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(CNSNews.com) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is advancing federal regulations that require federally funded organizations caring for illegal alien minors who are in the United States without their parents (Unaccompanied Children or UC) and who may have been sexually abused access to “emergency contraception” services. “Emergency contraception” includes abortion-inducing drugs. These care providers currently include Catholic and other faith-based organizations that oppose abortion, according to the Center for Family and Human Rights or C-FAM, a Catholic advocacy group. The Interim Final Rule was published in the Federal Register on Dec. 24,...

A man accused of stabbing two people and decapitating one of the victims at a group home in Taylor was ordered Wednesday to undergo a competency hearing before the case can resume. Brandon Lee Taylor, 22, is charged with first-degree murder, felony murder and assault with a deadly weapon, Local 4 reported. Prosecutors said Taylor killed the 48-year-old caretaker of the home and then sawed off her head. Taylor is also accused of attacking a 50-year-old resident at the home. The attacks occurred in the early hours of Aug. 18. Police received a call to the home on the 26000...