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News Briefs: San Francisco labels NRA ‘terrorists’; Former Zimbabwe dictator dies; Google antitrust probe; Was Joshua a Palestinian?

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Here’s your daily news briefs. Antitrust probe of Google starts next week State attorneys general will formally launch antitrust probes into Facebook and Alphabet’s Google unit next week. A bipartisan group of three ...

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Contrary to what you’ve heard, millennials are becoming MORE religious

I thought the subject of this article might grab your attention because it is not what we are generally hearing about millennials and Generation Z these days. For example, the Wall Street ...

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Small girl beaten into coma after Christian parents refuse ancestor worship

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Vietnam is usually not on the radar of the top countries for persecution of Christians. But for believers in the communist country, they are paying a high price for their faith in ...

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The problem with Bethlehem: Christians disappearing under Palestinian rule

A United Nations Special Envoy to the World Council of Independent Christian Churches is defending Christians currently living under Palestinian control in the West Bank.  Laurie Cardoza-Moore has called upon Christians to confront ...

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Faith-based crime series ‘Vindication’ leads September streaming lineup

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The best new series on Amazon Prime Video is a crime drama full of brilliant sleuthing and police investigations. But — surprise, surprise — there is not a curse word or mega-violent ...

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Afghanistan: 48,000 mosques; no churches

KABUL – That is one way to describe Afghanistan: 48,000 mosques; no churches. Our mental picture of Afghanistan is a country torn by Taliban tribal warfare and a haven of ISIS. That ...

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Man convicted in Muslim honor killing of Texas woman

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A Muslim man in Texas will serve 40 years in prison for a murder that prosecutors called the “honor killing” of an Iranian rights activist who was his sister’s friend. Nasim Irsan, ...

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Presidential candidate finds ‘so help me God’ in oaths is absurd

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A Democrat presidential candidate says he finds it absurd that witnesses continue to be instructed to say, “So help me God” in their oaths while testifying before Congress. “Unfortunately, it’s been kind of ...

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Trump Administration announces $2 billion to fight opioid abuse

The Trump administration is awarding $2 billion in new funding to states and local governments to help fight the opioid crisis. Health and Human Services Secretary Alexander Azar says the grants come from ...

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News Briefs: Federal Reserve rebuts media; China using drugs to weaken US; Brexit stalled; Now Mueller team is accused

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Here’s today’s news briefs. Federal Reserve rebuts negative media narrative Contrary to the media’s ultra negative reporting on the economy, the Federal Reserve today released its “beige book,” and said the vast majority ...

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Palestinian leader committed to terrorist pay for killers

The Palestinian Authority is doubling down on its commitment to terrorist pay for those who kill Jews or commit any other act of terrorism against Israeli civilians. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas ...

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News Briefs: School technology failing? Walmart and guns; Certain e-cigarrettes banned; Man denies affair with Omar

Today’s news briefs: Walmart to ban legally carried guns in all stores Walmart said it will stop selling ammunition for handguns and some rifles, and stop allowing shoppers to openly carry firearms even ...

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Pentagon agrees to fund $3.6 billion of border security wall

Mile by mile, dollar by dollar, the security wall on the nation’s southern border is being built in defiance of Democrats in Congress. By the end of the year, 400 miles will ...

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Bernie Sanders wants to cancel all medical debt but mum on paying for it

Bernie Sanders has another plan to give folks money but once again hasn’t shared how he’ll come up with the cash to do it. The Democratic presidential candidate previewed a plan to ...

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Judo athlete fears death after Iranian officials demanded he forfeit match

The Iranian-born world champion judo fighter Saeid Mollaei is fearing for his life after refusing Tehran’s demands that he withdraw from a tournament to avoid fighting against an Israeli opponent. Mollaei competed ...

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First Lady sends ‘back-to-school’ welcome message to students

First Lady Melania Trump wishes everyone a successful upcoming school year as schools reopen and children head back to the classrooms. “As students across the country head back to classes, I want to wish everyone ...

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News Briefs: Dorian turns north; 25 dead, more missing from boat fire; Diet caused blindness; New tariffs

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Today’s news briefs: Hurricane Dorian turning north Dorian has destroyed thousands of homes in the Bahamas and left an entire island without power. The hurricane, which was a Category 5 storm for over ...

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Christian basketball player Jeremy Lin will play in China

Jeremy Lin, the Ivy League graduate known for “Linsanity” that energized America when he played for the New York Knicks back in 2012, is taking his basketball talents to China. The 6′-3″ ...

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Argentina designates Hezbollah a terrorist organization

Latin America’s third largest economy has designated the Hezbollah movement a terrorist organization while freezing its assets. It accuses the Shia Islamist group, which is currently involved in a skirmish with Israel ...

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1619 Project rewrites American history through eyes of identity politics

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Nikole Hannah-Jones recently changed her Twitter background to a picture of the date July 4, 1776, crossed out and replaced with Aug. 20, 1619. She would like your kids to do the same. Hannah-Jones ...

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Historic: Jews, Christians pray at The Hague to call nations back to Jerusalem

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In 2017 something amazing began that brought Jews and Christians together – to pray for the peace of Jerusalem. This year the prayers emanated from The Hague – the seat of world judicial ...

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Christian charity helps 500,000 Rohingya children deprived of school

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Christian charity Tearfund is assisting refugee children who have fled from Myanmar and are not allowed to enter the education system in Bangladesh. Over half of the almost 1 million refugees currently ...

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Wycliffe Bible translator murdered, wife’s hand cut off by Muslim attackers

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Cameroon continues to see an alarming increase in attacks on Christians by the hands of muslims. Now news comes that a Wycliffe Bible translator in the nation has been murdered in a ...

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Smuggled from China: ‘Enough Fentanyl to kill over 14 million people’

Law enforcement seized a huge shipment of narcotics in Virginia, North Carolina, and Texas and arrested 39 defendants for an alleged conspiracy to distribute large amounts of heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine in Hampton Roads, according ...

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Police kill gunman involved in Texas murder spree that killed 5

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Police in Odessa, Texas have shot and killed an armed gunman who stole a mail truck and shot at dozens of people. The Associated Press reports five people were killed and 21 were ...

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