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K-Love Fan Awards 2015 Winners List: For King & Country Sizzles at K-LOVE Fan Awards, Takes Home Three Major Awards
No doubt that For King & Country is one of the hottest acts in contemporary Christian music. The Nashville, Tennessee-based siblings ran away with three major awards, including Artist of the Year, at the recently concluded K-LOVE Fan Awards on Sunday at the Grand Ole Opry House.

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Carrie Underwood Headlines CMA Music Festival; Earns Five Nods At CMT Music Awards
Carrie Underwood is marking her 10th year in the music industry with a performance at the upcoming CMA Music Festival. Underwood announced recently on social media that she will be taking the stage at the annual country music awards at LP Field on June 13, Rolling Stone magazine reported. She joins a star-studded lineup in the four-day celebration of everything about country music.

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Mentally-Ill Inmates Abused by Ill-Trained U.S. Prison Staff Across the Country, Reports HRW
Jail and prison staff throughout the United States have used unnecessary, excessive, and even malicious force against prisoners with mental disabilities. Correctional staff have deluged prisoners with painful chemical sprays, shocked them with powerful electric stun weapons, and strapped them for days in restraining chairs or beds.

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Indonesia Military Urged to Stop 'Virginity Tests' against Women Recruits; Procedure Was 'Discriminatory and Invasive'
Human rights activists have deplored Indonesia's policy of making women trying to enter its police force and fiancées of military officers undergo "virginity testing," saying the procedure was "discriminatory and invasive."
