Erin Curry

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, duchess of Cornwall, arrived in New York Nov. 1 for a weeklong tour of the United States that will take them to Washington, New Orleans and San Francisco.

While trudging through the rubble of a broken community in Gulfport, Mississippi, after Hurricane Katrina, Bobby Welch caught a glimpse of two tiny legs with blue tennis shoes and a flowery skirt lying under some debris. "I got down on my knee and began to scratch around in the mess there, and I dug out […]

The chief executives of Southern Baptists' national entities stood across the stage behind New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary President Chuck Kelley to show their support when he reported to Executive Committee members September 19 on the condition of the institution he leads. The Great Commission Council, which is composed of these same entity heads, unanimously […]

HOUSTON (BP)--Baylor College of Medicine, which was tied to the Baptist-affiliated Baylor University until 1969, has been given approval to proceed with a controversial study for parents to choose a male or female embryo for implantation depending on their desire for a son or daughter.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Four Fox network programs top the list of the 10 worst shows for family viewing on prime-time broadcast television, according to an annual report by the Parents Television Council measuring series’ appropriateness for family audiences.

METAIRIE, La. (BP)--Seven years ago, members of Good Shepherd Hispanic Baptist Church in Metairie, La., had compassion on fellow believers in Honduras hit hard by Hurricane Mitch. And now the favor is being returned many times over as Good Shepherd recovers from Hurricane Katrina.

WASHINGTON (BP)--The nation of Iraq was founded across fault lines of ancient civilizations, among Arabs and Kurds, Sunnis and Shiites, Muslims and Christians, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reminded the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Oct. 19.
      “No one can solve this problem for them,” she said in testimony before the committee. “For years these differences were dealt with through violence and repression. Now Iraqis are using compromise and politics.”

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--As news reports indicate proceeds from bracelets connected with the popular American Girl dolls are going to support homosexual and abortion-rights causes, many parents are searching for alternatives for daughters who treasure the doll collections that come with life stories and multiple accessories.

BAGHDAD, Iraq (BP)--Early reports indicate a majority of Iraqis approved the proposed constitution Oct. 15, formalizing the nation as a parliamentary democracy during what President Bush has called “a momentous time in the history of the Middle East.”
      While the millions of paper ballots are being counted, it appears that Iraq’s Shiites and Kurds, who together represent about 80 percent of the country’s population, voted yes in the referendum while the Sunnis, representing 20 percent of Iraq’s people, did not accomplish their goal of defeating the constitution, according to The Washington Post.

SAN DIEGO (BP)--A Superior Court judge has ruled that the transfer of a landmark war memorial to the federal government would be unconstitutional -- even after San Diego voters easily approved a proposition facilitating the transfer. Supporters of the monument, which incorporates a cross as its most prominent element, have vowed to continue the fight.