Higher Ground News
Leaked Nashville manifesto shows shooter obsessed with changing genders
The Nashville mass shooter agonized over gender identity, wallowed in self-pity, ripped Christianity, and plotted cold-blooded murder in the weeks before opening fire at the Covenant School, killing three children and three staff members.
Vermont Christian school appeals after being banned for forfeiting game against transgender player
A Vermont Christian school has gone back to court after being kicked out of the state sports league for refusing to compete against a male-born player in girls' basketball.
Hundreds throng Jerusalem’s Western Wall to pray for unity, hostages
Hundreds of worshippers packed Jerusalem's Western Wall on Monday evening to participate in a special prayer service for the unity of the nation and the safe return of the remaining hostages.
As students return to Columbia, the epicenter of a campus protest movement braces for disruption
As Columbia University resumes classes Tuesday, students and faculty are planning, and bracing, for a resumption of the pro-Palestinian protests that convulsed the Manhattan campus at the tail end of the spring semester and touched off a wave of college demonstrations nationwide.
Pope Francis arrives in Indonesia to rally Catholics, hail religious freedom tradition
Pope Francis arrived in Indonesia on Tuesday at the start of the longest trip of his pontificate, hoping to encourage its Catholic community and celebrate the tradition of interfaith harmony in a country with the world's largest Muslim population.
Pope opens Asia odyssey with stop in Indonesia to rally Catholics, hail religious freedom tradition
Pope Francis is heading to Indonesia to start the longest trip of his pontificate, hoping to encourage its Catholic community and celebrate the tradition of interfaith harmony in a country with the world's largest Muslim population.
Transgender runner Valentina Petrillo comes up short in women’s track at Paralympics
A transgender runner who won nearly a dozen men's disabled titles before transitioning to female failed to qualify for the women's 400-meter final at the Paralympic Games, but the athlete still has another chance for a medal.
WATCH: Hersh Goldberg-Polin laid to rest in Jerusalem
Born in the Bay Area and raised in Israel from age 8, the slain hostage is remembered as a "mensch," passionate about soccer, music and travel.
Transgender rights, ghost guns, porn ID cases on Supreme Court docket; stakes high in next term
The Supreme Court is still on its three-month summer recess but already has loaded its docket with high-stakes legal battles for its term that begins in October.
‘Take to the streets’: Anger toward Netanyahu hits fever pitch after 6 hostages found dead
Anger in Israel boiled over Sunday after the nation's military said it recovered the bodies of six Hamas hostages, including a young Israeli American man. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized to the hostages' families as protests decrying his leadership erupted across the country.
Sequel for ‘God’s Not Dead’ works to get out the vote
The creators of the 2014 blockbuster "God's Not Dead" say their movie got evangelicals back to church. Ten years later, they hope an upcoming sequel gets them to the polls in November.
Israel recovers the bodies of six hostages in Gaza, including Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin
Israel on Sunday said it had recovered the bodies of six hostages in Gaza, including a young Israeli-American man who became one of the most well-known captives held by Hamas as his parents met with world leaders and pressed for his release.
Cheryl Chumley’s new novel tackles trauma, redemption, God’s unwavering grace
Cheryl Chumley always knew she was going to write a fiction novel someday.
Trump declares he will vote ‘no’ on Florida’s pro-choice Amendment 4 after pro-life backlash
Former President Donald Trump came out against Florida's Amendment 4, promising to vote against the sweeping pro-choice measure a day after alarming pro-life advocates by wavering on the issue.
Harris campaign gearing up abortion rights bus tour on way to 50 stops
Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign is launching a bus tour next week focusing on abortion rights that will make 50 stops across the country over the next few months.
Multistate church’s congregation crashes after founder’s alleged child sex abuse
Gateway Church is seeing collapsing attendance in light of child sexual abuse allegations against founder Robert Morris, who left the multistate temple in June.
Burning Man festival includes tribute to Nova Oct. 7 massacre victims
"A lot of people are touched by it and very grateful," the group Nova Heaven told JNS.
Church buys $8 million in medical debt for $50k
The Altar Fellowship in Tennessee purchased $8 million in medical debt owed by thousands of Tennesseans. And then the church forgave every last penny.
Trump alarms pro-lifers by waffling on Florida’s pro-choice Amendment 4
Former President Donald Trump dismayed pro-life advocates with his comments on Florida's Amendment 4, but his campaign said he has yet to decide how he will vote on the sweeping abortion-rights ballot measure.
Sweet Briar College bans transgender women from admission
Sweet Briar College said that "women" must be interpreted in accord with the intent of its founding documents, which understood women in biological terms, not according to current gender-identity ideas.
