• Student Athlete Prayer Circles With Indiana Coach Draw Fire from 'Good Without God' American Humanist Association

  After coach Scott Spahr was photographed standing at center court praying with his girls' basketball team at Morristown Elementary School in Indiana on Dec. 1, he was asked to stop participating in team prayer circles when school officials received an email from the American Humanist Association Friday, citing that the coach's presence was "a constitutional violation."

  

• 'Tebow Prayers' At Air Force Football Games Called 'Scandalous,' Shouldn't Be Allowed, Says Former Military Minister

  Former U.S. Air Force captain and chaplain MeLinda Morton believes public praying done by Air Force Academy football teams on the field's end zone during home games does not honor the Separation of Church and State doctrine, as created by the U. S. Supreme Court. Additionally, Mikey Winstein, president and founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, said Air Force players participating in public prayer "is a scandalous outrage."

  

• Woman Condemned to Stoning Death in Iran On United Nations Human Rights Day

  While International Human Rights Day was observed on Thursday, Iran announced another woman was sentenced to death by stoning. Identified only by the initials “A.Kh,” the woman was convicted of allegedly being involved in her husband's murder.

  

• Canada Admits First Syrian Refugees With Prime Minister Justin Trudeau At Toronto Airport [Photos]

  Canadian leaders welcomed the country's first planeload of Syrian refugees when 163 Syrians arrived near midnight Thursday in Toronto via a Canadian military plane. Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the ministers of immigration, health and defense, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Toronto Mayor John Tory all were on-hand at the airport to greet the group.

  

• Iconic U.S. Army Dog Tags Change for First Time in 40 years for Better Protection

  New identification dog tags for U.S. Army personnel to wear around their necks now are being tooled without individual social security numbers, due to security and identity theft concerns. It is the first time in four decades that changes are being made to a century-old piece of hardware for soldiers.