The American federal commission updated its 2020 report on the widespread attacks against the religious organization. The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is a bipartisan commission of the U.S. federal government, whose...

Teachers are citing West Virginia v. Barnette to protect their right not to be compelled to say something they disagree with. Last month, the Supreme Court's landmark First Amendment decision in West Virginia v. Barnette...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that Covid-19 no longer represents a "global health emergency". The statement represents a major step towards ending the pandemic and comes three years after it first declared its...

A bright‐orange dais covered second base at Yankee Stadium last night and the pitcher's mound was transformed into a multicolored floral centerpiece as 60,000 Jehovah's Witnesses opened their five ‐ day “Divine Victory” assembly. [caption...

LONG BEACH, CA— Over 180,000 fans will watch in anticipation as world-class racers take to the streets of Downtown Long Beach in the 48th annual Acura Grand Prix, but they will also see some smaller...

ROCKLAND COUNTY, NY — A project planned in Sloatsburg is the only Hudson Valley winner in New York State's annual Buildings of Excellence Competition, which supports environmentally clean, resilient, and low-carbon or carbon neutral, multi-family...

Disaster preparedness and response are two things that are top of mind for residents of the hurricane prone U.S. Virgin Islands. Local Jehovah’s Witnesses aim to provide a sanctuary in times of crisis with the...

Construction is well underway on a new place of worship for Jehovah’s Witnesses (JWO) in Haida Gwaii, Max Correia, the local spokesperson for JWO in B.C. said Jan. 13. [caption id="attachment_6636" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Volunteers made...

Jeremy Patrick, owner of a small construction business in Newton, Kansas, is joining other unpaid volunteers from across the state to remodel the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Augusta, Kansas. “And safety is always...

The Brooklyn Assembly Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses returned to full operation Saturday as more than 850 attended the first in-person religious conference held there in nearly three years, providing an economic boost to the community....

Asylum means Olga Ponomareva won’t be deported to a prison sentence in Russia. The immigration judge said hers was the best documented asylum case he had ever seen. [caption id="attachment_6613" align="aligncenter" width="1440"] Anna Ermak, 40,...

SAN DIEGO -- Twice a week, Olga Ponomareva stands on a sidewalk in La Jolla Shores with a display of pamphlets about the Bible, most in Russian or Ukrainian. For Ponomareva, these moments are an...

SEATTLE — A Washington state man who is already in federal custody on weapons and hate crime charges has been indicted in a series of arsons at Jehovah’s Witness kingdom halls, authorities announced Wednesday. [caption...

POWNAL — The District Act 250 Commission has posted details of a proposed permit for a Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall planned for a site off Route 7. [caption id="attachment_6537" align="aligncenter" width="1037"] An image showing the...

Jehovah's Witnesses have always sought converts through print: those familiar booklets with Bible lessons that volunteers bring door-to-door to share their Christian beliefs. But outreach has evolved in the digital age. The Warwick-based religious order,...

The Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal is investigating a fire that broke out at Salisbury's Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses facility early Monday morning. The fire at the building on Parker Road was...