of mosques in the United States, saying that Islamic terrorists visit them.

Mosque fire on Christmas Day was intentional—Houston fire department
Mosque fire on Christmas Day was intentional—Houston fire department

Authorities have declared that a Christmas Day fire that damaged a mosque in Houston, Texas, was intentional.

Panic at North Carolina mall on Christmas Eve as gunfire erupts; one suspect shot dead by off-duty police officer
Panic at North Carolina mall on Christmas Eve as gunfire erupts; one suspect shot dead by off-duty police officer

Terror filled a North Carolina mall on Christmas Eve when shots were fired between two groups with one suspect getting shot and killed by a responding off-duty policeman.

Obama administration\'s plan to deport thousands of Latinos may hurt his own party, particularly Clinton
Obama administration's plan to deport thousands of Latinos may hurt his own party, particularly Clinton

The plan by the Obama administration to start deporting undocumented immigrants from Central America in January may create more problems for Democrats than Republicans and become a central issue of immigration in the presidential race.

Guns emerge as favourite holiday gifts among Americans amid security fears
Guns emerge as favourite holiday gifts among Americans amid security fears

Americans have included guns in their Christmas stockings list along with socks, sweaters and wine.

U.S. churches offer refuge to Central Americans targeted for deportation by Obama administration
U.S. churches offer refuge to Central Americans targeted for deportation by Obama administration

Churches in the United States have offered their places as sanctuary for Central American undocumented immigrants who are being targeted by the Obama immigration for deportation.

School district lifts ban on student prayer in Wyoming cafeteria after receiving lawsuit threat over First Amendment
School district lifts ban on student prayer in Wyoming cafeteria after receiving lawsuit threat over First Amendment

A school district in Wyoming has lifted its ban on non-disruptive private prayer in its school cafeteria after a Christian group sent a letter threatening them of a lawsuit.