Oklahoma’s Department of Education ordered every teacher in the state to have a Bible in their classroom and to teach from it, in an announcement on Thursday that challenges U.S. Supreme Court rulings that have found state sponsorship of religion to be unconstitutional.

While new schemes have been introduced for students, Finance Minister Professor Biman Prasad says to obtain an equitable return of investment in the bond service, students with overseas scholarship schemes will be bonded 2.5 times of the duration of the study.

The Coalition government has significantly increased funding for the Ministry of iTaukei Affairs in an effort to strengthen Fiji’s indigenous population.

Businesses are being encouraged to take advantage of the government’s tax incentive on sports.

Uruguay thrashed tournament minnows Bolivia 5-0 in their Group C encounter in New Jersey today to all but book their place in the Copa America quarter-finals.

The Coalition government highlighted the need for a well-resourced judiciary for a functioning democracy in a recent budget release by allocating a total of $131.3 million to independent bodies and commissions.

The Fiji National Provident Fund will be paying the highest interest rate of eight percent in twenty years.

The Public Private Partnership involving the Government, Fiji National Provident Fund and Aspen Medical of Australia in terms of the Ba and Lautoka Hospital has created severe financial issues for the Government.

A jury in U.S. District Court ordered the NFL to pay nearly $4.8 billion in damages after ruling that the league violated antitrust laws in distributing out-of-market Sunday afternoon games on a premium subscription service.

Singer, songwriter, satirist and novelist Kinky Friedman, who led the alt-country band Texas Jewboys, toured with Bob Dylan, sang with Willie Nelson, and dabbled in politics with campaigns for Texas governor and other statewide offices, has died.

Residents in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince expressed cautious hope after a first contingent of Kenyan police officers arrived in the Caribbean country, as part of a long-delayed mission to help police fight armed gangs.

The Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted to designate actress Marilyn Monroe’s former home as a historical landmark, preventing the house where the Hollywood legend died from demolition.