Top headlines for Friday, July 31, 2026

Michigan halts enforcement of its counseling ban after a First Amendment challenge, and a Michigan hospital pays $410,000 to a physician assistant fired over gender-transition procedures. An Arkansas family sues Elon Musk's xAI over Grok-generated abuse imagery, while Iran seizes Tehran's oldest Protestant church amid an intensifying crackdown on Christians.

0:11 Jerry Lamb, bishop of diocese that split over LGBT debate, dies
0:59 Michigan halts enforcement of conversion therapy ban
1:49 Elon Musk's xAI sued over Grok creating child sex abuse content
2:43 UN urged to take action against Iran's newest Christian crackdown
3:36 Hospital pays $410K to end lawsuit by PA fired over trans policy
4:27 Americans' support for same-sex marriage declining: poll
5:24 Iran thinks it won the war — now Christians are paying the price

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• Jerry Lamb, bishop of diocese that split over LGBT debate, dies | Church & Ministries
• Michigan halts enforcement of conversion therapy ban | Politics
• Elon Musk's xAI sued over Grok creating child sex abuse content | Business
• UN urged to take action against Iran’s newest Christian crackdown | World
• Hospital pays $410K to end lawsuit by PA fired over trans policy | U.S.
• Americans' support for same-sex marriage declining: poll | U.S.
• Iran thinks it won the war — now Christians are paying the price