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CBS News
3 days ago
- Automotive
- CBS News
Oakland Mall issues temporary closure because of possible pipe burst
An apparent burst pipe sent water rushing through Oakland Mall in Troy, Michigan, on Wednesday afternoon, forcing the temporary closure of the shopping center. "Earlier this afternoon, Oakland Mall experienced what we believe to be a burst pipe, resulting in flooding across several main concourses and portions of the parking lot. In response, the decision was made to close the mall for the safety and security of our tenants and guests," the mall management posted at about 2:15 p.m. on its social media. "We are actively working with local fire and police departments, along with industry experts, to fully assess the situation." Both the Troy police and fire departments shared the mall's notice on their social media accounts. Oakland Mall on West 14 Mile Road, just east of Interstate 75, is normally open seven days a week. The retailers there include JCPenney, H&M and Hobby Lobby
Fox News
5 days ago
- Business
- Fox News
Trump gathers CEOs for unprecedented faith, economy meeting to renew US 'spiritually and financially'
FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump will recognize CEOs and business leaders who donate their time to faith-based charitable works and encourage them to continue investing with the White House Faith Office during a luncheon at the White House on Monday. The president and the White House Faith Office are expected to host the luncheon, which will include more than 60 CEOs and business leaders, in the State Dining Room. TRUMP TO SIGN EXECUTIVE ORDER ESTABLISHING WHITE HOUSE FAITH OFFICE Founder of Hobby Lobby David Greene, Chairman and CEO of Jockey International, Inc. Debra Waller, Quest Events founder Lee Dunlap, Aethon Energy founder Albert Huddleston, Shoppa's Material Handling founder Jimmy Shoppa and others are expected to attend. The president will be joined by Cabinet secretaries for the event, where he is expected to deliver remarks to thank the business leaders and encourage a continued partnership with the White House Faith Office. White House Faith Office senior advisor Pastor Paula White, Faith Director Jenny Korn, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler will attend the event and also deliver remarks. INSIDE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S WHITE HOUSE FAITH OFFICE The luncheon Monday is the first event of its kind, with White House Faith Office officials telling Fox News Digital that they have invited business leaders who work with faith-based charitable organizations "in a big way domestically and internationally." The president, in his remarks, is expected to explain why the White House Faith Office is so important to his agenda. He will also encourage business leaders to help the Trump administration, specifically on programs concerning foster care and adoption, fatherhood initiatives, poverty alleviation, substance abuse and prisoner reentry. "These are purpose-driven individuals who use their wealth for good in the Earth," the official said. "Faith and Economy come together to Make America Great Again—spiritually and financially." "President Trump is not only making America affordable, prosperous and strong again — he is making our country faith-centered again," Paula White, senior advisor to the White House Faith Office, told Fox News Digital. "CEOs and business leaders who give back their time and treasure is what America is all about." Trump signed an executive order establishing a White House Faith Office in February. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The office empowers faith-based entities, community organizations and houses of worship "to better serve families and communities," according to the White House. The office is housed under the Domestic Policy Council and consults with experts in the faith community on policy changes to "better align with American values."
Fox News
6 days ago
- Business
- Fox News
Trump gathers CEOs for unprecedented faith, economy meeting to renew US 'spiritually and financially'
FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump will recognize CEOs and business leaders who donate their time to faith-based charitable works and encourage them to continue investing with the White House Faith Office during a luncheon at the White House on Monday. The president and the White House Faith Office are expected to host the luncheon, which will include more than 60 CEOs and business leaders, in the State Dining Room. Founder of Hobby Lobby David Greene, Chairman and CEO of Jockey International, Inc. Debra Waller, Quest Events founder Lee Dunlap, Aethon Energy founder Albert Huddleston, Shoppa's Material Handling founder Jimmy Shoppa and others are expected to attend. The president will be joined by Cabinet secretaries for the event, where he is expected to deliver remarks to thank the business leaders and encourage a continued partnership with the White House Faith Office. White House Faith Office senior advisor Pastor Paula White, Faith Director Jenny Korn, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler will attend the event and also deliver remarks. The luncheon Monday is the first event of its kind, with White House Faith Office officials telling Fox News Digital that they have invited business leaders who work with faith-based charitable organizations "in a big way domestically and internationally." The president, in his remarks, is expected to explain why the White House Faith Office is so important to his agenda. He will also encourage business leaders to help the Trump administration, specifically on programs concerning foster care and adoption, fatherhood initiatives, poverty alleviation, substance abuse and prisoner reentry. "These are purpose-driven individuals who use their wealth for good in the Earth," the official said. "Faith and Economy come together to Make America Great Again—spiritually and financially." "President Trump is not only making America affordable, prosperous and strong again — he is making our country faith-centered again," Paula White, senior advisor to the White House Faith Office, told Fox News Digital. "CEOs and business leaders who give back their time and treasure is what America is all about." Trump signed an executive order establishing a White House Faith Office in February. The office empowers faith-based entities, community organizations and houses of worship "to better serve families and communities," according to the White House. The office is housed under the Domestic Policy Council and consults with experts in the faith community on policy changes to "better align with American values."
Chicago Tribune
04-07-2025
- Politics
- Chicago Tribune
Southtown letters: Different takes on freedom over the Fourth of July weekend
Almost every July 4, the owners of Hobby Lobby, ultra-Evangelicals all, take out full-page ads in many major newspapers trying to convince us that this country was meant to be a Christian nation. They'll publish numerous 18th century quotes from various 'believers' suggesting that these statements prove their claim. Their feeble efforts fall flat, because the physical historical record dictates otherwise. For example: While Christians would no doubt love to enact a law mandating their 'faith' as the only 'true' religion, that was never part of the original vision. Wishful thinking obviously makes the religious right feel better about themselves,but telling the truth should also. This Fourth of July arrived under the weight of a democracy in distress. We are witnessing an erosion of rights, the normalization of injustice and an emboldened effort to silence the very voices democracy was meant to empower. Recent actions by the Trump administration — and the systems that have allowed it — do not reflect American liberty. They reflect fear. They reflect control. They reflect a democracy that is no longer guaranteed. Despite this, as a director at the iCan Dream Center, I dream that our students might live in an America that will not reduce rights like Free Appropriate Public Education, individualized education program procedural safeguards and equity in special education. At iCan Dream Center, our teachers and practitioners work with young people whose voices have been historically ignored: students with disabilities, youth of color, those shaped by trauma, poverty, and systemic neglect. After all, what is patriotism if not the radical belief that every student, regardless of ZIP code, diagnosis, category of disability or citizenship, is worthy of learning, safety, protection and joy? This weekend is not a time for performative patriotism. It is a time to question who our systems serve and who they exclude. It is a time to stand beside those our democracy fails. It is a time to dream for equity in education. So, this Fourth of July, while fireworks fill the sky, I remain grounded in educational justice for all youth here in the southland and beyond.
Malay Mail
23-06-2025
- Health
- Malay Mail
Where artificial persons can profess a faith — Hafiz Hassan
JUNE 23 — Ever heard of Hobby Lobby? No, it's not a rock band, local or foreign. It is a United States (US) family-owned company, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. (Hobby Lobby). Today it has more than 1000 stores with over 46,000 employees operating in 48 states. On September 12, 2012, Barbara and David Green, along with their children Mart Green, Steven Green, and Darsee Lett, filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on behalf of Hobby Lobby. According to David Green, the founder and CEO of Hobby Lobby, all of the stores that he had founded, including the first store which opened in 1972, incorporated his Christian beliefs into their everyday functions. In 2012, David and his son Steven, who was the president then, maintained ownership of all of Hobby Lobby stores. Now, a little background on the case. On March 23, 2010, then US President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law. The ACA was a legislative overhaul of the US healthcare system that sought to minimise the number of uninsured US citizens. Many of the ACA's reforms were directed towards healthcare insurers and mandated which services they were required to cover. The ACA included a provision requiring employer-sponsored health insurance plans to cover certain preventative health services at no cost to the individual. In the provision, the ACA granted the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in Washington DC authority to determine which preventive services health insurance plans must cover. On February 15, 2012, the HHS, the US Department of Labor, and the US Department of Treasury finalised regulations that detailed which preventative health services insurers had to cover, which included all contraceptive methods approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Accordingly, all employer-sponsored health care plans had to cover 14 methods of contraception, free of cost to all female enrollees. However, the HHS regulations included exceptions for certain corporations such as non-profit religious organisations. The Greens filed their suit against the director of HHS, and challenged the contraceptive mandate of the ACA. They argued that the contraceptive mandate of the ACA violated the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) and the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the US Constitution. According to the Greens, the contraceptive mandate interfered with their and Hobby Lobby's rights to exercise their religious beliefs by forcing their employer-provided health plans to cover four FDA-approved contraceptive methods that they considered as inducing abortions. The Greens further argued that under their and Hobby Lobby's religious beliefs, life begins when an egg is fertilised and that emergency contraceptive pills and intrauterine devices both have the potential to prevent a fertilised egg from implanting in the uterus. The Greens objected to methods inducing abortions by terminating fertilised eggs. They claimed that being mandated to cover those contraceptive methods violated their and Hobby Lobby's rights to exercise their religious freedoms enumerated in the First Amendment to the US Constitution and protected by the RFRA. In response to the arguments, the HHS contested Hobby Lobby's ability to make claims under the RFRA. The HHS argued that the RFRA, as drafted by US Congress, protected only an individual's right to freedom of religion, not for-profit corporations such as Hobby Lobby. — Pexels pic In response to the arguments, the HHS contested Hobby Lobby's ability to make claims under the RFRA. The HHS argued that the RFRA, as drafted by US Congress, protected only an individual's right to freedom of religion, not for-profit corporations such as Hobby Lobby. According to the HHS, Hobby Lobby was a corporation or company composed of individuals with many different beliefs. The HHS further argued that Hobby Lobby could not claim that the contraceptive mandate burdened the corporation's religious beliefs, as they were a non-religious corporation composed of individuals capable of exercising their personal religious beliefs. To cut the story short, the case went to the US Supreme Court which granted the federal government's request for review. The case was consolidated with a similar case from Pennsylvania which challenged the contraceptive mandate of the ACA on similar grounds. On March 25, 2014, the US Supreme Court began to hear arguments for the case. Three months later in June, the US Supreme Court decided by a slim majority (5:4) in favour of Hobby Lobby. The majority held that the contraceptive mandate of the ACA placed a burden on the exercise of religion of Hobby Lobby, a corporation but nonetheless a person with the ability to practise religion. The majority ruled that for-profit corporations are 'persons' by reference to the Dictionary Act 1871 which defines 'person' to include corporations, companies, associations, firms, partnerships, societies, and joint stock companies, as well as individuals. The majority rejected the federal government's argument that for-profit corporations, which existed primarily to make money, could not exercise religion. Accordingly, Hobby Lobby had the ability to practise — profess if you like — religion. [See Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 573 U.S. 682 (2014)] The majority decision has been much welcomed and well received as protecting religious freedom in the US, including that of corporations — otherwise called artificial persons. So yes, artificial persons can profess a faith. * This is the personal opinion of the writer or publication and does not necessarily represent the views of Malay Mail.
