Rachael Lee Articles
  • Fourth Ebola Case within the U.S. Confirmed in New York City

    Adding to the spreading fear about Ebola, another diagnosis was confirmed in the United States on Thursday; this time, in New York City. Craig Spencer, 33, was working with Doctors Without Borders in Guinea, one of the countries in which the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has been most severe. He ...
  • Bulgarian Man Shows Signs of Recovery from Paralysis after Innovative Treatment Procedure

    Darek Fidyka, a Bulgarian who had been paralyzed from his chest down for almost two years due to a spinal cord injury, has been recovering feeling in his legs, reports said Tuesday. He is now able to walk with the help of a walking frame. Fidyka, 40, was given a procedure that has never been tried ...
  • Christian Wedding Chapel Owners File Lawsuit to Defend Religious Freedom

    Donald and Evelyn Knapp, Christian ministers who own a wedding chapel in Idaho, were threatened with a jail sentence and $1,000 fine for refusing to host a same-sex wedding. The couple filed a lawsuit on Friday against the city of Coeur D’Alene on the basis that it violates their First Amendment ...
  • North Korea Releases One of Three American Detainees

    Jeffrey Fowle, a 56-year-old American who had been detained by the North Korean government since May, has been released, the U.S. State Department confirmed on Tuesday. Fowle had been at North Korea since late April on a tourist visa, but was arrested in May while trying to leave the country after ...
  • Faith Seminar Discusses the Relationship between a Christian's Identity and Work

    How does a Christian’s identity relate to his or her work? RE:NEW, a non-profit youth and young adult ministry, held a seminar on October 17 at the Evangelical Free Church of Walnut regarding that very question. Alex Liu, a former businessman who is now preparing to be a pastor and studying at ...
  • Boko Haram and Nigerian Government Negotiating Release of Abducted Schoolgirls

    The Islamic extremist group Boko Haram and the Nigerian government have agreed to a ceasefire on Friday, Nigerian officials announced. Reports say that they may be considering the release of the over 200 schoolgirls that had been abducted by Boko Haram back in May. It seems that specific terms have ...
  • Sixteen Die in Accident during K-Pop Concert

    At least 16 died and 11 more have been injured during an accident that occurred at a Korean pop (K-Pop) concert in Seongnam, located a little south of Seoul. The victims were atop a ventilation grate to get a better view of the performance in the midst of a crowd of 700 in the outdoor concert. ...
  • Blizzard and Avalanches in Himalayas Take at Least 27 Lives

    The deaths of at least 27 people have been confirmed on Thursday, amid rescue teams’ continuous efforts in looking for the bodies of missing hikers in Nepal’s Himalayas. So far, at least 220 trekkers had been rescued. The Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN) told the Associated Press that ...
  • Fearless Tour, Featuring AMP, Mickey Cho, Gowe, NAK, and MC Jin, Coming to Southern California

    Asian American Christian artists AMP, Mickey Cho, Gowe, NAK, and MC Jin will all be performing together on stage for the first time during their upcoming “Fearless Tour,” during which they will be performing in two locations in southern California; northern California; Virginia; and Maryland, “with ...
  • Mark Driscoll Resigns from Mars Hill Church

    Pastor Mark Driscoll, the author of numerous Christian books and the former senior pastor of Mars Hill Church, has submitted a resignation letter to his Board of Overseers on Tuesday. “By God’s grace I have pastored Mars Hill Church for 18 years. Today, also by God’s grace, and with the full ...
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