As the first dust storm of Monsoon 2014 hit the Valley, 3TV reporter Jaime Cerreta ended up reporting from one of the hardest hit areas. As the first dust storm of Monsoon 2014 hit the Valley, 3TV reporter Jaime Cerreta ended up reporting from one of the hardest hit areas. As the first dust storm of Monsoon 2014 hit the Valley, 3TV reporter Jaime Cerreta ended up reporting from one of the hardest hit areas. MORE

Today Americans commemorate the adoption of Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence. Unfortunately, they can’t agree on what independence meant back in 1776.

“Four score and seven years” later, Abraham Lincoln claimed the Declaration created a nation. Lincoln was wrong. MORE

Sgt. Tahmooressi is currently being held in a Mexican Prison since March 31st 2014. Andrew was in San Diego receiving treatment for a recently diagnosed PTSD condition when he made a wrong turn and ended up across the Mexican border. He informed the border patrol agents he did not want to enter Mexico but was arrested. Donate today to the Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi Liberty Fund and help bring Andrew home! MORE

Good News – we had a landslide victory in the legislative committee this morning 10 to 6, praise be the name of the Lord! This victory was overwhelming and a great surprise for many! Thanks be to God, to many faithful prayer warriors, to your support and the impact of your video and strong standing of our faithful members of parliament. We continue standing with you in this common cause! MORE

Translate please: ‘No man is an island’ all Christians need to get on board for the NWReligion.

Christians are not made in a laboratory, but in a community called the church, Pope Francis said.

California lawmakers have pulled an about-face on a controversial change to the state’s health code that bans restaurant workers from touching food with their bare hands and requires chefs and bartenders to wear gloves. MORE

Does this mean we don’t care about the Middle East any more? Except for Israel?

The U.S. will remain the world’s biggest oil producer this year after overtaking Saudi Arabia and Russia as extraction of energy from shale rock spurs the nation’s economic recovery, Bank of America Corp. said. MORE

The first dust storm of the summer blasted Phoenix Thursday night with strong and blinding winds that forced the cancellation of holiday plans, knocked out power to thousands, and grounded numerous flights.

Hobby Lobby is among about 50 businesses that have sued over covering contraceptives. Some, like the two involved in the Supreme Court case, are willing to cover most methods of contraception, as long as they can exclude drugs or devices that the government says may work after an egg has been fertilized. MORE

We’re fans of any vehicle that appears to be smashing preconceived vehicle classifications and categories. It is why we like the latest batch of hybrid supercars, such as the Porsche 918 and Ferrari LaFerrari. It is also why we like the latest take on the flying car; the PAL-V One, or “Personal Air and Land Vehicle.”MORE

Allen, speaking to the Times, argues that Thomas Jefferson intended to emphasize the second part of this passage — the role of the government — equally with the individual rights in the first part. Instead, with the period in place, there’s an implied hierarchy. So you can begin to see how one little punctuation mark’s presence or absence could become the subject of heated debate among those who have strong opinions about the role of government as it concerns individual liberty. MORE

Saudi Arabia deployed 30,000 soldiers to its border with Iraq after Iraqi soldiers abandoned the area, Saudi-owned al-Arabiya television said on Thursday, but Baghdad denied this and said the frontier remained under its full control. MORE

Catholic Archbishop Paul Coakley, head of the archdiocese of Oklahoma City, condemned a scheduled Black Mass by a satanic group, for which tickets are being sold at the Oklahoma City Civic Center, as “sacrilegious,” a “blasphemous mockery of the Mass.” MORE